UPDATED 7:20 PM
Noel King, here on the night shift.
Not much has changed since Anna’s update, but we’ve discovered some Presidential trivia that may excite history buffs. President Obama is scheduled to give the commencement address at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday morning. Our guest, Jake Smilovitz, editor of student-run The Michigan Daily, reminds us that the campus has seen its share of Presidential history. During the 1960 presidential campaign, then-candidate John Fitzgerald Kennedy set the stage for the formation of the Peace Corps. In an impromptu 2 AM speech, he asked students if they’d be willing to volunteer in undeveloped nations. Two weeks later, in San Francisco, Kennedy used the term “Peace Corps” for the first time. And in 1964 President Lyndon Johnson gave his Great Society Speech at U Mich. Smilovitz weighs in on what the class of 2010 wants to hear from Obama.
Anna Sale here on the day shift.
As the Senate starts debate on a financial regulation package, we'll get into the nitty-gritty tomorrow. Elizabeth Warren, the chairwoman of the oversight panel for the bank bailout funds, will join us. So will Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who made headlines this week with his pointed, sometimes salty, questioning of Goldman Sachs officials. We recorded our interview with Elizabeth Warren today, so check back on the website to hear a preview.
We are also monitoring the damage from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. President Obama has stepped up the White House oversight of the clean-up, and the governor of Louisana has declared a state of emergency. As the scale of the damage increases, we'll look at the pace of the response, and ask the big question: does this have the potential to become Obama's Katrina?
We'll also look at the way data-tracking applications are changing the way we act and what we know about ourselves. There's a slew of them out there — from "checking in" to locations (FourSquare) to analyzing your sleep patterns (Sleep Cycle). But people have been doing this with pen and paper long before the iPhone (not to mention Weight Watchers). We're starting the conversation on this now: Do you analyze your own habits? If so, how has it helped you? We've already heard from Emily on Facebook, who says, "Mint.com has been a godsend helping me keep track of spending and finances, credit card bills due, etc."
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