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CNN COLUMNIST, LOCAL POLITICAL COLUMNIST TO PARTICIPATE IN BULEN SYMPOSIUM ON POLITICS

INDIANAPOLIS - Local political columnist Brian Howey, and CNN correspondent Jonathan Karl have joined the list of political leaders, educators, and watchdogs who will participate in the 2001 Bulen Symposium on American Politics at IUPUI.

The fourth annual Bulen Symposium will be held from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday, Dec. 10 at the University Place Conference Center, 850 W. Michigan St., on the IUPUI campus. This year's theme is "Where Do You Draw the Line? Redistricting, the Parties, and the Public."

The symposium, which includes a noon luncheon, will begin with opening remarks by IUPUI Chancellor Gerald Bepko and Mitch Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget in the current Bush administration.

Howey, editor and publisher of "The Howey Political Report," a weekly electronic newsletter on Indiana politics, will be the master of ceremonies and moderator. Howey also writes political commentary weekly for NUVO Newsweekly and the Indianapolis Star's editorial pages.

Karl, who worked as a Capitol Hill correspondent during the impeachment trial of President Clinton, will join syndicated columnist Rhodes Cook in a discussion on the competitiveness of the 2002 election. Karl also covered the 2000 presidential election, traveling the country first with Senator John McCain and then with presidential nominees Al Gore and George W. Bush.

The more than 20 symposium panelists and speakers include Ed Feigenbaum of the Indiana Legislative Insider, Dan Johnson-Weinberg of the Center for Voting and Democracy, Cathy McCully of the U.S. Bureau of the Census Redistricting Data Office, Representative Ed Mahern, Indiana State Senator Patricia Miller, and others.

Topics for discussion include redistricting and minority political power, redistricting in the electronic age, noncompetitive elections, and more.

The seminar fee of $50 per person includes lunch and parking. Sponsor tickets with program recognition are $75 each. Deadline for lunch reservations is Dec. 5. To register, call (317) 274-5053 or (317) 274-3277.

The annual symposium was founded by Daniels and other friends of L. Keith Bulen, a key political figure in Indiana and beyond for three decades before his death in January 1999.

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