UD in the News, Dec. 17, 2003

The Dec. 17 Philadelphia Inquirer has a feature about University of Delaware defensive end Shawn Johnson, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel has a story about freshman linebacker KeiAndre Hepburn. Johnson said of the Hens, "There's some sort of emotion with this team. You see when we come out to practice. Everyone is fired up, and we really mean it." UD Defensive Coordinator Dave Cohen said of Hepburn, "He has a great future ahead of him. He has a great ability to make plays."

The Dec. 17 Seattle Times includes a column by Steve Kelley on the Division I-AA playoffs as compared to the Bowl Championship Series system for determining a national champion in Division I-A, and quotes UD co-captain Mike Adams. "This is definitely a great experience," Adams said. "Instead of a computer or some group of people getting together and saying, 'OK, let's pick this team and that team and let them play for the championship,' we get to play on the field to determine who the national champion is."

Susan Strasser, University of Delaware professor of history, is quoted in a Dec. 17 Cox News Service story about the “yummy mummy” trend in England, where some professional women are abandoning careers to become homemakers. "There's a lot of publicity about women staying home with their kids, but it's those women who can afford to do so. I'm not convinced it's really a major trend or that women want to do their own housework," Strasser said.

Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, is quoted in a Dec. 16 story by The Street about a suit filed by the California Public Employees Retirement System against the New York Stock Exchange. "Anytime a fund that large weighs in, that's significant. It puts pressure on the exchange to respond to it one way or other," Elson said.

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