CPU Newsletter

March 7, 2005

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Patch Adams, Founder of the Gesundheit! Institute (TODAY 3/7)

2. Gayle Smith, Former Special Advisor to the President and Senior
NSC Director for African Affairs (TOMORROW 3/8)

3. CPR March Issue (around campus and online now)

4. CPU Mayoral Speaker’s Series: Fernando Ferrer, Candidate for
Mayor (3/28)

5. The CPU and Women's History Month Board Post-Election Panel:
How President Bush's Policies Affect Women (3/29)

6. David Frum, Author and Fellow at the American Enterprise
Institute (3/30)

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CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. The CPU Presents:

Patch Adams, founder of the Gesundheit! Institute

TODAY, Monday, March 7 at 4:00 pm
Room E569, Alfred Lerner Hall

Patch Adams is the real person behind the hit movie
"Patch Adams," starring Robin Williams. Patch is both a medical
doctor and a clown, but he is also a social activist who has
devoted 30 years to changing America's healthcare system.

The Gesundheit! Institute offers a novel approach to healthcare
that emphasizes holistic therapies, active community involvement,
and the important role of family and relatives in successful
treatment outcomes. The Gesundheit! Institute provides care to
patients free of charge. During the 12 years since the Institute's
founding, Dr. Adams and his staff have treated over 15,000 patients.

Following his lecture, Dr. Adams will conduct a book signing of his
work House Calls: How We Can All Heal the World One Visit at a
Time. Copies of the book will be available for $11.95.

Dr. Adams will also be accepting donations to the Gesundheit!
Institute.

*Event co-sponsored by AMSA at Columbia College and the College of
Physicians and Surgeons*

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2. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

Gayle Smith, former Special Advisor to the President and Senior NSC
Director for African Affairs; Senior Fellow at the Center for
American Progress

TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 8, at 4:30 pm
Room 103, Jerome Greene Hall

In 1998, Gayle Smith was appointed special assistant to the
president and senior director for African Affairs at the National
Security Council. Smith negotiated a ceasefire between Uganda and
Rwanda in 1999 and won the National Security Council's Samuel
Nelson Drew Award for Distinguished Contribution in Pursuit of
Global Peace for her role in the successful negotiation of a peace
agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Smith is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and
an adviser to the U.N. Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in
Africa. She was a member of the Commission on Capital Flows
sponsored by the Institute for International Economics and the
Corporate Council on Africa, and now serves as a member of the
Center for Global Development's Commission on U.S. Policy Toward
Low-Income Poorly Performing States. She is a Guest Scholar at the
Brookings Institution, where she recently co-authored The Other
War: Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account. Smith
serves as a Trustee of the Africa America Institute and as an
independent consultant.

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3. The long-anticipated March issue of the Columbia Political
Review is around campus now and online (at
www.columbiapoliticalunion.org).

Here’s a taste:

David Singerman argues that American security policy is
fundamentally irrational, often doing nothing to protect us and
sometimes further endangering us.

M. Alper Bahadir explores two paths for an increasingly diverse
Europe: either embrace multiculturalism or demand strict
secularism.

Paul Sonne shows that Iran may soon have the bomb and asks, "What
would we do then?"

Matthew Christiansen delves into the nation of Georgia's dilemma:
stick close to Russia or risk straining those ties for stronger
western connections? The result could have consequences for other
former Soviet states.

Plus:

Caitlin Verrilli: "Making Love? Singapore Plays the Dating Game"
Susan Millenky: "Don't Step on the Crack: In Camden's Drug War,
Drugs Fight Back"
Diego Laserna: "Bolívar's Unexpected Aid: Bush Unites South
America-Against the North"
Justin Slaughter: "Cartoon in Crisis: Ex-Sponging Rumors of Deviant
Behavior"

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4. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

Fernando Ferrer

Monday, March 28 at 8:00 pm
Satow Room, Alfred Lerner Hall

Mr. Ferrer was Bronx Borough President for 14 years. After losing a
primary run-off for the Democratic nomination in the 2001 mayoral
race, Mr. Ferrer became president of the Drum Major Institute, a
progressive think-tank founded in 1961 to support the work of
Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. Ferrer began his political career upon
being elected to the City Council at the age of 23.

Mr. Ferrer's appearance is part of the CPU's efforts to bring all
mayoral candidates to campus. Per University rules, these lectures
are not, however, official campaign stops.

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5. The CPU and Women's History Month Board Present:
How President Bush's Policies Affect Women, a Post-Election Panel

Tuesday, March 29 at 5:00 pm
Satow Room, Alfred Lerner Hall

Panelists include: Melody Barnes (Senior Fellow at the Center for
American Progress), Gwendolyn Beetham (National Center for Research
on Women), Capri Cafaro (former Democratic candidate for Ohio's
14th Congressional District) and Elizabeth LoNigro (Executive
Director of NYC Commission on Women's Issues).

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6. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

David Frum, Author and Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Wednesday, March 30 at 9:00 pm
Satow Room, Alfred Lerner Hall

David Frum is the author of the national bestseller, THE
RIGHT MAN: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush, and co-author
with Richard Perle of AN END TO EVIL: How to Win the War on Terror.

Mr. Frum is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and writes
a daily column for National Review Online. In 2001, Judge Richard
Posner's study of public intellectuals listed Mr. Frum as one of
the 100 most influential minds in the United States. From January
2001 to February 2002, David Frum was special assistant to
President Bush for economic speechwriting.

Mr. Frum received a simultaneous BA and MA in history from Yale in
1982. He was appointed a visiting lecturer in history at Yale in
1986; in 1987, he graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School,
where he served as president of the Federalist Society.

Event co-sponsored by the Columbia College Republicans.

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