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ROCK ’N’ ROLL PHOTOGRAPHER FASTING FOR LOVE MICRO VISTAS THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 THE UPs AND DOWNs OF A CAMPAIGN AND THE campaign director ARMY OF ALUMNI SUPPORTERS policy manager social director media team ALONG FOR THE communications RIDE advance field organizer Tim Miller, BA ’04 team (Page 45) coordinator press secretary Alex Hornbrook, BA ’07 (Page 48) candidate Peter Frampton tosses his guitar pick into the crowd at the Oakland Coliseum in a July 1977 moment captured by photographer Michael Zagaris, BA ’67. In October, the iconic chronicler of rock and sports is releasing the first of three coffee-table books spanning his nearly five decades behind the lens. gw magazine / Summer 2016 GW MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS CONTENTS [Features] 28 / The Fight and the Fury of the Z-Man Iconic photographer and eternal San Franciscan Michael Zagaris, BA ’67, has shot rock gods and all-stars, stood up to The Man and almost died twice. He’s spent his life doing everything you always wanted to do, and now that he’s getting older ... absolutely nothing’s changed. / By Matthew Stoss / 42 / Armies on the March By car and bus and plane, propped up by road food and coffee—and, in some places, good ol’ milk—quadrennial swarms of campaign staffers have been boomeranging across the nation to boost their presidential candidates. They are the people behind the people, the unseen army. / By Emily Cahn, BA ’11 / 50 / ‘Google Maps’ of the Minuscule A new imaging facility brings the nanometer and atomic worlds into focus. / By Danny Freedman, BA ’01 / 54 / Fasting for Love When the flame of an old tradition gets snuffed out, should it be rekindled—or reengineered? / By Monica Bhide, MS ’93 / [Departments] On the cover: 3 / Editor’s Note Illustration by Dominic N. Abbate, BA ’09, MBA ’15 4 / Postmarks 7 / GW News MICHAEL ZAGARIS MICHAEL 60 / Alumni News gwmagazine.com / 1 SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE LATEST NEWS FROM GW TODAY VIA E-MAIL Be Informed | Be Connected | Be Notified gwtoday.gwu.edu FROM THE EDITOR Feedback Loop During the winter, we set out to sorta)—honest answers are, of course, survey our readers. We wanted the reason we asked. In every issue we to get in touch simply to ask: How make adjustments, big or small, course From the 54+G + are we doing? 46 corrections aimed at making the magazine We asked a random sample of survey fun and informative and relevant in your alumni to give us a few minutes. I pick up every life. If we can do that better, we’d like to We offered them no silly gewgaw or most issues know. or other reward. And to those of Some of that feedback has led to +G you who replied, either online or 91 tangible changes: Survey respondents by mail, thank you—truly. I read most or across all age groups said they prefer to So what’d we learn? Many who some of the receive the magazine in print, but we’ve magazine responded said they’re picking also heard from people who prefer it + up the magazine every time it 8 online. So last year we began sending an arrives or most of the time; one- email with every new issue, alerting you to I've shared an third said they read most of each article or issue new content online. issue and 60 percent said they We’ve also heard from people, in the read some. One-third said they’d 36+ survey and elsewhere, who said they’d shared an article or an issue with 64+G like to know more about upcoming alumni someone else. I prefer to read 20+ events. Starting this issue, we’ve added Three-quarters of those it in print a calendar (P. 63) with a taste of coming surveyed told us that the events in locales from D.C. to Sacramento, magazine strengthens their 80+G and a link to details about those and other connection to the university, Reading got events worldwide. and it has spurred 22 percent to me to: Attend The survey is closed, but our inbox is an event attend an event and 15 percent to open. If you have thoughts or ideas about contact a classmate or friend. the magazine, write us at magazine@gwu. In the written feedback there edu or on Twitter at @TheGWMagazine. were pats on the back (“Keep up Still no gewgaws to offer, though; just the great work!”) as well as some +15 +16 22 gratitude. tough love. One survey-taker Make a said that “for the most part … the donation Danny Freedman, BA ’01 managing editor magazine is a complete bore.” Contact a Classmate And that’s good to hear (well, or Friend gwmagazine.com / 3 POSTMARKS On Language And Terrorism Your spring 2016 article it was investigating it specifically as