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52Z Winter Monarch Mag.E$S Layout 1 monarchOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE | WINTER 2013 Facebook Philosopher INSIDE: STREETCAR MEMORIES from the 1930s 8 CROSS-COUNTRY Biking and Building 18 ‘NO EASY DAY’ Writer 36 FROM TENNIS to Banking 40 TAYLOR HEINICKE, a Profile 58 Full Frame Brian Fazzino, an ODU biology major from Richmond who graduated in December, spent his last semester serving a 32-hour-a-week internship at the Virginia Aquarium and Science Center in Virginia Beach. One of his jobs was feeding the harbor seals, including Hector, seen here trying to coax more lunch from Fazzino. At each feeding, Hector gets several pounds of small fish such as herring. ODU students typically hold internships at the aquarium during the school year and the summer. “I definitely grew up wanting to train animals, but because a lot of science education involves experiments in laboratories, I thought I’d never get the opportunity for hands-on experience with animals. This internship really gave me that opportunity.” Early this year he starts another internship with Dolphin Park in Key Largo, Fla. PHOTO BY TOM CHERREY From the Editor Staff Editor Jim Raper ootball and philosophy. Both are alive and well at Old Art Director Karen Smallets Dominion University, as you will learn from articles in Copy Editor this issue. Monarch quarterback Taylor Heinicke Janet Molinaro winning the Walter Payton Award – the highest honor Contributing Writers bestowed upon a player in the Football Championship Marcia Cronin F Steve Daniel Subdivision (FCS) – capped a phenomenally successful Janet Molinaro Brendan O’Hallarn 2012 season in which the team finished 11-2 and made it to the elite Rich Radford eight of the FCS playoffs. Most of you have read about on-the-field Contributing Photography accomplishments of Heinicke and his teammates, but you are probably Ronald Atkinson Steve Daniel not as familiar with the young quarterback’s background and what sort David Hollingsworth Chuck Thomas of student he is off the field. We asked Rich Radford, the former Roberto Westbrook Virginian-Pilot sportswriter who now is a Monarch football radio commentator, to give us Heinicke in full profile, and that’s what you get Administration on page 58. John R. Broderick President Brendan O’Hallarn, the ODU media relations specialist who often Alonzo Brandon ’85 writes for the magazine, also takes a probing look at what Monarch Vice President for University Advancement football – the modern era of which began only in 2009 – has come to Jennifer Mullen Collins (M.P.A. ’04) mean for the university as a whole. It’s amazing what a successful Assistant Vice President for football program can do to promote campus spirit, and how it can Marketing and Communications pump up alumni and community interest in the school. Giovanna Genard Director of Marketing and Communications Campus spirit isn’t all about sports, of course. Exceptional teachers Victoria E. Burke (M.S.Ed. ’94) create intellectual ferment and excitement among students, and play an Director of University Publications important role in building lasting bridges between students and the Dana G. Allen Assistant Vice President for college or university they attend. One teacher filling this bill on the ODU Alumni Relations campus is D.E. Wittkower, a young assistant professor of philosophy, Debbie White who is the subject of this issue’s cover article. He calls himself a Senior Associate Athletic Director philosopher of technology, but others on campus call him the Facebook Member, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education philosopher. His grasp of social media and where the world is headed Vol. 3 No.1, Winter 2013 with communication technologies has captivated his students, and Published by the Office of University Relations thousands more who read his layman friendly articles and books, or Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0018 follow him on social media networks. With some articles and photo spreads in this issue you will see quick On our Cover response (QR) codes, the boxy matrixes that can be read by smart D.E. Wittkower, ODU assistant professor of philosophy, studies Facebook and other social phones and link you to bonus content. In the coming months, you will media. He is the subject of a profile beginning see additional ways we will augment Monarch print content with fresh on page 30. words and pictures posted online. PHOTO: ROBERTO WESTBROOK I hope all of the content in this issue appeals to you. Feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have questions, comments or suggestions. –Jim Raper 2 MONARCH MAGAZINE WINTER 2013 CONTENTS ‘Anonymous No More’ That’s ODU quarterback Taylor Heinicke in the company of legendary NFL receiver Jerry Rice at the banquet in Philadelphia at which Heinicke received the coveted Payton Award. Page 58 AP PHOTO/MICHAEL PEREZ PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Departments Features 4 Letters 18 No Bad Days on Bike & Build Four riders from ODU bike across the country, 6 Postscripts stopping here and there to build homes for the 8 Then & Now needy. 