February 2, 2000 Trustees Meet at 'Cybercampus' New Campaign Unveils Drinking Misconceptions American History Contests Winners Announced

• Blood Drive in Honor of Bryce Chesser from noon to 6 p.m. in the Jefferson Hall Library. Call the American Red Cross at 593-5273 or Lindsay Levenson at 589-7003 to make an appointment. Also same time, same place tomorrow. Read more about it.
  
  
• Public meeting on possible merger of the Film and Theater Schools at 5 p.m. in the Elizabeth Evans Baker Theater in Kantner Hall. The dean of the College of Fine Arts will hear concerns.
  
  
• "Uncovering the Late Charles Chesnutt" is the title of a lecture to be delivered by Dean McWilliams, Ohio University English Professor. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room (Alden Library third floor). Read more about it.
  
  
• "The Bloody Edge: Hunting and the Animal-Human Boundary in Western Thought" is the title of a lecture that will be given by Matt Cartmill, professor of biological anthropology and anatomy at Duke University. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be at 7:30 pm in Irvine Hall 194. Read more about it.
  
  
• The Tuba/Euphonium Choir performs a concert at 8 p.m. in the School of Music Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. Call 593-4244 for information.
  
  
• "Painters Who Make Prints" exhibit continues at the Kennedy Museum of Art.
  
  
• For more, please visit the online Calendar of Events.
  

• OU-COM Offers Free Childhood Immunizations
  
  
• Public Surplus Auction February 5
  
  
• Teleconference on 'Virtual University' Feb. 3
  
  
• Institute for the African Child Teach-In Feb. 4-5
  
  
• Saturday's Basketball Game to be Televised
  
  
• Campuswide Administrative Building Inspections to Go On/Please Close Your Office Windows
  
  
• Training for Web-based Teaching Tool Now Available
  
  
• Ohio Women Score Big Win Over Marshall
  
  
• Seniors, Sign Up Now for Free Yearbook Photos and the Senior Class Trip
  
  
• Microsoft Products Available to Ohio University Students, Departments, and Employees
  
  
• How to Get Your Bobcat Basketball Tickets
  
  
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus available

Soap Operas Send Educational Messages to Global Audiences Though television has been criticized in recent years for promoting sex and violence, an Ohio University researcher has found that soap operas in developing nations are making a positive impact, encouraging audiences to adopt more progressive attitudes and behaviors toward gender equality, HIV prevention, adult literacy and other social issues. Arvind Singhal is an Ohio University associate professor of interpersonal communication and co-author of the book "Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Society Change." Though past studies have focused solely on measuring the impacts of entertainment-education programs, Singhal's book also explains why the shows cause audience members to change attitudes and practices. Governments in countries such as India, China, Mexico and Peru have successfully blended educational messages into engaging television or radio soap operas to inspire social change. Singhal's studies, which have been published and presented for professional audiences, found that such motivational programs affected mainly individual, short-term behavior changes, prompted by viewers' identification with story characters whom they saw as role models. For more information, please read the full text of this news release.