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Monmouth SPRING 2012 MAGAZINEUNIVERSITY STUDENTS WALK ON THE WILD SIDE GAFFNEY ROAST RAISES $10 MILLION BELLS TOLL FOR FELL c1-c4monu_spr12.indd 1 6/12/12 5:30 PM Monmouth University Magazine Volume 32, No. 2, Spring 2012 Paul G. Gaffney II President Jeffery n. MIlls Vice President for University Advancement Publisher MIchael sayre MaIden, Jr. Editor heather Mcculloch MIstretta Assistant Editor JIM reMe University Photographer Blaze nowara Assistant University Photographer desIGn of 4 Design Monmouth University Magazine is published by University Advancement. Monmouth University Magazine 400 Cedar Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 how to contact us: class notes: [email protected] letters to the edItor: [email protected] Monmouth University Magazine (ISSN 15549143) is published four times annually by Monmouth University, periodicals postage paid at West Long Branch, NJ and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Changes of address should be mailed to: Attention: Mailing Address Changes Room 321A, Wilson Hall Monmouth University 400 Cedar Avenue West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764-1898 Copyright © 2012, Monmouth University. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted, duplicated, displayed, broadcast, or posted electronically via web, e-mail, or other means, or used in multi-media in any form, without express written permission from the Editor, Monmouth University Magazine. General InforMatIon: www.monmouth.edu 732-571-3400 Monmouth University supports equal opportunity in recruitment, admission, educational programs, and employment practices, and complies with all major federal and state laws and executive orders requiring equal employment opportunity and/or affirmative action. c1c2_01-48_c3c4monu_spr12.indd 2 6/7/12 9:38 AM FEATURES 3 STUDENTS WALK ON THE WILD SIDE 7 GAFFNEY ROAST RAISES $10 MILLION 12 LAMAccHIA RUNNING (AND SWIMMING… AND BIKING) IN A NEW DIREcTION 17 BELLS TOLL FOR GILBERT FELL DEPARTMENTS 2 Letters 19 On campus 28 Athletics 32 Alumni News 36 Hawks in Print 38 class Notes STUDENTS ENjOY A PERFORMANcE BY SINGER-SONGWRITER ANDY GRAMMER DURING SPRINGFEST AcTIvITIES ON APRIL 29. ON THE COVER: DR. LISA DINELLA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYcHOLOGY, DEMONSTRATES THE PRINcIPLES OF POSITIvE REINFORcEMENT WHILE FEEDING A GIRAFFE AT GREAT ADvENTURE, WILD SAFARI. c1c2_01-48_c3c4monu_spr12.indd 1 6/7/12 9:41 AM LETTERS ReadeRs Respond to the WINTER AND FALL ISSUES of a fraternity of true individuals. If my to school during the day. All while I was memory is correct, they were closed down married with 3 small children at home. I for 30 days, as recorded on page 101 of the did not begrudge those who had achieved yearbook, because the police caught them more, I simply worked harder so I might rolling a keg down Second Avenue. Great have the opportunity to achieve those memories! things that were important to me. SUSANNE RHODES GILBERT '64 It saddens me to think that your institution promotes this “Fair Share” OCCUPY EMBARRASSMENT collectivist fantasy of entitlement. The only thing anyone is entitled to is the VETERAN HERO I was both disgusted and embarrassed opportunity to achieve not the guarantee of by the portrayal of the Occupy Wall Street I wanted to take a moment to say success. I have done many things in my life, movement in the fall 2011 edition of the how much I appreciated the article in the some I have failed at some I have succeeded Monmouth University Magazine. I received most recent Monmouth alumni magazine at, some I have enjoyed and some I have not my AA from Monmouth College in 1969; [fall 2011] about Bryan Dickerson. As enjoyed. then received a BA and an MBA from a a Monmouth alumnus, I volunteer for Regardless, I have made it my large, fairly well known Catholic University various veteran causes and am so pleased responsibility to change, learn and move in the Midwest. I am removing any that my school gave such a large piece of its forward—not hold someone else responsible reference to having attended Monmouth magazine to an American hero and I hope for my shortcomings or missteps. Maybe from my resume and bio, both which are that others were as touched and inspired as you should be teaching your students that liberally distributed as I serve on several I was by reading it. personal responsibility and hard work are Boards of Directors. DOMIANO P. DEL PINO, ESQ. '01 the elements that make success possible— You managed to find seven mental not collective whining about what they midgets who attempted to legitimize a think they are entitled to! PHI DELT MEMORIES movement which a few months later is no I do vote with my pocketbook. You longer even an obituary mention on the will never see a dime come your way from most liberal broadcast. The