PANEL TO ADDRESS ISSUES RAISED BY O.J. CASE

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 17 -- "O.J. Simpson:  Race,
Gender and Justice" will be addressed during a panel discussion
Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 147 of Clark Hall at the
University of Virginia.
	Ann J. Lane, director of U.Va.'s women's studies program,
will moderate the discussion of panelists, who represent diverse
opinions on the trial.
	Among the panelists are Julian Bond, former civil rights
activist and historian; Anne Coughlin, a visiting professor of law
whose specialty is domestic violence litigation; Paula McClain,
chair of the government and foreign affairs department who
researches the interplay of race and politics, and Bernard Mayes,
director of U.Va.'s media studies program.
	Other panelists will include Ellen Contini-Morava, chair of
the linguistics programs; William Harmon, vice president of student
affairs; Eric Lott, assistant professor of English; and Michele
Mitchell, a research fellow at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for
Afro-American and African Studies.
	Sponsored by the women's studies program, the panel
discussion is free and open to the public.
	For more information, call the women's studies program at
(804) 982-2961.
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October 16, 1995