The Sixth Bulen Symposium on American Politics

“2004: What Happened and Where Are We Headed?”

Monday, November 22, 2004

University Place Conference Center Auditorium

 

Program

 

8:30     Check-in and coffee

9:00     Clarence Page, nationally syndicated Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist

            “2004 in Perspective”

9:45     Curtis Gans, Committee for the Study of the American Electorate

            “Base Voters, Swing Voters, New Voters: Who Made the Difference?”

10:30   Break

10:45   Charles Black, Jr., veteran political strategist and colleague of Keith Bulen

            “Change and Continuity in Campaign Strategy and Tactics”

11:30   Panel: “TV Ads in 2004: An Early Retrospective”

            Professors Marjorie Hershey, IU-Bloomington and Brian Vargus, IUPUI, and Terri Reilly, EchoPoint Media

12:15   Break for lunch (on your own, except the first 200 paid registrants are provided lunch in the Bistro at the Conference Center)

1:30     Carl Cameron, Fox News Channel senior political correspondent

            “From Iowa to Election Night: Notes from the 2004 Campaign Trail”

2:30     Panel, “Gerrymandering and Non-Competitive Elections”

            Professor Sheila Kennedy, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI, moderator

            Louis Mahern, William Groth, and Arthur Farnsley, panelists

3:30     Break

3:45     Panel, “Unigov II: What Would Bulen Do? What Will the General Assembly Do?”

            Professor Ramla Bandele, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI, moderator

            Representatives Lawrence Buell (R-Indianapolis) and Bill Crawford (D-Indianapolis), and Matthew Tully, The Indianapolis Star

4:30     Adjourn

 

Registration, including lunch and parking, $40.00

Registration forms and program updates available at  www.indianapolitics.info/bulen/bulen.html

 

 

IUPUI students presenting a current JagTag may attend at no charge

PRINTER FRIENDLY.

 

IUPUI Students show ID and attend free!