Baruch College Campus Events E-Mail Bulletin


The following events are scheduled to take place on campus on the week
of Monday, March 31. For locations, contacts, or other information,
visit the calendar page at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/calendar/

Note: To include your event in future e-mail bulletins, follow the
instructions on submitting your event to the Baruch College online
calendar.

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EVENT HEADLINES

1. Business Journalism: Black Hole: The U.S. Press and Africa
2. SPA: Government Budgets in Crisis: Is the Solution Privatization?
3. CFI: A Bootcamp for Corporate Directors on Sarbanes/Oxley
4. Spring 2003 Ethics Seminar Series--"The Andersen Scandal: A Historical
Perspective"
5. Subotnick Center: Introduction to Bloomberg Terminals
6. Law Department Seminar Series
7. New York Cares Orientation
8. Spring Concert
9.  THIS WEEK WITH EXECUTIVES ON CAMPUS

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BLACK HOLE: THE U.S. PRESS AND AFRICA

March 31, 2003
Baruch College ó 6:00 PM
How well does the U.S. cover the complexities of Africa, and
differentiate among its many different peoples and cultures? A panel of
distinguished American and African journalists and scholars debates the
issue.
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GOVERNMENT BUDGETS IN CRISIS: IS THE SOLUTION PRIVATIZATION?
April 2, 2003
Baruch College ó 8:00 AM
The School of Public Affairs at Baruch College is marking the
establishment of the Archive on Municipal Finance and Leadership--
materials from New York City?s fiscal crisis of the 1970s--with a
series of forums on the city's budget.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AFTER SARBANES-OXLEY: A 'BOOTCAMP' FOR
DIRECTORS
ON THEIR CHANGING ROLES

April 3, 2003
Baruch College ó 8:30 AM
A 'boot camp' for corporate directors (registration required, and there is a fee of
$495) interested in finding out how the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act affects the future of corporate governance; this all-day
event is jointly sponsored by Baruch College's Center for Financial
Integrity and Colorado State's Center for Quality Financial Reporting.

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SPRING 2003 SEMINAR SERIES--"THE ANDERSEN SCANDAL: A HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE"
April 3, 2003
Baruch College -- 10:00 AM
The Spring 2003 ethics education seminar series features lectures by
members of the Baruch College faculty, and is sponsored by the Charles
Dreifus Ethics- Across-The-Curriculum Initiative. This week's lecture
is by Professor Thomas Heinrich of the History department, and is
entitled "The Andersen Scandal: A Historical Perspective".
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INTRODUCTION TO BLOOMBERG TERMINALS (Reuters I and II are prerequisites)
April 3, 2003
Baruch College ó 12:45 PM
This is an introductory session on using the Bloomberg Professional
terminal. The workshop demonstrates how to retrieve real-time and
historical market news and data through Bloomberg Professional.
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LAW DEPARTMENT SEMINAR SERIES
April 3, 2003
Baruch College ó 1:00 PM
Joseph Borg, Alabama Securities Commissioner, former President of North
American Securities Administrator's Association and a graduate of CUNY,
will speak on "The Future of Securities Regulation".
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NEW YORK CARES ORIENTATION
April 3, 2003
Baruch College ó 1:00 PM
A one-hour orientation with the New York Cares volunteer association.
Presented by the Nonprofit Group of the School of Public Affairs.
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SPRING CONCERT
April 4, 2003
Baruch College ó 7:00 PM
Jonathan Benichou, Dimitri Maslennikov, and Michal Beit-Halachmi will
play the music of Poulenc, Kabalevsky, and Bartok.

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EXECUTIVES ON CAMPUS:

Jay Spivack, (Former) Director, Human Resources and Labor Relations, Lincoln
Center, lectures in class of Prof. Rosalyn Bernstein  "Business of Arts and Culture"
 April 1, 2003

Marc Giges, Principal, Strategy and Change Practice, IBM, lecutres in class of Prof.
Donald Vredenburgh "Leadership"
 April 7, 2003