irony, Hillsdale my pocket. Please remove me from your College in Michigan, which requires all mailing list, I have enough to do without students (and faculty) to study both the reading a bunch of professorial pap! U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence during their first two THOMAS ABEL '83 years, had no trouble posting an opposing viewpoint. ROTC PIN Seven people supporting this group of left-wing ideologues, and you could not find a faculty member identifying the While the Delta Sigs might have protestors for what they are is a bit mind- considered themselves the “Animal House” boggling. If your faculty members along in the late 60’s [fall 2011] the original with the second-year MSW student were to fraternity that earned that title in the succeed, fast forward five to ten years in the early 60s was Phi Delta Sigma or “Phi U.S. and we are Greece! Delts”. Their parties were legend and they Suggestion: Require your entire faculty Were you a member of the Reserve dominated the social scene. As a member of to attend summer lectures at Hillsdale Officers Training Corps at Monmouth the sorority Mu Alpha Phi we partied along College where they might learn something College? Did you wear a pin like this? with them and one never quite knew what about the founding of this country. Please share your memories as a Monmouth to expect. RICHARD C. MCCLELLAND '69AA University student enrolled in the When I saw the movie “Animal House” -------- R.O.T.C program, by email at: mailquad@ I immediately exclaimed, “That is the Phi For an institution that prides itself on monmouth.edu. Delt house!” diversity, I find it disturbing that out of One hot summer day I remember going your entire base of professors you could Please send letters to [email protected] into the house to find one of the guys not find one that sees the Occupy Wall or to Letters, Monmouth University Magazine, with nothing on but the newspaper he Street [movement] as nothing more than a 400 Cedar Ave, Room 321A, West Long was reading. It was constant fun and the collectivist group that wants what I have Branch, NJ 07764. Include a telephone number unexpected. and address. Letters may be edited for clarity or earned through hard work and sacrifice! space. Because of the volume of mail we receive, we Check out pages 100 and 101 in the When I went to your institution I cannot respond to all letters. Send queries about the 1964 Shadows yearbook to see pictures worked a full-time night job so I could go Alumni Association to [email protected], or call (732) 571-3489 2 MONMOUTH UNIvERSITY MAGAzINE SPRING c1c2_01-48_c3c4monu_spr12.indd 2 6/7/12 9:41 AM COVER STORY Michael Maiden STUDENTS WALK ON THE WILD SIDE elePhaNt DuNG, GIRaffe SlObbeR aND the SuRPRISING SOftNeSS Of a RhINOceROS eaR PaRt Of INNOvatIve cOuRSe One of the lesser-known labors of hercules involved cleaning manure–lots and lots of manure. according to Greek Myth, hercules was tasked with cleaning the stables of augeas, which housed a herd of 1,000 cattle, all within a single day. to make matters worse, the stables had not been cleaned in 30 years. hercules cleverly avoided the stench and muck by diverting two rivers to rinse the filthy stables clean. Students in Dr. lisa Dinella’s field experience class were not as fortunate. SPRING MONMOuth uNIveRSIty MaGazINe 3 c1c2_01-48_c3c4monu_spr12.indd 3 6/12/12 1:18 PM COVER STORY Green. “The opportunities that we are given are amazing. We love it, and it’s definitely better than sitting in a lecture.” The field experience class was developed by Dinella, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, following a family visit to the park last summer. During a dolphin trainer’s discussion on how marine mammals such as dolphins, seals, and sea lions are trained to perform, Dinella realized that the information was almost identical to a lecture she had given the day before to her own students. “The big difference is that the trainers used cooler props,” Dinella said. “The principles that animal trainers use to produce animal behavior are much the same as the principles applied to human behavior,” Dinella said. Dinella’s revelation inspired her to create the unique educational experience, which also marks the first collaboration between Monmouth University We wanted the students to learn that and Great Adventure. Peranteau believes the class is the first animal care is not all fun and games.” time that any Six Flags location has been involved with a college-level course. “ Dinella hopes that the hands-on experience with the he first order of business for students enrolled animals and working closely with professional trainers will in an innovative upper-level psychology not only illuminate key psychological concepts, but also class was “mucking the barn” that houses expose students to animal training as a viable career.