CPU Newsletter

March 28, 2005

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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

2. CPU Election Information Session: come learn about CPU Executive
Board positions and how to run for them (TODAY, 3/28)

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

4. Columbia Political Review Editorial Board Applications (submit
application by 4/10)

5. Student coalition against proposed cuts to financial aid

6. Suggest a topic for the new CPU issue primer

7. Join the CPU Columbia Community Outreach Team

8. David Frum, Author and Fellow at the American Enterprise
Institute (POSTPONED to late April)

OTHER EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

9. Office of Government Affairs Lobby Day (busses leave Tuesday
evening, event on Wednesday, April 6th)

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CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

Fernando Ferrer

TODAY, 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.

Recent polls have identified Mr. Ferrer as the leader among
Democratic mayoral candidates.

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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2. Columbia Political Union Executive Board Election Information
Session

TODAY, Monday, March 28 at 9:30 pm (after the Fernando Ferrer event)
W501, Alfred Lerner Hall

Do you want to get more involved in the CPU? Would you like to hold
an Executive Board Position?

On April 18th, the CPU Governing Board will elect a new Executive
Board and we’d like you to run! If you are planning to run, or
would just like to know more about the positions and the election
process, come to our information session (after the Fernando Ferrer
event) on Monday, March 28th at 9:15 pm in Room W501, Lerner Hall.
You may run for any of the seven Executive Board positions:

General Manager
CPR Editor-in-Chief
Events Coordinator
Treasurer
Communications Coordinator
Publisher
Webmaster

If you have any questions please contact current General Manager
Alexia Koritz at adk2003@columbia.edu. We hope to see you there!

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3. 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 Council 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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4. Columbia Political Review Editorial Board Applications

The CPR is currently accepting applications for next year's
Editorial Board. Open positions are Editor-in-Chief, Managing
Editor, and Senior Editor. The deadline for declaring your
candidacy is Sunday, March 27 (Wednesday, March 30 if you attend the
Election Info Session), and completed applications are due
Sunday, April 10. For details, please contact Benjamin Levitan at
bml2012@columbia.edu.

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5. A coalition of students and organizations (the CPU included) is
working on a phone campaign to oppose the proposed cuts to
financial aid. We want to have 1000 phone calls made to Senators
and Congresspeople over the course of ten hours. It's
going to be a HUGE production. To help out, email CCSC President
Matthew Harrison at mph2003@columbia.edu.

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6. Suggest a topic for the new CPU issue primer

In an effort to keep our membership up to date on current political
issues, the Columbia Political Union periodically publishes issue
primers. A primer is a general review of an issue
or an event and is up to 3000 words in length. Past topics have
included EU expansion, North Korea, stem-cell research, and others.

Do you have a suggestion for the topic of our next primer? If so,
please email CPU Publisher Mariya Konovalova
(mak2033@columbia.edu).

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7. Join the CPU Columbia Community Outreach Team

CPR Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Levitan is leading the CPU team at
Columbia Community Outreach on Saturday, April 2. To be part of
this day of community service sign up at
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/outreach/registration05.html> and
choose CPU as your group. To find out more about CCO, go here:
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/outreach/>.

If you have any questions, please contact Benjamin Levitan at
bml2012@columbia.edu.

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8. The Columbia Political Union Presents:

David Frum, Author and Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

This event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for late
April.

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OTHER EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

9. The Office of Government Affairs Presents: Washington Lobby Day

busses leave Tuesday, April 5th, Lobby Day on Wednesday, April 6th

Join the Office of Government Affairs on a trip to Congress to lobby
in support of student aid. Transportation, meals, and lodging
provided.

For more information, call 4-7011 or visit
www.columbia.edu/cu/fedrel

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