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Columbia University Alumni: Give Your Alma Mater an F!
If you went to Columbia University, it's time to get busy - your alma mater's reputation as a world-class university is on the line. By allowing the
shoddy and cruel experiements of Connolly, Stark, and Ferin to continue, Columbia officials are harming the university's standing among research institutions. As an alumnus or alumna,
your perspective will be of particular interest to Columbia and to the government agencies that fund its studies. Please use your voice to demand a
thorough investigation and an immediate end to these experiments.
Write to the Right People
Use Your Columbia Connections
Look for Legal Eagles
Write to the Right People
1. Write to Rep. Greenwood asking for an investigation into NIH funding of Columbia.
Chair of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee
on Oversight & Investigations
2125 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3808
202-225-2927
202-225-1919 (fax)
commerce@mail.house.gov
2. Write to David Stern, chair of Columbia's Board of Trustees, saying that your alumni gifts are stopped until the three experiments by
Connolly, Stark, and Ferin are stopped.
David Stern
Commissioner of the NBA
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Columbia University
Olympic Tower
New York, NY 10022
212-407-8000
212-826-6197 (fax)
dstern@nba.com
3. Write to Lee Bollinger, president of CU, asking him to stop all three experiments.
Lee Bollinger, President
Columbia University
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-6902
212-854-9970
212-826-9973 (fax)
bollinger@columbia.edu
4. Write to Tommy Thompson, secretary of health and human services, requesting that he order NIH Director Elias Zerhouni to close Columbia's animal
laboratories until a thorough investigation and housecleaning can be completed.
The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Bldg.
200 Independence Ave. S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
202-690-7000
202-690-7203 (fax)
matthew.bluhm@hhs.gov
5. Write a letter to the editor of The New York Times:
Letters must not exceed 150 words.
They must be relevant to an article that has appeared within the last seven days.
They must have contact information for verification.
E-mail your letters to letters@nytimes.com or fax to 212-556-3622.
6. Submit letters to the editor or opinion pieces to the Columbia U. student paper.
Columbia Spectator
2875 Broadway, 3rd Fl.
New York, NY 10025
spectator@columbia.edu
212-854-9611 (fax)
Submissions and letters can be sent either by e-mail (to opinion@columbiaspectator.com), postal mail, or fax. Letters may not exceed
300 words; opinion submissions may not exceed 800 words. All letters and submissions must include the author's name, telephone number,
and Columbia affiliation, including academic year, if any. Submissions must be signed by an author, not an organization.
Please send copies of your letters to:
PETA
Attn.: Dr. Alka Chandna
501 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Use Your Columbia Connections
1. Help spread the word by talking to other Columbia grads. Mobilize other alumni to write to Columbia as well.
If they have directories of alumni for their division, school, or department, please share the information with
PETA as we would like to contact them with ideas on how they can help.
2. Engage former professors about what's happening at Columbia. Please contact us with information on sympathetic professors.
3. If you were involved with a group at Columbia (sorority, fraternity, academic society, professional
association, sports society, political group, etc.) that is still active on Columbia's campus, please consider
writing to the group, urging members to get involved with the campaign and to use their association with the
university to make changes. Consider giving a talk to this group (we can help you!).
Look for Legal Eagles
Columbia Law School Alumni:
Please e-mail PETA with your contact information.
Contact LoriK@peta.org if you can offer pro bono help.
If you're willing or able to get even more active, write to AlkaC@peta.org.
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