THE MAGAZINE OF MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY » SPRING 2017 BRUCE The Boss returns to campus for a candid conversation about his life and works, and to mark the start of a new partnership with the university. page 24 PROJECT TVD In the operating room with Monmouth students in Vietnam. page 28 RETURN OF THE KING Coach King Rice’s return to UNC, in pictures. page 18 CALL MY NAME An excerpt from critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos’ new book. page 36 Contents Features | Spring 2017 BACKSTORY » In “Call My Name,” Melissa Febos details the overwhelm- ing sense of loss and aban- donment she felt during her father’s long trips out to sea. To explore these and other themes in this book excerpt, Milan-based artist Joey Guidone produced a series of illustrative metaphors for the magazine. Story, page 36. 24 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The Boss returns to campus for a can- did conversation about his life and works, and to mark the start of a new part- nership with the university. 28 PROJECT TVD Two art professors. One communica- tions major. One physician assistant student. How an immersive learning experience abroad helped bring life to a volunteer doctor program. 36 CALL MY NAME An excerpt from Abandon Me, the new book from critically acclaimed writer Melissa Febos. PLUS: A Q&A with the author. cover photo DANNY CLINCH spring 2017 MONMOUTH 01 Contents from where i sit Departments | Spring 2017 MONMOUTH is THE MAGAZINE OF MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY » SPRING 2017 10 22 44 published thrice annually by the Monmouth University Office of External Affairs. Vice President for BRUCE The Boss returns to campus for a External Affairs candid conversation about his life and Jason Kroll works, and to mark the start of a new 1982 1984 1988 partnership with the university. Associate Vice President, page 24 The Front Marketing & Communications currents Tara Peters ’94, ’99M PROJECT TVD In the operating room with Monmouth students in Vietnam. Editor page 28 04 07 08 Tony Marchetti RETURN OF THE KING Coach King Rice’s return to UNC, in pictures. NEED TO BÉISBOL AND EXPLAIN page 18 Assistant Editor KNOW APPLE PIE THIS CALL MY NAME An excerpt from critically acclaimed author Melissa Breanne McCarthy Febos’ new book. Prof. Stephen Chapman Prof. Stanton Green on Prof. James Mack comes page 36 offers a cure for the polar- baseball’s role in assimilat- clean about the effective- Creative Director ization of American politics. ing American immigrants. ness of hand sanitizers. Tiffany Wysocki 1994 1997 2000 2017 TIDES Design & Layout Dog Ear Consultants “ tual, social, and athletic facets 10 12 14 we thought of life at Monmouth. Class notes Contributing Writers Sea change are still here of course, but that THE VOICE OF HOW MONMOUTH A DAY AT Tobias Carroll it was section also features a new look WELCOME TO THE NEW HER GENERATION WAS MADE THE BEACH Pete Croatto time for a and additional content. Brandon Gould MONMOUTH MAGAZINE. Morissa Schwartz harness- There’s more to Wilson Casting lines in the complete Editorially, we changed our es the power of words Hall’s Aeolian organ predawn hours on Ryan Jones approach as well. In this and to inspire her peers. than meets the eye. Manasquan Beach. Meeri Kim, Ph.D. ome say evolution is a slow, gradual process. overhaul— future issues, we will be telling Gary Kowal ’13 Others argue it is one marked by sudden “fits and a fish- stories in new and different Molly Petrilla P L AY starts.” The redesigned Monmouth magazine that climbing- ways; the photo essay on page S 18 is one example of this. We Photographers you hold in your hands resulted from both types out-of-the- will also be featuring more sto- 16 18 22 Bill Cardoni of transformation. sea moment ries that touch upon issues and DRIVEN RETURN OF FAST FOOD Danny Clinch events happening in the world Andrew Cohen in the A freak injury saved THE KING Sushi—and science— Like all quality magazines, izes in magazine design and ed- around us. Tina Colella evolution Adriana Zelaya’s life. Now King Rice returns to his alma propel runner Dylan Monmouth has continuously itorial strategy, we reimagined The result of our work, we hope, Matt Furman she wants to save others. mater. A story in pictures. Capwell. evolved through the years. But every facet of Monmouth. Visu- of this is a magazine that you find more Tom Lozinsky most of the recent alterations ally, there is a new nameplate magazine. inviting and enjoyable to read, Mark Ludak ’81 have been subtle. In fact, it has on the cover and new typogra- one that highlights the best of Kevin Seifert been more than a decade since phy, increased white space, a ” what Monmouth University has the magazine