THANKSGIVING WEEK SCHEDULE--University offices will be closed and there will be no classes on Thursday and Friday (11/25-26). Thursday is Thanksgiving, and Ohio State observes Columbus Day on Friday.

BEAT MICHIGAN WEEK 1999 WINDS UP WITH GAME AND WINGS--Nov. 20. Beat Michigan Week gives students an opportunity to show their Buckeye spirit and raise awareness and money for local charities. The week concludes with the big game on BIG SCREEN TVs at 11 a.m. at French Field House, 460 Woody Hayes Drive. Then Wing the Wolverines by feasting on 20,000 free BW-3 wings and Coke products.
CONTACT: Tracy Stuck, director of the Office of Student Activities, 292-8763.

LECTURE LOOKS AT WRITINGS OF ITALIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS--Nov. 30. The College of Humanities presents the second Inaugural Lecture of 1999-2000 on Tuesday (11/30) at 7:30 p.m. at the OSU Faculty Club. Professor Charles Klopp, Department of French and Italian, will present Getting Out of Jail Free (or Not): Prison Discourse in Italy 1566-1978. Throughout Italian history, many Italians have gone to prison for political reasons. Klopp has studied the prisoners’ accounts of their ordeals with particular attention to texts produced during the struggle for national unification during the first half of the nineteenth century; letters by social activists imprisoned during the latter part of that same century; and the writings of anti-fascists during this century’s 20 years of totalitarian government under Mussolini.
CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882.

BUCK-ID NOW SMARTER AND ACCEPTED AT SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER--Ohio State’s smart-card, the BuckID, offers new services to students, faculty and staff who use it. Users can manage their account by logging onto www.buckid.com. Card holders can check an account balance, view previous transaction history and make credit and debit card deposits. Parents and friends of students may also add money to their students’ account. Ohio State is one of only three schools to offer these management features on their campus card program.
  BuckID cardholders may now use their cards at some concession stands and at The Winning Schott in the Value City Arena in the Schottenstein Center. This pilot program will continue next year if successful for the rest of this academic year. Stands accepting the smart-card are located near student seating sections.
CONTACT: Valerie Shafer, Student Housing Administration, 292- 3241.

UNIQUE PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE--through Nov. 24. The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy offers a unique internship program for 18-20 Franklin County high school seniors to gain first hand work experience in the political and policy-making process. Students selected for the John Glenn Precollegiate Internship program, which begins in January 2000, will spend their final semester working in selected state agencies and not-for-profit organizations. Deadline for applications is Nov. 24. Announcement of selected interns will be made by Dec. 15. To apply, call Julie Tunnell, precollegiate internship coordinator, at 876-5116. Franklin County high school counseling offices also have information about the internship program. CONTACT: Lynda Farrell, John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy, 292-4545.

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