Jerry Herron, director of the Honors Program and former director of the American Studies Program here, is quoted in an article about how Detroit is putting its best foot forward in preparation for the Super Bowl. The writer calls Detroit "a gritty working city with a checkered history that's busy trying to redefine itself." He says Detroiters are a little defensive about their national image. Herron points out that "Americans don't like poverty. Americans don't like things old. Americans don't like urban violence. We have all the problems that everyone else has that people like to pretend exist only in Detroit."