96-06-14 Story Tips for Local News Media

                             STORY TIPS

University Communication offers this list of  potential news stories 
on the Columbus campus.  We'll update this listing every other week 
during the summertime.

This and every University Communications news release is available 
on the Internet and World Wide Web.  To access by Internet, you may 
reach us through either OASIS (Ohio State Information System), the 
Columbus Freenet or World Wide Gophers.  Select News and Weather, 
then Ohio State University News Releases, then News Releases from 
University Communications.  Our Web address is http://www.acs.ohio-
state.edu/  Choose News Releases from The Ohio State University, 
then News Releases from University Communications.

EXPERIMENTAL CAR COMPETES IN FUTURECAR CHALLENGE--June 17-24.  Ohio 
State is one of 12 finalists competing in the FutureCar Challenge in 
Dearborn, Michigan.  The U.S Department of Energy sponsors the 
FutureCar Challenge as a way to challenge students to devise ways to 
double or triple fuel economy.   The Buckeye entry features the only 
diesel-powered  car in the field--a VW engine in a Chevy Lumina.   
The car and competition is part of the curriculum  for students  
learning mechanical engineering at the Center for Automotive 
Research.  Another experimental vehicle--the battery-powered  
Smokin' Buckeye, competes later this month.
CONTACT: Giorgio Rizzoni, Center for Automotive Research, 292-3331, 
or Judy Kauffeld, College of Engineering, 292-9615.

EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS POSTWAR AMERICA--June 17-September 2.  The Cold 
War, the Truman Doctrine, the nuclear arms race, the United Nations, 
Dixiecrats, the Rosenbergs and McCarthyism emerged onto the American 
political scene during the first eight years following the Second 
World War.  The Search for International Security and Domestic 
Tranquility in Postwar America: The Truman Years, 1945-53, 
highlights these events.  The exhibition is on display in the Main 
(Thompson) Library Philip Sills Exhibit Hall, 1858 Neil Ave.  It 
features published works highlighting the events, challenges and 
opportunities facing President Harry Truman in the years following 1945.
CONTACT: David Lincove, exhibit curator, University Libraries, 292-2394.

The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best 
information about the story.  However, feel free to call on our news 
services staff for assistance with these or other Ohio State news 
stories.  Amy Murray, 292-8385; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; Tom Spring, 
292-8309, and Tracy Turner, 688-3682.
-Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-
Goedde.1@osu.edu).


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:50:58 -0400]
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