{"id":9445,"date":"2015-07-14T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=9445"},"modified":"2015-09-24T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T18:27:54","slug":"letters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=9445","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Summer 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROAD TRIPS<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0Remember the days when you could hop in your roommate\u2019s car and just\u2026go? Maybe you had a destination in mind\u2014New York, Daytona, the Grand Canyon.\u00a0Probably you didn\u2019t. In any case, we want to hear about the ride. Send us stories about trips you took in college (no more than 200 words, please), along with any photos or artifacts that remind you of your big adventures on the open road.<\/p>\n

Remembering Ice<\/strong><\/p>\n

I coached wrestling at several South Jersey clubs, and I always felt comfortable when a wrestler told me he was considering attending TCNJ. I knew Dave Icenhower would take care of him and help him reach his full potential. Dave was, and will forever be, a legend.<\/p>\n

Chuck Whedon<\/em><\/p>\n

The writer is associate athletic director for sports medicine at Monmouth University. <\/em><\/p>\n

During the course of his 35-year career, Ice created a program that was a perennial winner\u2014while other colleges were dropping their wrestling programs. I have been shaped by my experience wrestling for him, and I am grateful to have been a small part of what he built.<\/p>\n

Ed Marion \u201979<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSo Appalled\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kanye West song title is an apt descrip<\/em>tion of readers\u2019 reactions<\/em> to our piece on Sarah Blake \u201906,<\/a> whose lyric biography of the rapper was highlighted in the last issue. Here\u2019s a sampling: <\/em><\/p>\n

I am not sure why Kanye West, not Sarah Blake, rates so highly as to receive the major focus of the TCNJ X 10 page. Look at West\u2019s body of work and you will find some interesting\u2014maybe even influential\u2014poetry; only time will tell. Look beyond that and you will find self-aggrandizement to the extreme and a crude, rude, and uncivilized nature.<\/p>\n

Paul E. Kirby \u201972, MEd \u201990<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad TCNJ Magazine<\/em> covered the release of Sarah Blake\u2019s first poetry collection by a major publisher, but\u00a0I was surprised the article focused mostly on Kanye West. Sarah\u2019s\u00a0success is a tremendous feather in TCNJ\u2019s cap, yet she received more engaged coverage from NPR, The Chicago Tribune, Harper\u2019s<\/em>, and other national media outlets.<\/p>\n

Catie Rosemurgy<\/em><\/p>\n

The writer is an associate professor of English at TCNJ and the author of two poetry collections.<\/em><\/p>\n

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CORRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our sincere apologies to Patricia Nevins Crosby \u201978, whom we inadvertently listed in last issue\u2019s \u201cIn Memoriam.\u201d<\/p>\n

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