96-10-11 Story Tips for Local News Media STORY TIPS University Communication offers this list of potential news=20 stories on the Columbus campus next week. This and every=20 University Communications news release is available on the=20 Internet and World Wide Web. On the Internet, you may reach us=20 through either OASIS (Ohio State Information System), the=20 Columbus Freenet or World Wide Gophers. Select News and Weather,=20 then Ohio State University News Releases, then News Releases from=20 University Communications. Our Web address is=20 http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/ Choose News Releases from The=20 Ohio State University, then News Releases from University=20 Communications. HOMECOMING WEEK CELEBRATED WITH VARIETY OF EVENTS=97OCT. 11-12. =20 Ohio State is celebrating Homecoming this week with the theme=20 Mardi Gras Buckeye Style. Friday (Oct. 11) -- The traditional homecoming parade, featuring=20 floats, the Anheuser Busch Clydesdale horses, Ohio State Marching=20 Band and the Homecoming Court will begin at 6 p.m. at the French=20 Field House. Grand marshals are Ohio State alumni Olympic gold=20 medalist Butch Reynolds and CBS News correspondent Erin Moriarty,=20 who will lead the parade down High Street and around the Ohio=20 Union to the Oval, where there will be a pep rally with=20 announcement of the homecoming king and queen. Saturday (Oct. 12) -- During halftime of the football game with=20 the University of Wisconsin, the homecoming king and queen will=20 be crowned. A masquerade ball will be held in the Ohio Union =20 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.=20 Saturday (Oct. 12) -- In honor of the late Clancy Isaac, founder=20 of the Block O cheering section, some 1,100 Block O members will=20 perform a card salute during the break between the first and=20 second quarters of the homecoming game. Isaac founded Block O in=20 1938, when he served as head cheerleader during his senior year=20 at Ohio State. Isaac, who had planned to attend the homecoming=20 game, died Oct. 4. CONTACT: Brenda Fields, coordinator of campus events, 292-2324; =20 John Bolte, Block O president, 292-9369. MAX KADE GERMAN HOUSE WILL BE DEDICATED=97Oct. 11. The Department=20 of Germanic Languages and Literatures will dedicate the Max Kade=20 German House, 141 W. 11th Ave., at 5 p.m. The residential and=20 educational house will be home to nine students and a graduate=20 resident adviser. CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882. ARTS MANAGEMENT COLLECTION DONATED , WRITER VISITS COLUMBUS--Oct.=20 11. Alvin Reiss, author on the business of the arts, has=20 donated his collection of materials on the arts and arts=20 management to the University's Fine Arts Library. The collection=20 includes thousands of books, periodicals, reports, studies,=20 clippings, tapes, and papers that provide a chronological view of=20 the development of the arts industry from the 1960s to the=20 present. Reiss will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Borders Books &=20 Music, 4545 Kenny Road, about his newest book, Don't Just=20 Applaud, Send Money! The Most Successful Strategies for Funding=20 and Marketing the Arts. CONTACT: Constance Bumgarner Gee, Arts Policy and Administration,=20 292-5356. BLACK CULTURAL CENTER MARKS ANNIVERSARY WITH OPEN HOUSE=97Oct. 11. =20 The Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center, 153 W. 12th Ave.,=20 will mark its seventh anniversary with an open house from noon-8=20 p.m. Music will be provided by local reggae musicians, and=20 vendors will display clothing, jewelry, books and fragrances. An=20 art exhibit, Sisters in the Struggle, also will be on display. CONTACT: Lee Smith, Minority Affairs, 292-0074. DEPARTMENT OF ART FACULTY EXHIBITING WORKS=97Oct. 14-25. The work=20 of faculty members in the Department of Art will be showcased in=20 New Works in Hopkins Hall Gallery, 128 N. Oval Mall.=20 Concurrently, in the Hopkins Hall Corridor, Favorites contains=20 images of faculty members' favorite pieces of art, along with=20 statements concerning why each piece is significant to the one=20 who selected it. An opening reception for both displays will take=20 place from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 14 in the gallery. CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-5171. AUTHOR AND SATIRIST MICHAEL MOORE TO SPEAK AT OHIO UNION--OCT.=20 15. Satirist Michael Moore, author of Downsize This, Random=20 Threats from an Unarmed American, will speak at 7 p.m. in the=20 Ohio Union East Ballroom, 1739 N. High St. Moore, creator of=20 the Emmy-winning television series TV Nation and the film Roger=20 and Me, will discuss voter apathy and other issues covered in his=20 book. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6=20 p.m. Moore will sign books after the talk. =20 CONTACT: Brenda Fields, campus events program coordinator, 292-2324.=20 PANEL TO DISCUSS LIVING WITH HIV, AIDS=97Oct. 16. The Medical=20 Center's AIDS Clinical Trials Unit is sponsoring an educational=20 forum at 7 p.m. on the latest HIV/AIDS treatments, including=20 antiviral and vaccine therapies, in the Rhodes Hall Auditorium,=20 450 W. 10th Ave. A reception, featuring representatives from=20 local AIDS service organizations, will take place one hour before=20 the forum in the Rhodes Hall lobby. Both events are free.=20 CONTACT: 293-8112. VISITING ARTIST AND CRITIC PRESENTS LECTURE--Oct. 16 The second=20 of four visiting artists/critics hosted by the Department of Art=20 this quarter, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, a painter and writer, will=20 give a public presentation at 4:30 p.m. in the Wexner Center=20 Film/Video Theater, 1891 N. High St.=20 CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-5171. =20 VOLUNTEERS TAKE TO THE STREETS FOR HIGH ON PRIDE CLEANUP=97Oct.=20 19. Members of the university community will take to the streets=20 again for another High on Pride volunteer clean-up of trash in=20 the public areas of the University district. Student, faculty,=20 staff and community volunteers will meet at the Wexner Center,=20 1891 N. High St., for shifts that run from 9 a.m.-noon. CONTACT: Tracy Turner, University Communications, 688-3682. BUTTONS ON DISPLAY IN SILLS HALL; AUTHOR WILL DISCISS=20 COLLECTION=97Oct. 19-Dec. 7. Mrs. Rudolph's Buttons: An Exhibit=20 will feature unique button books, magazine and papers from the=20 University Libraries and distinctive buttons and other items from=20 the College of Human Ecology's Historic Costume and Textile=20 Collection. The display features selected buttons from the=20 collection of Anne Rudolph. Items will be on display through Dec.=20 7 in Sills Exhibit Hall in Main Library, 1858 Neil Ave. Author=20 and button collector Peggy Ann Osborne will lecture at 2 p.m.=20 Oct. 19 in 122 Main Library. CONTACT: Textiles and Clothing, 292-8063. SYMPOSIA WILL EXAMINE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION=97Oct. 21. Two=20 symposia to examine issues surrounding alternative education will=20 take place at noon and 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Frank W. Hale Jr.=20 Black Cultural Center, 153 W. 12th Ave. Speakers will discuss=20 Afrocentric schools, homeschooling and African methods of=20 teaching. CONTACT: Michele Cushnie, Hale Center, 292-0074. The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best=20 information about the story. However, feel free to call on our=20 news services staff for assistance with these or other Ohio State=20 news stories. Amy Murray, 292-8385; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; and=20 Tracy Turner, 688-3682. -Compiled by David Bhaerman, University Communications,=20 (bhaerman.1@osu.edu). [Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:00:32 -0400] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.