Since its first 24-page issue in 1967 with John Lennon gracing the cover, to Marilyn Manson looking demonic and just plain scary, the magazine covers of Rolling Stone play an enormous part in the history of both music and pop culture.The Rolling Stone Covers Tour, presented by AT&T in partnership with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, displays the landmark covers and artifacts from the well known magazine from the past 30 years as it tours college campuses throughout the states.”We wanted the exhibit at college campuses because no one can benefit from rock and roll history more than college students,” said David Wild, a Senior editor for Rolling Stone magazine. “There are things that they have missed out on in rock history and we feel that they have the most to gain from it.”Wild described the covers as containing sex, wit, attitude and being full of energy.”The magazine jumps off the news stand and it still stands out today, which is prevalent at the Covers Tour,” Wild said.”Rolling Stone has always had their covers highly sought after,” he said. ” You’ve really made it in culture when you are on the front of the magazine.”The exhibit of the Covers Tour is set up in big glass cabinets so it is easily accessible, similar to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, said Frank A. Lazar, the Lecture chairperson for The Ohio and Drake Union Activities Board of Ohio State University. There will also be items from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum that will be a real treat for the people who haven’t been to it yet, Wild said. Famous photography by Annie Leibovitz, Ed Caraeff and Mark Seliger will be displayed. “It is the first time for the tour and it’s quite a unique take on the magazine. I saw it in L.A. for the first time and I was pleasantly surprised,” Wild said. “There were some covers that I had forgotten about, that when I saw them again, they reminded me that they were part of the reason why I got into this business,” Wild said.The Covers Tour was planned a while ago to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the magazine, along with a TV program about the Rolling Stone Anniversary that will air on ABC on May 21 at 9 p.m., Wild said.”We hope to enrich the historical prevalence of the Rolling Stone magazine and make people realize that there was more importance to the 60s than just a bunch of people hanging out and getting drunk,” said Lazar . “Rolling Stone is of social importance and spoke volumes about society, and still does.” Along with the Covers Tour and television program, Rolling Stone has also released all 728 covers from the past three decades into one book,” Rolling Stone: The Complete Covers, 1967-1997.” It is now available in stores.The tour will be at OSU in the main lobby of the Ohio Union, May 11-13, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. There is no charge to see the exhibit and everyone who tours the exhibit is eligible to enter a drawing to win an all-expenses paid trip to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame & Museum in Cleveland with 25 of their friends. Second place prizes will also be awarded, including the Rolling Stone book of covers and specially created Rolling Stone Covers Tour T- Shirt. All visitors of the exhibit will also receive a commemorative booklet featuring every Rolling Stone cover from the past 30 years.