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GO BUCKS, SHOOT PUCKS--Mar. 27-28.  Playing in its first-ever berth in 
the NCAA tournament, the OSU Hockey team meets Yale at 5 p.m. Friday 
at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor.  A Buckeye win would set up a second-round 
game against No. 1 ranked Michigan State on Saturday at 6 p.m.  The 
Buckeyes lost to Michigan State in the Big Ten title game last 
Saturday to earn the NCAA berth.  
CONTACT: Sports Information, 292-6861.

SOAP OPERA STARS COME TO CAMPUS--Apr. 1-4.  NBC executives and soap-
opera stars, including Ohio State alum Sherri Saum of Sunset Beach, 
will bring the NBC Daydream Tour to campus promote to NBC’s daytime 
programs and offer advice to aspiring TV stars and writers. The event 
is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs, College of the Arts, 
and NBC.
--April 1-2, students may attend any of six seminars in the Drake 
Union’s Thurber Theatre, 1849 Cannon Dr.  Among the seminars:  How to 
Pursue a Career in Theatre or Television, (Apr. 1, 12:30 p.m.), 
Entertainment Law (Apr. 1, 4 p.m.), Press and Promotions (Apr. 2, 1 
p.m.), and Writing for the Soaps (Apr. 2, 3 p.m.).  In addition, a 
select group of students will do a mock screen test with a casting 
director.  
--April 3, 17 soap opera stars from Sunset Beach, Days of Our Lives 
and Another World will meet students and sign autographs from 11:30 
a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Ohio Union West Ballroom, 1739 N. High St.  The 
event also includes a mayoral proclamation and free pizza.  
--April 4-5, the stars will appear at several community events, 
including the Columbus Crewhome opener on Saturday, 6-7:30 p.m.at Ohio 
Stadium.
CONTACT: Tracy Stuck, Student Affairs, 292-8763; or Lois Foreman 
Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835.

LAW CONFERENCE EXAMINES BAKKE DECISION, 20 YEARS LATER--Apr. 3-4.  
Twenty years after the Supreme Court’s 1978 Bakke decision, 
affirmative action remains one of the most hotly contested legal and 
social issues in America.  The Future of Bakke: Socio-Legal 
Perspectives on Affirmative Action in Education brings prominent 
scholars in law and the social sciences to Ohio State’s College of 
Law, 55 W. 12th Ave., to consider the future of affirmative action in 
higher education.  The conference opens at 1:30 p.m. Friday with an 
introduction from Law Dean Gregory Williams, author of Life on the 
Color Line.  Panels are titled: Bakke in the Admissions Office and the 
Courts;  Affirmative Action in the Classroom; Is Affirmative Action 
Fair?; and The Future of Affirmative Action.  The event is sponsored 
by The Ohio State College of Law, the College’s Socio-Legal Center, 
and The Ohio State Law Journal. 
CONTACT: Liz Cutler Gates, College of Law, 292-0283.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETS IN LIMA--Apr. 3.  The Ohio State University 
Board of Trustees will hold its regular April meeting at 10:30 a.m. at 
the Reed Hall Auditorium, OSU-Lima.  Committee meetings, where most of 
the discussion takes place, begin at 9:45 a.m.
CONTACT: Emily Caldwell, University Communications, 292-8309.

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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).