97-11-14 Story Tips for Local Media

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DIPLOMAT SPEAKS AT AFRICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE--Nov. 14.  Susan
Rice, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, will
discuss U.S. African Policy: A Look Ahead from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
today (11/14) in the Fairfield Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel,
350 N. High St.  Her speech is part of a conference hosted by
Ohio State titled African Studies Association and Africa: The
First Forty Years. About 1,500 scholars are expected at the event
to discuss politics, economics, culture, the arts and sociology
of Africa. Rice formerly worked with the National Security
Council as director of international organizations and
peacekeeping, and as special assistant to the president and
senior director for African affairs.
  On Saturday (11/15),David Rubadiri, permanent representative of
Malawi to the United Nations will speak on Yet Another  Song:
Implications of Literature and Art on African Societies and 
Politics at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.  A novelist and poet,
Rubadiri is also a lecturer at Makerere College in Uganda and at
the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
CONTACT: John Conteh-Morgan, African American and African
Studies, 292-7643 or 463-1234 (Hyatt).

STUDENT DANCE TEAM HEADS TO CHINA--Nov. 17.  Twelve of the 17-
member Buckeye Dance Force will travel to China on Monday for a
16-day,  five-city trip that includes dance clinics, tours and
performances.  The student team was selected in a national search
by the Chinese Men’s Basketball Alliance.  The Buckeye Dance
Force will perform in five of the eight-team league’s season
openers in five different cities in China.
CONTACT: Ralph Amos, Buckeye Dance Force, 292-2938 or  252-5458.

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.

STUDENTS PREPARE NEW FOOD PANTRY--Nov. 22.  A group of Ohio State
students will be painting, moving furniture and stocking a new
campus area food pantry from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Neighborhood
Services’ newest site, 1950 N. Fourth St.  The students, members
of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honorary society, are
involved in many community service projects.
CONTACT: Matthew Chidley, Tau Beta Pi, 421-9826.

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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, 14 Nov 1997 14:44:43 -0500 (EST)]
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