CPU Newsletter

April 24, 2006

CPU EVENT: "Always Wal-Mart? The Economics and Politics of 'Everyday Low Prices'" - A CPU Panel Discussion (Thursday, 04/27)

CPU EVENT:

1. "Always Wal-Mart? The Economics and Politics of 'Everyday Low Prices'" - A CPU Panel Discussion (Thursday, 04/27)

2. J. Stapleton Roy, former US Ambassador to Singapore, China, and Indonesia - Dinner and Discussion (Tuesday, 04/25)

CPU CO-SPONSORED EVENT:

3. "For A Better New York" - KT McFarland, Republican Senate Candidate (TONIGHT, 04/24)

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1. A CPU Panel Discussion: "Always Wal-Mart? The Economics and Politics of 'Everyday Low Prices'"

Date: Thursday, 04/27
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Satow Room, Alfred Lerner Hall

Featuring:

LUKE BOGGS is Executive Director of americansforwalmart.org, the founding and sole initiative of Americans for Free Enterprise, Inc., a Georgia-based nonprofit not affiliated with or funded by Wal- Mart Stores, Inc. Boggs has written for newspapers and magazines including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Human Events, National Review, Smoke, TotalTV, and DSN Retailing Today. Formerly a regular columnist with Atlanta's Creative Loafing newspaper and Points North magazine, Boggs has also contributed to Georgia Public Radio's "Georgia Gazette" program. A speechwriter by profession, Boggs earned a bachelor's degree in history at the University of Georgia and a master's degree at Ohio University's Contemporary History Institute. He is a native and resident of suburban Atlanta.

RYAN SAGER is a member of the editorial board and a weekly columnist at The New York Post. Previous to The Post, Sager was the editorial features editor of The New York Sun, the city's weekday conservative broadsheet, founded in 2002. Sager has also worked and written for the Cato Institute, Reason magazine, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, City Journal, Wired News and Tech Central Station. Sager graduated from George Washington University in 2001 with a BA in history. He is a two-time winner of the Felix Morley Journalism Award, given by the Institute for Humane Studies for appreciation and communication of classical liberal principles.

JENNIFER SUNG is an Associate Counsel & Skadden Fellow at NYU's Brennan Center for Justice. Ms. Sung works primarily with grassroots coalitions to develop new public policies to promote accountable economic development. She also provides support to campaigns to secure living wages, expand access to health care, and protect the rights of works to organize. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Ms. Sung clerked for Judge Betty Binns Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School (2004), where she was a co-founded of the Hospital Debt Justice Project in the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization and served as co-chair of the Workers Rights Project. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College (1994).

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2. A CPU Event: J. Stapleton Roy, former Ambassador to China, Singapore, and Indonesia - Dinner and Discussion [LIMITED SEATING - RSVP NOW!]

Date: Tuesday, 04/25 Time: 8:15PM Location: Hamilton Hall 304

LIMITED SEATING - RSVP NOW: http://www.cupolitics.org/rsvp/

Description: Born in Nanjing, China to missionary parents, AMBASSADOR J. STAPLETON ROY joined the United States Foreign Service in 1956. Mr. Roy spent much of his career in Asia, where he ultimately served as Ambassador to three different countries -- Singapore, China, and Indonesia -- before becoming the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. Mr. Roy was also posted to Moscow during the height of the Cold War. He is now the managing director of Kissinger Associates.

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CPU CO-SPONSORED EVENT:

3. A CPU Co-sponsored Event: "For A Better New York" - KT McFarland, Republican Senate Candidate

Date: TONIGHT, 04/24
Time: 7:30PM
Location: 516 Hamilton Hall

Description:

KT MCFARLAND is running for Senate in New York against Hillary Clinton. She will be speaking about her experience in the Department of Defense, her unique views about terrorism and national defense, and her upcoming election.

Ms. McFarland served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs during the Reagan administration and was personally charged by President Reagan to maintain public support for the defense buildup. As the highest ranking civilian woman in the Defense Department, she helped draft President Reagan's Star Wars speech and all other Department of Defense communications. Before her time at the Department of Defense, Ms. McFarland was an advisor to the Ford and Nixon administrations and worked with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. She is also an expert in nuclear strategy. Ms. McFarland received a BA in Chinese Studies from George Washington University, a BA in Politics from Oxford, and a MA in Philosophy and Economics from Oxford.

Ms. McFarland will be taking questions from the audience after her remarks.

Sponsored by: the College Republicans and The Columbia Political Union

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