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- Brent Scarpo to speak at Ohio University
- Filmmaker Brent Scarpo, who produced the documentary film, "Journey to a Hate Free Millennium," will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, at Ohio University's Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. His multi-media presentation includes a 40-minute educational version of his documentary, interspersed with dialogue among audience members, and is free and open to the public.
- His documentary delves into the heart of hatred and prejudice and explores the impact on the families of victims. The film visits the fence where gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was beaten, the road outside Jasper, Texas, where James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death and the grounds of Columbine High School.
- Scarpo, who worked in Hollywood for more than 15 years as an actor and casting director, cast such well-known films as "Air Force One," "That Thing You Do" and "The Shawshank Redemption."
- His appearance is sponsored by several Ohio University groups including the Interfraternity Council; Women's Panhellenic Association; POWER (Promoting Ohio University Wellness Education and Responsibility); the International Student Union; the Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Programs, and ONE (Ohio University's All-Inclusive Alliance for Equality).
- Celebrated authors gather for Spring Literary Festival
- Poetry lovers and book junkies can satisfy their cravings at the 17th Annual Spring Literary Festival, May 8 through 10 at Ohio University. This year's festival features five award-winning authors, fiction writer Jim Harrison, poets Stephen Dunn and Eleanor Wilner, and nonfiction writers Andrea Dworkin and Susan Griffin. Lectures and readings by the authors will be conducted in Irvine Auditorium on the West Green and are free and open to the public.
- The festival begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 with a reading by Wilner followed by a reading by Griffin at 8:30 p.m. A complete schedule of readings and lectures is available online at www.ohiou.edu/litfestival/.
- "The Spring Literary Festival recalls the positive accessibility of the writer's salons of old where authors and the reading audience freely share their ideas," said Richard Purdy, co-owner of Little Professor Book Center.
- Free parking for the festival is available in lots 127, 128 and 129 near the Convocation Center. The Literary Festival is sponsored by the Program in Creative Writing in the Department of English at Ohio University.
- Fair introduces students to graduate resources
- Graduate Programs Fair, to inform Undergraduate Students about the resources available for their Graduate studies at Ohio University, May 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Baker Center Ballroom. Topics will include financial aid information and career counseling. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact Shannon Brogran at s_brogan@yahoo.com.
- WellWorks hosts Health and Fitness Day
- A Walk Back in Time, along the bike path, to celebrate National Employee Health and Fitness Day. Complete the two mile walk and your "passport" to enter raffle, May 15, 4 to 7 p.m. The first 100 registered participants will receive a free t-shirt. Sponsored by WellWorks. To register, call 593-2093.
- Contest photographs on display
- The Ohio University-Zanesville Art Club has announced the winners of the photography contest. The public is invited to view the winning photographs on display at the Zanesville Campus Library, located in Herrold Hall, from Saturday, May 4 through Friday, May 24.
- The $100 purchase award for Best of Show went this year to Yi-Yen Yeh of New Concord. Sheila Hornsby received second place, and honorable mentions were given to Vernon Allen, Jennifer Siegrist, Charles Savage, Frank Loschiavo, Kristen Smith, Craig Laubenthal, Matt Mitchell, Mike Seiler and Jana Pryor.
- The juried photo exhibit is free and open to the public. It can be viewed during the library's normal operating hours, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Proceeds from the funds generated by entry fees will be donated to the Toys for Tots program. For more information on the contest or the art program at Ohio University-Zanesville, contact Jerry Westgerdes at (740) 588-1493, 822-1493 from the Athens campus, or at westgerd@ohio.edu.
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