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For Immediate Release For More Information Contact:

November x, 2004 Rich Schneider, 317-278-4564

rcschnei@iupui.edu

The Sixth Bulen Symposium Examines 2004 Election: What Happened and Where Are We Headed?”

Clarence Page, a syndicated Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, and two other nationally known political experts will put the 2004 election in perspective at the sixth annual Bulen Symposium on American Politics at IUPUI.

There also will be panel discussions about political television ads; gerrymandering and non-competitive elections; and Univgov II.

The symposium, sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, will be held Monday, November 22, 2004, at the University Place Conference Center at IUPUI. The symposium was founded by friends of L. Keith Bulen, a key figure in Indiana and national politics for three decades before his death in 1999.

The symposium fee of $40 per person includes lunch and parking. Beginning with check-in and coffee at 8:30 a.m., the symposium concludes at 4:30 p.m.

Page, the 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary, will open the symposium with remarks at 9 a.m. Page has been a columnist and a member of the Chicago Tribune's editorial board since July 1984. His column is syndicated nationally by Tribune Media Services.

Curtis Gans also will dissect election results. Director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate for 25 years, he has become a preeminent voice on voter turnout and political participation. His expertise and the research provided by the committee are drawn upon regularly by newspapers, magazines and broadcasters throughout the United States.

With an extensive background in political reporting, Fox News Channel’s chief political correspondent Carl Cameron will weigh in on the meaning of the election. Cameron played an integral role in FNC’s early coverage of the 2004 elections as he traveled around the nation with the Democratic presidential candidates. Since then he has covered the conventions and debates.

Charles Black Jr., a veteran political strategist and colleague of Keith Bulen

will discuss “Change and Continuity in Campaign Strategy and Tactics,” followed by a panel discussion of 2004 political television ads led by Marjorie Hershey, an Indiana University Bloomington professor.

Professor Sheila Kennedy, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI, will moderate a panel discussion on “Gerrymandering and Non-Competitive Elections.” Panelists are Louis Mahern, William Groth and Arthur Farnsley.

Professor Ramla Bandele, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI , will then moderate a panel discussion on “Unigov II: What Would Bulen Do? What Will the General Assembly Do?” Representatives Bill Crawford (D-Indianapolis) and Lawrence Buell (R-Indianapolis) are panelists.