10 49th & Hampton 30 Dylan Wittkower A faculty member takes a scholarly look at 14 Today’s Student social media. 24 Books 26 Research Alumni 58 Sports 36 The Writer Behind ‘No Easy Day’ Kevin Maurer ’97 is an author of the best-selling account of the Osama Bin Laden mission. University Dance Theatre Spring Concert 40 From Tennis to Banking April 17-20 Jennifer Fitzgibbon ‘89, ‘92 Thrives on Competition Old Dominion 48 Classnotes University Theatre WWW.ODU.EDU 3 Letters Riding the Lion painted face. I hadn’t seen or thought about the Board of Visitors to recruit and retain Regarding Steve Daniel’s recent “Then & that photo in 40-plus years. Thanks for the high quality music faculty members and Now” column on the ODU lion: I forget memories. make improvements to our outdated re- exactly how we ended up riding the lion hearsal facilities. Thanks to Dr. Clark’s ef- that night. It was late April, two years ago, Greg Bernet ’71 forts, I decided to remain at ODU to and it was unusually warm for the season. Holland, N.J. complete my bachelor’s degree instead of Melissa, Cassandra, Brandi (names have transferring to another university. In later been changed to protect the not-so-inno- years when I made a career change, com- cent) and I shared the same mentor, so over pleted my Ph.D. in public policy at the the past year we had grown close. Most University of Maryland Baltimore County students try to ride the lion by the end of and advanced to a senior management po- their freshman year, I’m told. But I was a sition in the Maryland state government, I transfer student and hadn’t really thought was able to use the leadership skills that I about it until I realized it was one of the learned from observing Dr. Clark work last things left on my pre-graduation with people and effectively solve problems. bucket list. I sincerely hope that the example of Dr. The fountain was on when we got to Clark’s service will be a standard used in the lion, so we had to wade through the the future to recruit outstanding young water, only to realize that the bronze crea- faculty members. ture was much bigger than we had thought. For a minute, we had no idea how Martin F. Smith, ’74 we were going to climb up. I think Annapolis, Md Melissa’s boyfriend, James, noticed a bench that was not nailed into the concrete, so we Remembering Jean Halladay used that to boost ourselves up. James, who It was my privilege to have been a student went to Norfolk State, was our videogra- in three of Dr. Jean Halladay’s (In Remem- pher, so he captured all of our silly songs, brance, Fall 2012) classes during my time at dances and poses. And there were a lot. Tailgating and ‘What a Team!’ Old Dominion University. Someone spotted a campus policeman Nice story about Lorraine Eaton, a terrific I never imagined a world without Jean and instantly, we were all running. We soul (“An Arbiter of Good Taste,” Fall Halladay. I recall her incessant smoking, her laughed so hard we cried, and we still gig- 2012). Many of my former students there intolerance of nonsense in papers and fi- gle about that night to this day. have stayed in touch and are doing great nals, the life she breathed into English liter- things. I’m really excited that football took ature and her devotion to the art of Bryoney Hayes ’10 off. As a faculty member, I was with a few teaching. Norfolk other profs pushing for the pigskin. Now I recall other professors from my time at I’m glad it is there and that it’s magnificent. the university, but none with as much awe 1969 Protests What a team! and gratefulness as Dr. Halladay; you are It seems that Steve Daniel’s column, “Then missed and the world is diminished with- & Now,” is a real hit, last fall with the more Fred Talbott, former associate professor out you here. frivolous side on ODU hangouts (ours was of English, ODU Ward’s Coffee Shop with the sign that read Naples, Fla. Marcus Zuhlke ’77 “coffee…the lubricant of thought”) and Spokane, Wash. last spring with the more serious column Remembering Allen Clark about student protests. I was glad to read After reading your recent obituary for Pro- To send a letter to the editor, you may contact about the Virginia 21 group continuing in fessor Emeritus Allen Clark (In Remem- us via email, [email protected]; fax, 757-683-5501; that tradition.
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