With the Ron Howard film “Frost/Nixon” opening nationwide, BU journalism professor Bob Zelnickreflects on his role as a producer hired by British talk-show host David Frost for those historic interviews with the disgraced former president.
“Before each one of them, I would marshal all the material we had, digest it, and try and anticipate the way Nixon would respond. After briefing David, I would sit in the chair and pretend to be Nixon, and he would ask me exactly the questions we had in mind for the next day.
“Nixon was a tough adversary. The interviews show how tough a core Nixon had, and how strategic his every move was. Nixon thought one step, two steps, three steps ahead. He had an objective firmly in mind. He was his own best lawyer.”
Zelnick, a former long-time ABC News correspondent, is played in the movie by actor Oliver Platt.
With news of Somali pirates wreaking havic off the East African coast, former U.S. Ambassador to the region and current professor of international relations, Charles Dunbar, joined WGBH's Greater Boston with Emily Rooney to offer analysis.
The Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG) will host curators, students, and University visitors for a night of art viewing and conversation during the opening reception of their latest exhibition tonight, November 20, from 6-8 pm. The event is free and open to the public.Exposures
Assistant Professor Peter Szendeprovides commentary on what the holidays mean for the hospitality industry. For some, the holiday season means travelling headaches and for those who are employed within the industry, it might mean longer work hours; either way, changes are in store...
It appears President-elect Barack Obama would like Hillary Clinton to serve as his Secretary of State. It's a selection Andrew Bacevich, professor of international relations, offered commentary on in today's AFP saying: "Here is somebody who is sufficiently confident in his own abilities that he doesn't fear allowing into his cabinet an erstwhile rival."
An expert on U.S. foreign policy and military history, Bacevich is author of "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism," which encourage readers to connect the dots between U.S. foreign policy, consumerism, politics, and militarism.
The Boston University Women’s Studies Program and the Humanities Foundation will welcome Hilary Brougher, award-winning director of the 2006 film festival favorite Stephanie Daley, for a lecture and discussion of her work on Wednesday, November 19 from 4-6 pm. The groups will also host a screening of the film on Monday, November 17 from 3-5 pm.
Joan Salge Blake, Registered Dietician and healthy eating expert from Boston University, offers tips for food shopping on a budget:
With food prices going in one direction: up, New Englanders have been feeling the pinch at the supermarket. The good news is that healthy foods can still be affordable with some savvy strategies. Here are five easy ways to cut food costs but not good nutrition from your shopping cart:
1) Don’t pay extra for anything you can do yourself. Wash your own romaine lettuce rather than buying the pre-washed variety. Save: ~ $2/lb
2) Bypass the bag of baby carrots and reach for the bag of whole carrots. Savings: $1.50.
3) A visit to Deli Counter will give you sticker shock. Cook a turkey breast for dinner on Sunday and use the leftovers for weekday lunches. Savings: ~$6/lb.
4) Buy your oatmeal in the “Old Fashioned” drum rather than the pricy individual packets. Savings: ~$4/lb.
5) Go canned. Canned pineapple chunks are a bargain compared to fresh pinneapple. Savings: ~$2.50
The Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG) continues its 2008-2009 season with the presentation of Exposures: Other Histories in Early Postcards from Africa. The exhibit presents early African postcards as a reflection of life on the continent between 1870 and the 1930s. The exhibition is a collaborative effort between Cynthia Becker, Assistant Professor of African Art at Boston University and Christraud M. Geary, Teel Curator of African and Oceanic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It showcases selections from private collections and creates a poignant display of postcards produced from images by both African and foreign photographers during that era. Exposures
Tom Fiedler, Dean of the College of Communication, appears on Reuters-TV. Speaking from the BU studio, Dean Fiedler discusses whether character attacks work in a presidential campaign.
Law Professor Charles Whitehead, a securities-law expert now at BU Law after 20 years as an in-house counsel in international securities and banking, comments on CDS market probes:
"The credit default swap market is a predictive market, meaning that CDS spreads tend to widen in advance of changes in the price of an issuer's stocks. Why is that? Part of the reason is tied to who is involved in the CDS market. Large banks and other financial institutions are significant participants, often with specialinsight into the issuers who are involved.
"Thus, manipulating CDS prices -- if that, in fact, occurred -- may have involved more than simply sending a bad signal about the cost of hedging credit risk. It may have also been an attempt to manipulate the predictive nature of the CDS market, driving stock prices down in light of the apparent (but false) change in CDS spreads."
With news of Somali pirates wreaking havic off the East African coast, former U.S. Ambassador to the region and current professor of international relations, 
It appears President-elect Barack Obama would like Hillary Clinton to serve as his Secretary of State. It's a selection 
