97-02-21 Story Tips for Local Media STORY TIPS 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. SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION--Feb. 21-22, 28-Mar. 1. More than 1,000 of the most academically gifted students in the country who have applied for freshman admission to Ohio State will be on campus to compete for 10 four-year 'full ride' scholarships and 30 partial scholarships. The seventh annual University Scholar Maximus competition will take place at the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. About one-fourth of the contestants will take part each of the four days. Students will take a two-hour essay examination and attend information sessions with their parents. Reporters are invited to attend any event except the examination. CONTACT: Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424, for schedule and more information. TEACHER RECRUITING FAIR--Feb. 21-23. The College of Education is hosting an International Recruiting Fair for people interested in K-12 teaching positions in American schools and around the world. The World At Your Fingertips will be held at the Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road. CONTACT: B.J. Bryant, College of Education Office of Career Services, 292-2741. SPEAKER EXAMINES THE FUTURE OF AFRICA--Feb. 22. As part of Black History Month, the Black Studies Extension Center and Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center will host Africa in the Year 2000/Community Day, from 1-5 p.m. at the Extension Center, 905 Mt. Vernon Avenue. Africa in the Year 2000 will attempt to address important issues affecting Africa. Among the many activities is a keynote address by Ahmadiel Ben-Yehuda, minister of information and a national spokesman of the African Hebrew Israelite Community of Jerusalem. CONTACT: Michele Cushnie, Hale Center, 292-0074. WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS MEET--Feb. 22. Women who own businesses or professional practices will profit from the twelfth annual Ohio Women Business Owners' Conference, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 500 N. High St. The program includes workshops on How to Market on the Internet, Developing a Retail Catalog, Choosing a Business Entity and Early Retirement. Also included are a networking reception, a marketplace that showcases products and services from women-owned businesses. CONTACT: Gigi Grove Kent, Office of Continuing Education, 292-8571. FORMER U.S. SURGEON GENERAL VISITS CAMPUS--Feb. 25. Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders will speak during the closing ceremony of the United Black World Month celebration of black heritage at 7:30 p.m. in the Ohio Union East Ballroom, 1739 N. High St. Elders, currently on the faculty of the University of Akransas School of Medicine, became the first African American woman Surgeon General in September, 1993. She resigned in December 1994 amid controversy regarding issues of sex education for youth in schools. The event is free and open to the public. CONTACT: Brenda James, African American Student Services, (614) 292-6584. PRESIDENT GEE NARRATES A LINCOLN PORTRAIT--Feb. 26. President Gee, along with the Concert Band and Men's Glee Club, will perform at Severance Hall at 8 p.m. in a special Cleveland concert. Gee will narrate Aaron Copland's A Lincoln Portrait. The work derives its text from the letters and speeches of Abraham Lincoln. The music is a blend of original material by Copland and two songs from Lincoln's time, Camptown Races and the ballad Springfield Mountain. The Concert Band will also perform Paul Hindemith's Symphony in B-flat and Samuel Barber's Commando March. The Men's Glee Club will perform In taberna, Part II with guest soloist Ohio State alumnus Mark Baker, and other selections. CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835. LAW STUDENTS OFFER INCOME TAX HELP--through April 9. Taxpayers on low or fixed incomes, individuals with disabilities and the elderly can receive free assistance with basic federal and state tax returns from College of Law students. Through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, law students offer their skills from 5-9 p.m. each Wednesday at the College of Law, 55 W. 12th Ave. Taxpayers need to bring their 1996 forms, 1996 income, deduction and credit information, and 1995 tax returns. CONTACT: Liz Cutler Gates, College of Law, 292-0283. RESEARCHER DISCUSSES BREAST CANCER PREVENTION--Feb. 27. V. Craig Jordan, inventor of the most prescribed cancer medicine in the world, will deliver the fifth annual Herbert J. Block Memorial Lectureship at 8 a.m. in the Rhodes Hall Auditorium, 450 W. Tenth Ave. Jordan, director of the breast cancer research program at the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center at Northwestern University, developed tamoxifen, which is used to treat breast cancer and is being tested as a means to prevent the disease altogether. Jordan will discuss his work with both tamixifen and raloxifene in his lecture Anti-estrogens to Prevent Breast Cancer. The Block Memorial Lectureship at the Comprehensive Cancer Center- James Cancer Hospital was established by the Block family to recognize excellence in the field of oncology. CONTACT: Seanna Walter or Jan Ray, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, 292-3670. FILMMAKER RECEIVES WEXNER PRIZE--Feb. 28. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese will receive the 1996 Wexner Prize in a ceremony at 1 p.m. in Mershon Auditorium. The Wexner Prize recognizes a major contemporary artist whose creative contributions transcend a specific discipline and impact contemporary culture as a whole. Presentation of the award was delayed from last spring to accommodate the production schedule of Scorsese's latest film. Media wishing to cover the award ceremony should arrive at the Mershon Auditorium lobby at 12:30 p.m. Scorsese will hold a news conference immediately afterward (approximately 2 p.m.) in the Wexner Center Film/Video theatre. He and film critic Roger Ebert will have an on-stage conversation at 7:30 p.m. in Mershon Auditorium. If you plan to cover any of these events, please contact Darnell Lautt, Wexner Center for the Arts, 292-9923. ICY LUNCH TOPIC--Feb. 27 The Byrd Polar Research Center offers a series of Brown Bag lunches with researchers on Thursdays through March 12. Rosemary Askin will discuss Antarctic macadamias and Venus-fly traps: Cretaceous-Paleogene vegetation of the Antarctic Peninsula and southern South America at noon, 240 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd. CONTACT: Lynn Everett, Byrd Polar Research Center, 292-9909. IS YOUR CAR ENGINE KNOCKING? AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCHERS FIND ANSWER. By the time you actually hear knocking or pinging in your engine, it may be too late to prevent serious damage. Ohio State automotive researchers have developed a new method for detecting engine knock that holds promise for making more efficient automobiles. Giorgio Rizzoni, a professor of mechanical engineering and researcher at Ohio State's Center for Automotive Research, says an on-board knock-control system would help engines consume gasoline more efficiently and last longer. He and others have developed software that helps a computer 'hear' knock. CONTACT: Giorgio Rizzoni, Center for Automotive Research, 292-3331. 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: Von Vargas (vargas.12@osu.edu) Fri, 21 Feb 1997 14:33:29 -0500 (EST)] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.