underwent a new color palette, and bigger, to offer. We are excited to share The Back The Rest Illustrators significant redesign. Given the bolder photos and illustrations this new version of Monmouth Davide Bonazzi Class notes From Where I Sit, changes that have taken place throughout. This new design with you, and we look forward Joey Guidone 03. Campus Briefs, in media and publishing during reflects the classic and modern to hearing what you think of it. 44 56 09. You Spin Me that period, we thought it was aesthetics of the university Please share your thoughts with Right Round: A time for a complete overhaul—a itself. us at [email protected]. THE REMEMBERING Look at Tuesday fish-climbing-out-of-the-sea Structurally, we changed the While you’re at it, be sure to visit CHANGEMAKER JULES PLANGERE JR. Night Record Club, moment in the evolution of this magazine’s dimensions and pa- our website, monmouth.edu/ Alaina Love’s Passion The trustee emeritus 13. Alumni Roundup magazine, if you will. per. We also moved the features magazine. It too has evolved. Profiler helps people had a major impact on and events West Long Branch, NJ 07764 During the last eight months, to the middle of the publication better understand them- the university. calendar, 46. 732-571-3526 and with help from Dog Ear and created a new opening sec- TONY MARCHETTI, EDITOR selves and their jobs. In Memoriam, 55. www.monmouth.edu Consultants, a firm that special- tion that highlights the intellec- March 2017 02 MONMOUTH spring 2017 spring 2017 MONMOUTH 03 Currents “ Fact checking itself has become a political issue. ” NEED TO KNOW » Topics & trends Just the facts HOW CAN WE CUT THROUGH THE POLARIZING PARTISANSHIP THAT HAS GRIPPED POLITICAL DISCOURSE? FOCUS ON EVIDENCE, NOT IDEOLOGY, SAYS STEPHEN CHAPMAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. INTERVIEW BY TONY MARCHETTI Q: Your research has shown public and the policy products move away from the wishes of how continuous partisan of the state government. The the public. They’re maximizing control in state governments longer one party holds onto their utility from the party per- affects policymaking. Can you control due to the lack of elec- spective rather than looking at it explain? toral competition, the more that from the electorate’s standard. My main argument there is bias grows and the gap between about institutional control, and the wishes of the citizenry and So what should the average how in the absence of an elec- the policy products of the gov- citizen do because of that? toral threat—when one party ernment grows. That’s not for me to say. One controls the state government of the things I say at every level and doesn’t have to worry about Why is that? of my teaching is that I am a losing power—[elected officials I’m a rational choice theorist, positive political scientist, and are] more likely to shift away and at the fundamental level keeping with that framework, from the wishes of the public that theory states that actors it’s not my place as a scholar to and create policy more in line will maximize their utility. talk about policy prescriptions. with their party’s ideal point. Think about what motivates It’s more about the about the For example, if a state’s citi- elected officials: They want public recognizing that the lack zenry is center-right, and the to keep getting elected, they of an electoral threat can bring Republican Party knows it’s want to advance in the party, about negative outcomes. going to get re-elected over and and they want to make “good” I always tell people that if you over—instead of creating policy public policy. If they don’t have want to talk evidence related to that’s center-right, [that gov- to worry about re-election, they social and economic policies, I ernment will] create policy far- can focus on advancing in the can anger both sides of the aisle. ther right than the preferences party and making “good” public For example, we can talk about of the citizenry. So a duration policy. If you think about what GMOs [genetically modified of institutional control induces makes “good” policy for advanc- bias, by which I mean a diver- ing within the party, it makes Stephen Chapman’s research focuses on gence between the wishes of the sense why elected officials political polarization in American politics. 04 MONMOUTH spring 2017 illustration DAVIDE BONAZZI spring 2017 MONMOUTH 05 CURRENTS organisms]. Most people on the might say that it doesn’t exist or Do you think this lack of de- left hate GMOs even though the they don’t find a significant re- mand for objective evidence thrust of the scholarly evidence lationship, we have a mountain and facts is causing the in- shows no evidence of harmful of evidence that says it does.