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Jersey Born, Jersey Brewed<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

I enjoyed reading this issue! I was blown away by the stories about the Bruce Springsteen Archives<\/a> and the brewery in Bradley Beach<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Matthew Cioletti, sophomore<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cleared for Takeoff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a bit more history on Slocum Hall (\u201cHidden in Plain Sight,\u201d<\/a> fall\/winter 2023). In the spring of 1960, just before I graduated with an associate degree, I was passing through the hall on the way to class and encountered a naval officer who had set up a table. He was recruiting potential naval aviators. I signed up for testing at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. I passed and started Navy flight training two months later. This led to a Navy career of 31 years. I retired as a captain in 1991. Funny how these seemingly small encounters lead to lifelong pursuits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Captain Darryl A. Stubbs \u201960A, United States Navy (Retired)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Music to Their Ears<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Every archive needs a home, and the idea that Bruce\u2019s archives will be kept close to his home, in a place with a theater and funding for programming, lectures, and all the artifacts, is fantastic (\u201cInside the New Springsteen Archives,\u201d<\/a> fall\/winter 2023). I\u2019m one proud alumna! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Trish Hurley Callahan \u201986M, via LinkedIn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So proud of the \u201cBoss\u201d and his lifetime achievements. What\u2019s even better is being a Monmouth College\/University alumnus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Jerome L. Hutchinson \u201978, via LinkedIn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We should never lose the treasure of great American singer\/songwriters like Bruce, Dylan, John Prine\u2014the list goes on and on. It\u2019s part of our fabric, and it tells our great American story. This center should preserve and encourage that spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Bruce N. Haydu \u201975, via LinkedIn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remembering a Monmouth Radio Pioneer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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John M. Salter <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

WMCX was not Monmouth\u2019s only radio station, or at least did not emerge unprecedented in 1974 (\u201cTransmitting Memories,\u201d<\/a> fall\/winter 2023). Back in September 1962, the speech and drama department brought in my father, John M. Salter, as an assistant professor. He served as an advisor to Monmouth\u2019s radio station, having worked several years as a radio DJ at WNYU, where he had a program titled \u201cThe Four Winds.\u201d To Monmouth he brought records from his own classical music collection that he left with the tiny West Long Branch station, which I believe broadcast at five watts and was AM only. Among the courses he taught at Monmouth were Introduction to Broadcasting and Creative Broadcasting. As a teacher, he found that taking outrageous positions got his students into vigorous classroom discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Jeremy M. Salter \u201974<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More WMCX Memories<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Although I very much enjoyed those who wrote about their memories of WMCX <\/a>to honor the 50th anniversary of the station in the Fall\/Winter 2023 issue, I just wanted to clear up one small error concerning the broadcasting of live sporting events. In one of the letters, it was said there were no live sports broadcasts on WMCX until 1984. I attended Monmouth from 1976 to 1980, and there were indeed broadcasts of Monmouth men\u2019s basketball games during these years, when we broadcast on 88.1 FM. We broadcast most home games from Boylan Gym but never broadcast road games. I was the play-by-play announcer for most of those years. We also did a pre-game show called \u201cKornegay\u2019s Corner\u201d with the men\u2019s head basketball coach at the time, Ron Kornegay \u201969, \u201974M. If my memory serves me correctly, we might have even also broadcast the one New York Knicks exhibition game they played at Boylan every year, usually against the Nets. Of course, the Knicks\u2019 training camp was held at Monmouth for many years in the 1970s and 1980s. I just wanted to clear that minor item up. I really enjoyed those that reminisced about WMCX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Dan Stern \u201980<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Latte Legend<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

I visited from New Zealand … and one of my absolute highlights was the Parson Caf\u00e9 and the iced chai (\u201cOffice Space,\u201d<\/a> fall\/winter 2023). \u2026 What a special human Jenn is. I can see why all the students love her! Thank you for the best service I received on my visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Robyn Ancell (Parent), via Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monmouth is so lucky to have Jenn. She knows how to make everyone feel special. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Anne Deepak (Faculty), via Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spotted on eBay<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Our fall\/winter 2023 issue<\/a>. It seems some enterprising readers sold their copies (after reading them cover to cover, of course) to collectors. We think the demand might have something to do with our cover model.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Seeing Red<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

I emphatically disagree with the whole premise of the article \u201cFrom Red Scare to Green Scare\u201d<\/a> (fall\/winter 2023). Peter Jacques has been researching climate change denial, and he appears to be accusing conservative thinkers on the subject of being politically motivated\u2014a \u201ccountermovement,\u201d as he says, that denies the science of climate change warming the planet, leading to \u201cdangerous changes.\u201d I object to his opinion being used to make people think that it is fact that using fossil fuels has caused the slight rise in warming the climate, since countless times\u2014over many, many years\u2014temperatures have risen and fallen, as in ice ages and then global warming and back again. And that was before we even used fossil fuels as we do today. There are many scientists who have studied the facts about climate and have not concluded, as Professor Jacques has, that the planet is doomed. I think the climate activists are the ones who are fearmongering, creating a problem where none exists. Some of the choice remedies to fix the climate are, in my opinion, going to do more harm than good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Paul W. Berkowicz \u201977<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I must say, i was a little taken aback by the last issue, first and foremost by the article concerning global warming (\u201cFrom Red Scare to Green Scare\u201d). I graduated in 1971, and I was a bleeding liberal at the time and participated in the Vietnam war strike and the taking over of what was then called Wilson Hall. Then I graduated and went to work and over the years became conservative. This does not nor should not make me an outcast and be defined by a conservative movement. We\u2019re a movement? Really? If you want to address global warming, you should start with India and China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was also disappointed that there weren\u2019t more stories about alumni who graduated before 1980. On a positive note, Morgan Alston\u2019s smile (\u201cLaunchpad\u201d<\/a>) is one of the nicest I have ever seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Gerard Tirotta \u201971<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong> We invited Peter Jacques, whose research on climate change denial was detailed in the article, to respond: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there have been conservative leaders who did not oppose climate policy or science (think John McCain, early Newt Gingrich, etc.). However, the Climate Change Countermovement (CCCM) has been organized to cast doubt on climate science and oppose climate policy since 1992. A social movement (e.g., the environmental movement) is simply a conscious, collective effort for change, identifiable by organizations and leaders. When opposition to the first movement is organized, it is a countermovement, similarly identifiable through countermovement organizations and leaders (e.g., the Heartland Institute and the Heritage Foundation).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, there is a robust consensus among scientists who do climate research stating that the Earth is warming (the temperature anomaly over the last couple years has been astonishing), that this warming is driven principally by human-related greenhouse gases, and that there are already dangerous impacts from this disruption. This consensus is measured in the scientific literature. The latest study (Lynas et al. 2021) concludes \u201cwith high statistical confidence that the scientific consensus on human-caused contemporary climate change\u2014expressed as a proportion of the total publications\u2014exceeds 99% in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the Winner Is\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Congrats to sophomore Matthew Cioletti, an honors secondary education and history major, who won the\u00a0Snag Some Swag trivia challenge<\/a>\u00a0in our last issue. Matthew correctly identified the connection between President Patrick F. Leahy and former U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy: They\u2019re both Georgetown alumni. Thanks to everyone who participated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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