Jan. 8, 1999

                            STORY TIPS

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IMPEACHMENT EXPERTISE--The question of whether President Clinton 
should be impeached is as much a political issue as a legal one, 
says Michael Les Benedict, an expert on impeachment and a 
professor of history at Ohio State.  Benedict, also an adjunct 
professor of law, is the author of The Impeachment and Trial of 
Andrew Johnson.  He says impeachement is a mix of law and 
politics.
CONTACT: Michael Les Benedict, 292-5479 or 292-2674.

OPRAH’S TRAINER DISCUSSES LIFESTYLE CHANGES--Jan 9.  Bob Greene, 
personal trainer to Oprah Winfrey and co-author of Making the 
Connection, will discuss ways to achieve better health and well-
being at 10:30 a.m. in Rhodes Hall Auditorium, 450 W. 10th Ave.  
An exercise physiologist, Greene will offer 10 steps to building 
a happier, healthier lifestyle including new approaches to eating 
and exercise, and methods of daily renewal and enhanced self-
confidence.  He’ll also share stories of Oprah’s personal journey 
to total health and well-being.
CONTACT: Betsy Samuels, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

INPUT WANTED ON UNIVERSITY GATEWAY CENTER--Jan 12.  Three 
competing teams of developers are visiting Ohio State this month 
to hear ideas and concerns from students, residents and others 
regarding the University Gateway Center, a major urban 
redevelopment project proposed for the area around 11th Avenue 
and High Street.  Open houses with developers will be held from 
noon-3 p.m. and 7:30-9 p.m. in Ohio Union Buckeye Suite E, 1739 
N. High St.  Campus Partners, the redevelopment corporation 
established by Ohio State, has been buying property in the 11th 
and High Street area and proposes the University Gateway Center 
as the centerpiece of a refurbished University District.  
Proposals from the developers are due in late February.
CONTACT: Terry Foegler, Campus Partners, 294-7300. 

UNIVERSITY HOLDS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATIONS--Jan. 13-18. 
Ohio State will honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a number of 
events.  The Rev. Calvin Butts, III, a civil rights activist and 
pastor of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, 
will keynote the 27th annual tribute to King on Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. 
in the Ohio Union Conference Theater, 1739 N. High St.  The King 
tribute is sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs, the Frank 
W. Hale Black Cultural Center and King Avenue United Methodist 
Church.  
CONTACT: Larry Williamson, Hale Center, 292-0074. 
Students will perform community service duties at several 
locations Jan 13-18.  The volunteer activities include serving 
lunch and cleaning up at the Pauline Home for the Aged and the 
Martin Janis Senior Center, and supervising and interacting with 
youngsters at several locations.
CONTACT: Janice Hoffman, Office of Student Affairs, 688-4981.
Paula Innis, president of Full Court Press, will be the keynote 
speaker at a luncheon celebrating the memory of King, Monday, 
Jan. 18, 12:30-2:30 p.m. in the Ohio Union Stecker Lounge.  The 
luncheon is sponsored by the Minority Service Leaders Program, a 
leadership development program for ethnic minority students at 
Ohio State.
CONTACT: Rebecca Parker, Minority Service Leaders Program, 292-
7924.

LAW DEAN ELECTED LEADER--Ohio State University College of Law 
Dean Gregory H. Williams was named president of the Association 
of American Law Schools during its annual meeting Jan 4-8 in New 
Orleans.  Williams is the fourth president of AALS from Ohio 
State in the nearly 100-year history of the organization.  More 
than 160 law schools are part of the AALS, whose goal is to 
improve the legal profession through education.
CONTACT: Liz Cutler Gates, College of Law, 292-0283

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information about the story.  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 Emily 
Caldwell, 292-8309.
**Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-
Goedde.1@osu.edu).