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President Assanis delivers hopeful message at General Faculty meeting

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BYKONNER METZ Senior Sports Reporter The next step into the future of Blue Hen Athletics is headlined by the building of the brand-new, groundbreaking Whitney Athletic Center. Following nearly two years of construction, the Center was completed in December of 2020 and is now being put to good use as varsity sports are in full swing this semester. Named after Board of Trustees member Kenneth Whitney, who put $10 million towards the project, the building cost a total of $64 million to construct, with $39 million of that total coming from fundraising efforts.  Upon request, the University decli...

Big tog may be caught during the winter. SOURCE: KEN NEIL Eric Burnley December 19, 2020 Winter is the worst time for outdoors folks in Delaware. First of all, it’s cold, so time spent outdoors requires a considerable amount of clothing. I much prefer a pair of shorts, a T-shirt and boat shoes, but in the winter it’s several layers of heavy shirts, underwear, and jeans, and that is all covered in Gore-Tex or Grundens and finished off with deck boots or clunky hunting boots. The final outfit depends on whether you are hunting or fishing. There are two firearm deer seasons in J...

University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis projected optimism at a semi-annual public meeting with the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, describing the university-wide shift to online learning as a success story and looking ahead to the bright light of the spring 2021 semester after the long dark tunnel that was the fall of 2020. “This has been an unusual year — unprecedented, really, in our 275-year history,” he said. “And obviously an unusual semester, but we made it all the way to the end.” Assanis commended the work of staff and students to facilitate the shift t...