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'CAT FACTS What uptown pizza eatery shares its name with a popular 1990 Warner Bros. mafia movie? What CBS news anchor spoke at the 1975 commencement? What was longtime Ohio basketball coach Jim Snyder's nickname? What Ohio University president earlier served as president of the University of South Dakota? Who was the first woman and African-American academic dean on campus? What Ohio University alumnus was once owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates? How many seats are in the Convocation Center? What event brings ethnic food, music and dance to Court Street every spring? What alumna was named Miss America in 1972? What building once stood on the current site of Alden Library?

A final Review The Ohio Review has ceased publication with the retirement of its founder and editor, Wayne Dodd.... New shades of green Crimson king Norway maples. Prairiefire crabapples. London planetrees. Majesty sugar maples. These are among the newest members of campus' stately standing timber.... From campus to Corps Rick Hensel graduated in June with a bachelor's degree in international studies and returned to Ashville, Ohio, where he grew up fixing tractors and baling hay. But his time at home was only a hiatus. Hensel continued a long Ohio University tradition in early September when he flew to Africa for a 27-month stint in the Peace Corps... The science of small matters The next generation of computer chips and other electronic devices could be smaller than a speck of dust but more powerful than products available today... Sharing the Tuskegee tale During World War II, Charles McGee's 332nd Fighter Squadron never lost a bomber to enemy fighters in more than 200 bomber escort missions -- a feat unequaled in U.S. military history... Unique education delivery Bill Szpak is a Pickerington, Ohio, resident who delivers packages for a living, but it was a delivery to his home that may have changed his life... The sneetches as teachers When Bill Manhire, BSCE '01, read the first lines of Dr. Seuss' "The Sneetches and Other Stories" as part of a spring College of Business class assignment, he didnšt know what to think...   'Cat Facts answers 1. GoodFella's. 2. Eric Sevareid. 3. "Gentleman." 4. Herman James, president from 1935 to 1943. 5. Hilda Richards, dean of the College of Health and Human Services from 1979 to 1986. 6. The late John W. Galbreath, AB '20, HON '61. 7. 13,000 seats. 8. International Street Fair. 9. Laurel Lee Schaefer, BFA '71. 10. Women's Gymnasium.