April 9, 1999

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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, today and Saturday (4/9-10) 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.

MAYOR LASHUTKA TO CUT RIBBON TO COMBINE NURSING UNITS--April 12. Columbus Mayor and former patient Greg Lashutka will cut a ribbon at 9 a.m. Monday (4/12) marking the completion of a project to combine the cardiac and cardiovascular nursing units at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Reporters should arrive no later than 8:50 a.m. in the lobby of Rhodes Hall, 450 W. 10th Ave. The merger will provide more efficient care for patients and allow more opportunities for collaboration among staff of the two divisions.
CONTACT: David Crawford, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

HOW NOT TO RESOLVE MORAL CONFLICTS IS TOPIC OF LECTURE--April 12. Political scientist Amy Gutmann will discuss How Not to Resolve Moral Conflicts in the annual Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution at The Ohio State University College of Law on Monday (4/12). Gutmann, a professor of politics at Princeton University, is author of Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race. She will begin her talk at 4 p.m. in the Auditorium of John Deaver Drinko Hall (law building), 55 W. 12th Ave.
CONTACT: Liz Cutler Gates, College of Law, 292-0283.

COMMUNITY FORUM TO DISCUSS NEWLY ACQUIRED OSU HOSPITAL EAST-- April 13. The public is invited to a community forum to hear plans for the newly acquired Ohio State University Hospitals East and to ask questions of Ohio State representatives. The forum will be held from 4-5:15 p.m. Tuesday (4/13) in Wallace Auditorium in Talbot Hall, 1441 Clifton Ave. Parking and access to the auditorium is available off Clifton Avenue. Representing Ohio State and OSU Hospitals East will be Dr. Manuel Tzagournis, vice president of health sciences at Ohio State; Reed Fraley, executive director of University Hospitals; Dr. Hagop Mekhjian, medical director of University Hospitals; Larry Anstine, interim chief operating officer for University Hospitals East; Donald Day, University Hospitals board member; and Rev. Kwasi Thornell and Dr. Mark Thurman, members of the University Hospitals East board. After brief opening remarks, the forum will be opened to discussion and questions. Ohio State acquired the 404-bed hospital, formerly Park Medical Center, from Quorum Health Group on April 8.
CONTACT: David Crawford, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

ON THE ROLE OF THEORY--April 13. Professor Margaret Mills, chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, will present Rafts of Theory and Theories of Rafts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (4/13), at the Faculty Club. Delivering the College of Humanities’ fourth Inaugural Lecture of the year, Mills’ talk is a progress report on the role of theory in humanistic studies and expressive culture.
CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882.

SURGEON GENERAL VISITS MEDICAL CENTER--April 14. U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher will visit campus on Wednesday (4/14) to tour the University Medical Center’s women’s health center and give a speech at Rhodes Hall, 450 W. 10th Ave. Media wishing to cover Satcher’s tour should meet in the Rhodes Hall lobby before 11 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., he will move to the auditorium to address medical professionals and the university community on the opportunities and challenges of working toward a balanced health system. Satcher’s visit is sponsored by the Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies (HOPES), a multidisciplinary center for the study, awareness and promotion of health policy.
CONTACT: David Crawford, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

TRAFFIC ALERT: SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER EVENT PARKING IS AT FAIRGROUNDS--April 15. Some 14,000 people are expected to attend the Peter Lowe Success 1999 event Thursday (4/15) at the Jerome Schottenstein Center. The event, which features a number of motivational speakers, including Colin Powell, runs from 8 a.m. to about 6:30 p.m. Because Ohio State classes are in session during this time, there is very little campus parking available for conference attendees. The only event parking on campus is in the Schottenstein Center lots, and those spaces are very limited. There is no event parking in other campus lots; anyone parking in those lots without an OSU parking tag will be ticketed. Ticket holders are being asked to park at the Ohio Expo Center (state fairgrounds) at 17th Avenue and I- 71. Continuous shuttle bus service will run between the fairgrounds parking lots and the Schottenstein Center, beginning at 6 a.m. and continuing as long as needed, probably until about 8 p.m. University students, faculty and staff, and other drivers in the area should expect heavy traffic on route 315 and I-71 during the Thursday morning and afternoon commutes. Organizers of Peter Lowe’s Success 1999 urge people attending the event to park at the fairgrounds, carpool and allow plenty of time. Lunches will be available on-site and within walking distance of the arena.
CONTACT: Beth Kelley, Transportation and Parking, 292-9944.

DON’T SLEEP THROUGH THIS CONFERENCE--April 16-18. More than 500 residents and faculty from the Midwest and Canada will gather April 16-18 for the Midwest Anesthesiology Resident’s Conference at the Hyatt on Capitol Square, 75 E. State St. Sponsored by the Medical Center’s Department of Anesthesiology, the conference is an opportunity for residents to learn about new areas of research and technology in the field of anesthesia. Wayne Sotile, a clinical psychologist at Wake Forest University, will speak on the stress of practicing medicine and personal relationships on April 17 at 12:30 p.m. in the Governor’s Ballroom.
CONTACT: David Crawford, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

BEANIE BABIES AND ECONOMICS--April 17. Teachers will learn how to use Beanie Babies to illustrate the basic economic concept used in the fourth- and sixth-grade proficiency test at a Beanie Baby Economic Workshop. Sponsored by the Central Ohio Regional Professional Development Center, teachers will explore resources, supply and demand, market prices, international trade, scarcity, and how the Beanie Baby phenomenon has grown. Participants receive a Beanie. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Instructional Technology Services of Central Ohio, Inc., 3966 Brown Park Drive.
CONTACT: Abbe Kehler, College of Education, 292-1178.

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**Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray- Goedde.1@osu.edu).