April 2, 1999

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETS--April 6. The Ohio State University Board of Trustees will meet at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, (April 6) in Fisher Auditorium at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Note that the meeting is on a Tuesday, not Friday as is usually the case.
CONTACT: Emily Caldwell, University Communications, 292-8309.

MOVIE OFFERS POURING IN FOR BUCKEYE WEAR--The premiere of “The Out-Of-Towners” offers Ohio State fans a familiar look. In the opening scenes, the parents of an Ohio State student bid him farewell in an airport bedecked with Buckeye banners and actors wearing Ohio State hats and other clothing. The movie is one of more than a half-dozen “projects” offered each year to Trademark and Licensing Services. The office reviews scripts for movies and TV pilots that call for Ohio State garb as props. Among the scripts recently approved: Kevin Costner’s upcoming baseball movie, “For the Love of the Game,” (they asked to use a hat), “House Arrest” with Jamie Lee Curtis, “A Family Thing” with Robert Duvall, an episode of the “New Love Boat,” and “Living Single.” Scripts are submitted to the office 12-18 months in advance and are turned down if inappropriate.
CONTACT: Rick Van Brimmer, Trademark and Licensing Services, 292-1562.

LAW COLLEGE CELEBRATES COMMUNITY AND DIVERSITY WEEK--April 5-9. Celebrating Community at OSU College of Law is the theme for a week of activities sponsored by the Student Bar Association. Events include a lecture by the Honorable Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Tuesday (April 6) at 4 p.m., and Promoting Diversity by Respecting the Individual, with Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, Thursday (April 8) at noon. Both events will be in the Auditorium of John Deaver Drinko Hall (law building), 55 W. 12th Ave.
CONTACT: Pam Lombardi, College of Law, 292-8809, or Christopher Snyder, 292-5589.

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED IMMUNOLOGIST WILL SPEAK--April 8. Dr. Ian Vincent Hutchinson, one of the world’s leading researchers of the regulation of the immune system, particularly in organ transplantation, will speak at noon Thursday (April 8) in Rhodes Hall Auditorium, 450 W. 10th Ave. Hutchinson, professor and chair of immunology at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, will discuss the genetic basis of the immune system in health and disease. Hutchinson’s talk is part of the Landacre Day Scientific Session and sponsored by the Landacre Society, a medical student honorary.
CONTACT: David Crawford, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

WINDOW DISPLAY ART ON EXHIBIT--April 8-Sept. 4. The Art of Selling: A History of Visual Merchandising is the new exhibition opening April 8 in the Geraldine Schottenstein Wing of Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave. The exhibit is a historical view of visual display artists, techniques and artifacts associated with the display of store merchandise from the 1890s to the 1990s. It will feature photographs of the “art and artists” who have created notable window displays over the years, such as Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol; floor sets and window displays exploring different historical time periods and themes; and a variety of mannequins illustrating changing fashion silhouettes and artistic props and fixtures. In conjunction with this exhibition, Simon Doonan, creative director of Barney’s, New York City, will lecture on present-day visual merchandising and autograph copies of his book, Confessions of a Window Dresser, at 2 p.m. April 9 at the Wexner Center.
CONTACT: Gail Strege, curator, 292-3090; or Janet Ciccone, College of Human Ecology, 292-5338.

STUDENTS COMPETE IN BRIDGE-BUILDING CONTEST--April 9-10. Not only do civil engineering students have to make it strong--they have to build it quickly at the Ohio Valley Regional Steel Bridge-Building Competition, April 9-10 at the University of Kentucky (Lexington). About a dozen students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science have been working on the 1:10 scale model steel bridge since September. At the competition, they’ll try to assemble the structure in the least time possible. It will be tested for stiffness, weight, aesthetics, efficiency, economy and construction speed.
CONTACT: Carolyn Merry, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, 292-6889.

The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best 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).