97-01-24 Story Tips for Local Media STORY TIPS, JAN. 24, 1997 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. Our Web address is www.acs.ohio-state.edu. POETRY IN THE WINTER--Jan. 25. The Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center will host Poetry in the Winter, the third performance in the series Seasons of Poetry, from 2-5 p.m., at the center, 153 W. 12th Ave. Seasons of Poetry was started by the renowned poet IS Said in the spring of 1994 to give established and upcoming poets the chance to perform their works. CONTACT: Michele Cushnie, Hale Center, 292-0074. STUDENTS VOTE ON NEW FEE FOR EXPANDED COTA BUS SERVICE--Jan. 28-29. Ohio State students will decide next week whether to accept a $9 a quarter fee for unlimited COTA bus service. A majority vote by undergraduate students is needed for the planned services to go forward, including the addition of new routes and later service hours. If approved by the students and the Board of Trustees, students would be able to use their student ID card as a COTA bus pass. Voting will take place at various locations on campus including the Ohio Union newsstand, 1739 N. High St. CONTACT: John Carney, Undergraduate Student Government, 292-2101. POLITICAL HUMORIST VISITS CAMPUS--Jan. 28. Political satirist P.J. O'Rourke will kick off the 1997 Student Events Committee Lecture Series with a 7 p.m. lecture in the Ohio Union Ballrooms, 1739 N. High St. Accused of being "the funniest writer in America" by Time and The New York Times, his books Give War a Chance, Parliament of Whores, and All the Trouble in the World are best sellers. O'Rourke loves to bash all politicians--liberal or conservative--and explains, "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." O'Rourke will allow media to record and photograph the first ten minutes of his speech (using existing lighting in the ballrooms). He also will take questions from the media during his Q & A at the end of his talk. CONTACT: Rick Gardner, Student Events Committee, 292-8597 FORUM TO CONSIDER SOUTH CAMPUS DISTRICT PLAN--Jan. 30. Residents and property owners in the neighborhoods south of campus are invited to a public forum to discuss a long-range plan for development of university-owned property in that area. Ohio State's Office of University Architect and Physical Planning will sponsor the forum which begins at 7 p.m. in the parlor of King Avenue United Methodist Church, 299 King Ave. The forum will explain the process for development of a long-term South Campus District Plan to be completed this year, as well as receive input from the neighborhoods. The plan also will look at traffic and parking issues as they affect access to the campus and will consider recommendations made by Campus Partners for improving the university's southern boundary. This is the first of three public forms on the process; the others will be held as the planning process continues. CONTACT: Nancy Sullivan, University Architect's Office, 688-3893, or Steve Sterrett, Campus Partners, 294-7300. UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES BLACK HERITAGE-- Jan. 28-Feb. 28. Former Ohio State basketball star and ESPN broadcaster Clark Kellogg will return to campus to celebrate black heritage during United Black World Month. Kellogg will be the featured speaker at the University Medical Center's Black History presentation Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. in the James Cancer Hospital Auditorium, 300 W. 10th Ave. His talk will focus on the theme A Tree Cannot Flourish Without Its Roots. Other events during the month: a Speak Out competition Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center, 153 W. 12th Ave. The competition will feature students speaking on Dreamers, Achievers and Challengers: Recognizing the Past to Prepare for the Future, the theme for the month-long celebration. On Feb. 3, an open house will be held from 12-5 p.m. in the Stecker Lounge in the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., followed by an art exhibit and reception in the Exposures Art Gallery, second floor Ohio Union. CONTACT: Brenda James, African American Student Services, 292-6584. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HONORS ALUMNI--Jan 31. The College of Education has named three distinguished alumni to its Hall of Fame. They include H. Douglas Covington, President of Radford University; Manuel T. Pacheco, President of the University of Arizona, and Jesse Owens, Olympic Gold Medalist. They will be honored in a ceremony at a 7 p.m. dinner at the Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive. CONTACT: Greg Brown, College of Education, 292-8870. JOURNALISM SCHOOL HOSTS WORKSHOP FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS--Feb. 1-Mar. 22. The Columbus Association of Black Journalists (CABJ) will conduct its annual journalism workshop for African-American high school students from 9 a.m.-noon, Saturdays on the second floor of the School of Journalism, 242 W. 18th Ave. Working journalists will provide about 18 students with hands-on opportunities in writing, editing, radio broadcasting, television news, commercial production, videography, and public relations. CONTACT: Reggie Anglen, CABJ/OSU Communications, 292-8423 or Felicia Ross, CABJ/School of Journalism, 292-3798. DISTINGUISHED LECTURER TO TELL HISTORY OF UNUSUAL CHEMICAL --Feb. 4. The history of how basic research in an unusual chemical resulted in its use in computer chips will be the topic of the second Ohio State University Distinguished Lecture. The lectureship, new in 1996, is one of the highest honors awarded to senior faculty. Sheldon Shore, the Charles H. Kimberly Professor of Chemistry, will present "The Story of Diborane: From Laboratory Curiosity to Applications in the Real World" at 4 p.m. in the Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1891 N. High St. Shore specializes in inorganic, boron hydride chemistry. He conducts basic research in diborane, which for many years perplexed chemists because of its unusual chemical bonding and structures. Shore's research has produced a very pure form of diborane used to implant elemental boron in computer chips. He also developed a procedure to convert 200,000 pounds of government surplus pentaborane into useful products. CONTACT: Sheldon Shore, 292-6000, or Richard Sisson, Academic Affairs, 292-5881. 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; and Tracy Turner, 688-3682. -Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-Goedde.1@osu.edu). [Submitted by: Ruth Gerstner (gerstner.2@osu.edu) Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:54:29 -0500] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.