Gov. Daniels and Columnist David Broder to Speak at Bulen Symposium on American Politics

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist David Broder will lead the lineup of speakers at the seventh Bulen Symposium on American Politics on Dec. 18 at University Place Conference Center on the campus of IUPUI.

The Bulen Symposium, sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, is a one-day event during which political practitioners, journalists and scholars come together to examine the state of the American political system and its two major parties.

The bi-partisan forum is named in honor of the late L. Keith Bulen, a political party leader at the local and national levels.

Stan Huseland, Indiana journalist and author of a new biography of Bulen, “Political Warrior: The Life and Times of L. Keith Bulen,” will be the keynote speaker during the symposium’s luncheon, scheduled for noon.

Other speakers include Indiana Democratic Party chairman Dan Parker, Indiana Republican Party chairman Murray Clark, New York Post columnist Ryan Sager, Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin and Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer.

Books by Huseland, Eilperin, Sager and Geer will be available for purchase at a 3 p.m. book signing at the conclusion of the symposium.

The symposium is open to the public. It will begin at 9 a.m., Monday, Dec. 18 at the University Place Conference Center, 850 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis. A $40 registration fee includes lunch and parking.

For additional information or to register, go to www.iupui.edu/~polisci/bulen.htm or www.lkeithbulen.com.

For three decades, L. Keith Bulen personified political leadership in Indiana and far beyond. Prominent individuals from both parties joined in 1998 to honor both his life and contributions by establishing the Bulen Symposium in American Politics. The symposium is organized by the Department of Political Science in conjunction with the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Topics and speakers are chosen by a committee of representatives from the university and the community.