97-11-07 Story Tips for Local Media

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LAW SCHOOL HOLDS NEGOTIATION COMPETITION--Nov. 8.  Law students
from across the Midwest will compete in the regional negotiation
skills competition beginning at 8 a.m. at Drinko Hall (College of
Law), 55 W. 12th Ave. Every room in Drinko Hall is scheduled to
be used for the day-long event.  The competition simulates the
negotiation process, where opposing parties try to agree to a
settlement in order to avoid litigation.  Judges, lawyers and
other Columbus professionals will judge the teams as they
negotiate a problem involving education law.  Each two-student
team will try to get the best settlement for their client while
keeping the relationship between the parties amicable.
CONTACT: Liz Gates, College of Law, 292-0238.

PROFESSOR RETURNS TO BOSNIA TO SUPERVISE ELECTIONS--Nov. 14. Okey
Onyejekwe,
(O-kee On-yeh-JEK-way) director of Ohio State’s Center for
African Studies, is returning to Bosnia on Nov. 14 to serve as an
election supervisor for the Nov. 22-23 parliamentary elections.
He is part of an international team to supervise the first
parliamentary elections since the Dayton Peace Accord of 1995. He
also supervised the Bosnian municipal elections held in
September. He says expects to face many of the same obstacles
that he encountered while supervising the municipal elections.
Those problems included land mines, a heavily armed citizenry,
and voters being turned away because of missing identification
and voter registration papers.
CONTACT: Okey Onyejekwe, 292-8169 (office) or 457-6258 (home).

OHIO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CONFERENCE--Nov. 18-19. Up to
1,300 transportation engineers are expected at the 51st annual
Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center.  U.S. Congressman Steve LaTourette
will keynote the opening session on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 10:30
a.m. The event is sponsored by Ohio State and the Ohio Department
of Transportation.
CONTACT: College of Engineering--Cheryl Hoot, 292-4815, or Judy
Kauffeld, 688-4423.

AUTHOR DISCUSSES  CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION--Nov.
20.  Best-selling author Dennis Kimbro will discuss marketing
America’s future through cultural diversity at  the Office of
Minority Affairs (OMA)  annual Faculty and Staff Colloquy, 11
a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on the Lane, 385 W. Lane
Ave.  Originated by Frank W. Hale, vice provost emeritus for
minority affairs, the colloquy serves as a forum for faculty and
staff to examine national issues as they relate to higher
education.  Kimbro is the director of the Center for
Entrepreneurship at Clark Atlanta University and the author of
several books, including Daily Motivations for African American
Success and What Makes the Great Great: Strategies for
Extraordinary Achievement.
CONTACT:  Rose Wilson-Hill, director of minority affairs
administration, OMA, 292-0964.

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; Tracy Turner, 688-
3682; and Emily Caldwell, 292-8309.
Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-
Goedde.1@osu.edu).


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:25:20 -0500 (EST)]
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