
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, October 4, 1994                   TAG: 9410050025
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                 LENGTH: Short

NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY OBSERVANCES

Lambda Horizons - Virginia Tech's lesbian, bisexual and gay student union - has announced an expanded schedule of activities to observe National Coming Out Day. The organization kicks off a two-week series of activities Wednesday, Oct. 5, with an information display at Squires Student Center, Virginia Tech. The display will remain open daily until Oct. 18.

Saturday, Oct. 8, a coming out "funeral" - where participants will bury something symbolizing their former selves - will be held near the gazebo at the Virginia Tech Duck Pond.

Coming Out Day is Tuesday, Oct. 11. It will be observed with a rally, 5-9 p.m., on the lawn of Henderson Hall, Virginia Tech.

Other activities include a movie festival Oct. 15, noon-6 p.m., in 100 Burke Johnston Student Center (under the Burger King), and a commitment ceremony Sunday, Oct. 16, noon-2 p.m., in Commonwealth Room B, Squires Student Center.

National Coming Out Day activities conclude with a reception Monday, Oct. 17, in the Williamsburg Room, Squires Student Center.

Lambda Horizons meets Thursdays, 8 p.m., in 100 Burke Johnston Student Center.

For more information, call Kari Jones, 552-0742.

by CNB