UD in the News, Oct. 13, 2004

Stuart Kaufman, professor of political science and international relations, was quoted in a widely distributed Oct. 13 Associated Press story concerning an open letter from the nonpartisan group Security Scholars for a Sensible Foreign Policy that condemns the Bush Administration’s foreign policy as harming the fight against terrorists. The letter is signed by 650 scholars. "The part of it that's news is that the overwhelming consensus among national security experts is that the current policy is not working," Kaufman said. "And, the people who signed this are usually people who don't agree on anything."

John Antil, associate professor of business administration, was quoted in an Oct. 13 News Journal story on the National Hockey League lockout. The action by owners, who are seeking a new labor agreement that would limit players’ salaries, is “immensely unpopular with the relatively small number of people who are real fans. But, you have that small proportion of people, and after that, not a lot of people care about hockey,” Antil said.

Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in an Oct. 12 Washington Post story on a Topeka, Kan., trial involving former executives at Westar Energy Inc. Elson also was quoted in an Oct. 12 Australian Broadcasting Corp. story on a proposal before shareholders to move Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. from Adelaide to Delaware and in an Oct. 11 Wall Street Journal story on a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Co. over severance given former president Michael Ovitz.

Gary Weaver, associate professor of business administration, was quoted in an Oct. 10 Baltimore Sun story about problems involving corporate e-mail. Weaver said a key issue for many firms is the e-mail policy and how it is made known to employees.

Ann Ardis, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in an Oct. 9 New York Times story on an Instituto Cervantes exhibition on the women who founded and edited the literary magazines of the early 20th Century.

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