CPU Newsletter

February 2, 2005

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. CPU Event: State of the Union Watch Party (TONIGHT, Wednesday,
2/2)

2. CPU Event: Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights
Watch (TOMORROW, Thursday, 2/3)

3. CPU Event: Adrian Wooldridge, Chief Washington Correspondent for
The Economist (Thursday, 2/10)

4. CPU Event: Gifford Miller, New York City Council Speaker
(Monday, 2/14)

OTHER EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

5. SIPA Event: Careers in the Foreign Service (Thursday, 2/3)

6. CPU Resource for Internship Opportunities

7. PSSA General Body Meeting (Monday, 2/7)

8. Office of Government and Community Affairs: Lobby Day in Albany
(Tuesday, 2/8)

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CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. State of the Union Watch Party

Wednesday, 2/2 at 9:00 pm
Second Floor Piano Lounge, Alfred Lerner Hall

Join your classmates as we get together to watch President Bush
deliver the annual State of the Union address. Pizza and soda will
be served.

Sponsored by the Columbia College Republicans, the Columbia College
Democrats, and the Columbia Political Union.

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2. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch

Thursday, 2/3 at 8:00 pm
Room 517, Hamilton Hall

Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, a post
he has held since 1993. The largest U.S.-based international human
rights organization, Human Rights Watch investigates, reports on,
and seeks to curb human rights abuses in some 70 countries.

Mr. Roth has written over 70 articles and chapters on a range of
human rights topics in such publications as the New York Times, the
Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, the International Herald Tribune,
and the New York Review of Books. He also regularly appears in the
major media and speaks to audiences around the world.

In his ten years as executive director of Human Rights Watch, the
organization has tripled in size, while greatly expanding its
geographic reach, and adding special projects devoted to refugees,
children's rights, academic freedom, international justice, AIDS,
gay and lesbian rights, and the human rights responsibilities of
multinational corporations.

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Human Rights and Amnesty
International.

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3. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

Adrian Wooldridge, Chief Washington Correspondent for the Economist

Thursday, 2/10
Location TBA

Adrian Wooldridge is the Economist's Washington Correspondent, based
in Washington DC. He covers politics, social policy, and social and
political events. He is also the Lexington Columnist. Previously
he has been the Economist's West Coast Correspondent, Management
Correspondent and Britain Correspondent. He is the co-author of
"The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary
Idea," "A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of
Globalization," and "Witch Doctors," a critical examination of
management theory.

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4. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

Gifford Miller, New York City Council Speaker

Monday, 2/14 at 12:30 pm
Room 101, Jerome Greene Hall

Elected unanimously by his colleagues to the post of City Council
Speaker on January 9, 2002, Gifford Miller leads the legislative
branch of New York's municipal government, overseeing the passage of
all new laws and the City's $47 billion annual budget. Speaker
Miller, a Democrat and lifelong New Yorker, was fist elected to the
City Council in 1996.

Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society, the Columbia Law
School Young Democrats, and the Columbia College Democrats.

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OTHER EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

5. The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Presents:

Careers in the Foreign Service With Mrs. Robyn Hinson-Jones, the
Coordinator of the Diplomat in Residence Program and the Chief of
the State Department’s Human Resources Outreach Branch and Dr.
Clyde Bishop, PhD, US Department of State Diplomat-in-Residence at
the City College of New York.

Thursday, 2/3 at 5:00 pm
Room 1501, International Affairs Building

Robyn Hinson-Jones has been a career Foreign Service Officer since
1978. Her first assignment was to Kinshasa, in the former Zaire,
followed by tours in Barbados and London. In 1983, Ms.
Hinson-Jones returned to Washington for a series of assignments as
Congressional Liaison Officer in the Bureau of African Affairs,
Desk Officer for Zambia and Malawi, Staff Officer for the Secretary
of State, and Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary.

In 1989, Ms. Hinson-Jones returned to Africa to serve as Political
Officer in Lusaka, Zambia where she was the liaison with the
then-exiled African National Congress. Her next tour was to South
Africa during which she again worked closely with the ANC during
their transition from opposition group, through the first
multi-racial election and finally to government in power.

Following her tour in South Africa, Ms. Hinson-Jones received senior
training and a Masters degree at the National Defense University at
Ft. McNair. Her next assignment was as Political Counselor in
Brussels, Belgium. Upon being promoted into the Senior Foreign
Service, Ms. Hinson-Jones was posted as the Principal Officer in
Lagos, Nigeria.

Since September 2004, Robyn Hinson-Jones has been the Coordinator of
the Diplomat in Residence Program and the Chief of the State
Department’s HR Outreach Branch. She is the recipient of several
Department of State Meritorious Honor Awards and has twice received
the Department’s Superior Honor Award.

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6. Internship Opportunities

Several people have recently sent the CPU information about
internship opportunities so we have decided to compile them for you
on our website. For a complete listing visit:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cpu/newsletter/0405/0201internships.html

If you know of an internship that the CPU membership may be
interested in, please email our webmaster, Alastair Shearman, at
as2579@columbia.edu.

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7. Political Science Student Association (PSSA) General Body
Meeting

Monday, 2/7 at 9:00 pm
Furnald Lounge

Pizza and drinks provided!!
Come give us feedback about how we've done and what you want to see
us do in the future! Find out ways to get involved and get useful
information about majoring in Political Science!!!

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8. The Office of Government & Community Affairs at Columbia
University Presents:

Lobby Day in Albany, New York
Tuesday, 2/8

The Office of Government and Community Affairs (the folks who place
students on the Hill every summer) are hosting a Lobby Day in
Albany, NN trip on Tuesday, February 8, 2005. This event is
totally free (breakfast and lunch will be provided). The
bus will leave Columbia University at 116th and Broadway at 7:00 am
(students are encouraged to arrive by 6:45am to get their breakfast,
"how-to-lobby" packets, and other materials). The bus will return
at 6:00 pm on the same day.

The event will put students together with state representatives of
the Assembly and Senate to discuss issues such as Student Aid and
Health. Anyone interested in attending should contact the Office
of Gov't and Community Affairs in Low Library at (212)854-5915 or
email Scott at dss2112@columbia.edu.

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