SCHOLARLY NEWS – AT 9:02 P.M. ET:  An important academic event, as reported in the Harvard Crimson:

The award-winning journalist Christiane Amanpour will address the Class of 2010 on Class Day, the Senior Class Committee announced in an e-mail this afternoon.

Amanpour, 52, is best known for her role as CNN's chief international correspondent, having interviewed world leaders ranging from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to former French President Jacques Chirac.

A winner of nine news and documentary Emmy Awards and host of her own daily series "Amanpour," the 26-year veteran reporter's coverage has included major conflicts including the Persian Gulf War, the Bosnian War, as well as Hurricane Katrina and the crises in Somalia and Rwanda.

COMMENT:  I have already ordered my DVD.  How often do you get a chance to hear a woman who rode a bicycle around New York on election day 2008, reporting on the wonderful feeling she had about the new age that was about to begin?

I feel for the students.

February 18, 2010