CPU Newsletter

September 19, 2005

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1) Nigel Ashford, Institute of Humane Studies on "Equal Rights, Not Gay Rights" (Tuesday, 09/20, 8PM); 2) Suggest a Speaker!; 3) Upcoming CPU Events; 4) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary-General (Tuesday, 09/20, 7PM); 5) James Woolsey, Former CIA Director (TODAY, 8PM)

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Nigel Ashford, Senior Program Officer, Institute for Humane
Studies (Tuesday, 09/20, 8PM, Hamilton 304)

2. Suggest a speaker!

3. Upcoming CPU events

4. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary-General of NATO (Tuesday, 09/20,
8PM, 1501 IAB)

5. James Woolsey, Former CIA Director (TODAY, 09/19, 8PM, Lerner
Game Room)
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1. The CPU "Philosophy, Culture, and Society" Series: Nigel Ashford,
Senior Program Officer, Institute of Humane Studies, George Mason
University

Date: Tuesday, 09/20
Time: 8PM
Location: Hamilton 304

Description: Dr. Ashford will deliver a lecture titled "Equal
Rights, Not Gay Rights." He brings a libertarian perspective to
gay issues.

Dr Ashford joined IHS from the United Kingdom, where he was
professor of politics and Jean Monnet Scholar in European
Integration at Staffordshire University, England. Dr. Ashford has
also directed the Principles of a Free Society Project at the Jarl
Hjalmarson Foundation in Sweden, and was a Bradley Resident Scholar
at the Heritage Foundation. He is a recipient of the International
Anthony Fisher Trust Prize for published work which strengthens
public understanding of the political economy of the free society.

Dr. Ashford was also Chairman of the American Politics Group of the
United Kingdom. He has lectured in 18 countries. He is author of
Principles for a Free Society (Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation, 1999,
2003), which is available in six languages. He is co-author of US
Politics Today (Manchester University Press, 1999); Public Policy
and the Impact of the New Right (St Martin's Press, 1994) and A
Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought (Routledge,
1991), and numerous articles on how ideas influence US politics.

In addition, Dr. Ashford has reviewed books for The Times Literary
Supplement, contributed to the Independent Gay Forum
(www.indegayforum.org), and is a member of Gays and Lesbians for
Individual Liberty (www.glil.org).

*Please note that Dr. Ashford is speaking in a personal capacity,
and not as a representative of George Mason University or the
Institute of Humane Studies.*

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2. Suggest a speaker!

Have ideas for a speaker, panel, or debate? Email the CPU Executive
Board at cpu@columbia.edu to share your suggestions.

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3. Upcoming Events: (Just a few of the many exciting speakers we're
bringing this semester!)

- Ron Robinson, Executive Director of the Young America's
Foundation, (http://www.yaf.org/staff/ron_robinson.asp)

- David Rees, the man behind "Get Your War On,"
(http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/home.html)

- Debra Liang-Fenton, Executive Director of the U.S. Committee for
Human Rights in North Korea, (www.hrnk.org)

- Jason Furman, Economic Advisor to the Kerry-Edwards campaign,
(http://wagner.nyu.edu/faculty/facultyDetail.php?whereField=facultyID&whereValue=323)

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4. The School for International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the
Institute for the Study of Europe Present: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Secretary-General of NATO

Lecture Title: NATO: Safeguarding Trans-Atlantic Security

Date: Tuesday, 09/20
Time: 7PM
Location: Kellogg Center, 1501 International Affairs Building (IAB)

Moderator: Jack Snyder, Robert & Renee Belfer Professor of
International Relations, Columbia University and Acting Director of
the Harriman Institute

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5. Students United for America (suA) Presents: James Woolsey, Former
CIA Director

Date: TODAY (Monday, 09/19)
Time: 8PM
Location: Lerner Game Room

Description: Mr. Woolsey, President Clinton's CIA Director, will be
speaking on the threats of Islamist and non-Islamist terrorism to
the United States. Following his address, there will be a Q&A.