an act of No one else had the verve or wherewithal terrorism—while the massacres at Sandy Hook to come to my defense! I believe her exact “Tracking Terror in the U.S.” and Virginia Tech (as best we can tell) were not. words were, “That was a perfectly logical stated that “the San Ber- But you raise a fair point. Words like question. Well?” nardino shooting spree was “terror” and “terrorism” can, subjectively, So thank you, Dr. Nashman! I have never include horror of so many stripes beyond a forgotten your spunk. the deadliest act of terror on legal definition. Perhaps we should have been Beth Rose Feuerstein Macht, BA ’77 American soil since 9/11.” more specific in our description. This is part of Long Beach, NY an evolving conversation nationwide, and we Did your author forget the December 2012 appreciate the feedback. —Eds. Sandy Hook shooting which killed almost All Write! twice as many people? Or is it not terrorism Honey Nashman for President 2016 We want to hear from you, too. when committed [by someone other than a I would love to add my accolades to Honey Contact us through our website, Muslim]? Did he also forget the April 2007 Nashman (“The Sweet Life,” winter gwmagazine.com, on Twitter Virginia Tech shooting which killed even 2016). I graduated in 1977 and have had a (@TheGWMagazine) or send a note to: more people? ... successful, wonderful career as a learning As long as we keep framing the problem disabilities teacher. I will never forget the GW Magazine of mass shootings in the U.S. as Islamist day that Dr. Nashman stood up for me when 2121 Eye Street, NW extremism instead of an out-of-control gun an administrator ripped into me during a Suite 501 culture, nothing is going to change. student-teaching site visit. Washington, DC 20052 Gary Kowalski, BA ’85 I had asked this principal how often he [email protected] Leesburg, VA observed his special education teaching staff, or some such innocent question. The Please include your name, degree/ Of course there was no bias at play. The administrator was unbelievably defensive year, address and a daytime phone language we used was in line with the way and offensive and attempted to embarrass me number. major news organizations were framing the San because, I presume, he was uncomfortable Letters may be edited for clarity and Bernardino attack at the time, as the FBI said answering my question. space. STOCK.COM/ANGEL_1978 Corrections i The article “The GW Invitational: A Guide” (spring 2016) mischaracterized the annual regatta as “one of the two biggest” on the East Coast—it’s a pretty big event, but a few are bigger. The story also misstated the length of the standard, eight-oared crew shell. It is approximately 60 feet long. ILLUSTRATION: ILLUSTRATION: 4 / gw magazine / Summer 2016 managing editor Danny Freedman, BA ’01 assistant editor Keepsakes Matthew Stoss In the last issue, we Photo editor asked readers to William Atkins send in reminders of University PhotograPher GW that they keep at Logan Werlinger home. Design GW Marketing & Creative Services “Why these three? The GW mascot bobblehead brings us a daily smile. Us art directors pictured with the Law School Dean Dominic N. Abbate, BA ’09, MBA ’15 Blake and Paulette Morant reminds John McGlasson, BA ’00, MFA ’03 us of the reason we are so dedicated contribUtors to the Law School’s legacy. The July GW Today: Keith Harriston (senior managing editor), 4th photo of us with GW's President Brittney Dunkins, Julyssa Lopez, Kristen Mitchell and Steven and Mrs. Knapp brings Ruth Steinhardt happy memories of the night I asked INTeRn President Knapp to sum up his Rebecca Manikkam, GWSB ’17 success in one word and he, without The authors’ George hesitation, replied, ‘Stamina!’ bobblehead at left, and President of the University What amazing role models photos with (TOP) the Steven Knapp Knapps and (BOTTOM) the we have met during our years Morants v ice President as part of the GW family. for external relations Kathy Megyeri, MA ’69, MA ’82, Lorraine Voles, BA ’81 and Les Megyeri, BA ’63, JD ’68, BA ’73, MBA ’80 vice President for develoPment Washington, D.C. and alUmni relations Aristide J. Collins Jr. associate vice President “I saw your notice about “I am quite proud of having for commUnications keepsakes from GW. I won four letters in my two Sarah Gegenheimer Baldassaro thought, ‘What would competitive years at GWU (I associate vice President anyone have that is a attended Belmont Abbey for alUmni relations Jr. College in North Matt Manfra reminder?’ Then I realized Carolina from 1950-52), I was staring across my office at associate vice President so I framed them.