Here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new superpowers, new and new threats. It will be published on may 9th. Tom we look forward to your panel. Beyond the wa
Really. Ours years later. Im christopher bracey, pearl provost and executive Vice President for Academic Affairs here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new su
Theyre about to make a big bet on all Day Breakfast. Will this be the move that finally turns things around for the fast food giant . Or is it just too little too late . We have both sides of yet another heated debate on mcdonalds. Everybody, you either love it or hate it right now. Nobody is lukewarm on mcdonalds these days. A lot of people like breakfast for dinner. We will see. That big selloff in commodities. Keeping an eye on that for you. Gold seeing the longest losing streak since back in 1996. Well discuss whether the strong dollar and the commodity drop could actually delay a fed rate hike. Oil just closing below 50 a barrel. Well start, though first with the tech sector. Getting hit the hardest today after apple and others reported disappointing Quarterly Results yesterday. Apple and microsoft are the bottom performers on the dow. Yeah we had those two plus go pro and yahoo. Theyre all down today. And go pro now has turned positive. It got slammed hard initially after reporte
Living in poverty. The university of texas recorded the interview and archived his photograph along with other recognized photographers. This is just over 40 minutes. Talking with lucius perkins lucian perkins. Lucian, you started out in your at theaphy career here university of texas. Working at the daily texan and also i understand you worked with gary when a grad and a photojournalism or photograph photography course here at ut. We do you talk about how that has influenced your career . Mr. Perkins it is funny, i was actually a biology major at the university of texas. At the chester dorms, this is it today, 30 years later. It has not changed a bit. One of my residence at chester told sold me one of the cameras. He was convinced he convinced his parents to get him a new one, so he sold me his old one. I became interested in photography as a hobby. And then decided to take photography courses as an elective. Forcoincidently, signed up a first year of footage i was in. Even though i w
Lucian, you started out in your photography career here at the university of texas. Working at the daily texan and also i understand you worked with gary in a photojournalism or photography course here at ut. Would you talk about how that has influenced your career . Mr. Perkins it is funny, i was actually a biology major at the university of texas. Also at the chester dorms, this is it today, 30 years later. It has not changed a bit. One of my residence at chester sold me one of the cameras. He convinced his parents to get him a new one, so he sold me his old one. I became interested in photography as a hobby. And then decided to take photography courses as an elective. And coincidently, signed up for a first year of footage i was in. Even though i was not even thinking about photojournalism or knew what it was. It was a firstyear photo class. I took the course and towards the end of the semester, the ta said, there is an opening on the student yearbook, you should apply for it. I nev