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- Welcome
- Faculty and Staff
- MPA Program Requirements
- National Accreditation
- Graduate Internships
- Application and Admission Process
The Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program at Stanislaus State offers a well-regarded and well-established professional graduate-level course of study designed to prepare our students for the challenges and opportunities of a career in public service, non-profit entities, or for-profit firms that have close ties with the public sector. The MPA Program provides education and training of public administrators and policy analysts for leadership and management careers at the local, state, and national levels--with particular emphasis on government and non-profit organizations in California. The Program covers management science and the political, ethical, and organizational challenges that will be and are encountered in the public sector of the 21st century.
Program faculty and the comprehensive MPA curriculum provide students the foundational knowledge, practical skills, administrative capacities, and intellectual tools necessary for effective public management and the successful fulfillment of their professional duties and responsibilities. The MPA at Stanislaus is nationally accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and the program has served for many of our graduates as a successful launching point for careers in both government service and non-profits as well as providing opportunities for those already working in the public sector to expand and further hone their administrative skills, assisting them in advancing within and beyond their current organizations. Stanislaus MPA faculty are effective and committed teachers and scholars who train students to become tomorrow's productive public sector professionals in an increasingly challenging and complex governance environment. MPA professors promote proficiency in analysis, knowledge of theory and practice, and a genuine appreciation of service in and to the public interest.
Conducted primarily as an evening program—the typical class goes from 6:00 – 8:40 pm, meeting once a week—the MPA Program requires 42 units for graduation. This equates to 14 courses total, which are broken down as 9 core, required courses and 5 electives, with an internship required for pre-service students (students who have not yet worked for a public agency). Students most commonly finish up their studies with comprehensive examinations during their last semester—there is also a master's thesis option as an alternative to the comprehensive examinations. The normative time to degree is 3 years (6 semesters) with students typically taking 2-3 classes a semester. As a professional degree program, the MPA stresses both hands-on, practical elements of public and non-profit administration and the theoretical underpinnings and scholarly understanding of those structures and accompanying behavior. This critical connection behind theory and practice is a core linchpin of the MPA curriculum. MPA faculty also work in cultivating and fostering in our graduates a strong commitment to the public interest and public service. MPA courses are offered at both the main Turlock campus and the Stockton Center.
The public sector is truly at the heart of democratic governance--every issue that excites people's highest hopes and aspirations, or deepest fears and frustrations, is addressed first and foremost here. Problems concerning healthcare, unemployment, environmental quality, crime and safety, education, transportation, aging, housing, equal opportunity, and emergency preparedness compete for our attention and resources. These problems demand answers--answers developed by men and women in public administration. The effectiveness with which public problems are addressed depends on the education and training received by public service professionals working in government and non-profit agencies. The MPA Program at Stanislaus has a proven history of playing a positive and successful role in this regard. Back to top
Program and Learning Objectives
This comprehensive program of professional graduate-level study, which leads to the Master of Public Administration degree, is designed to educate and train administrators and policy analysts to pursue leadership and management careers at local, state, and national levels.
Program Objectives
- To provide education and skill acquisition for public service professionals with particular emphasis on the needs of government and not-for-profit organizations in Northern and Central California.
- To maintain and improve the capacity of local and regional governments to provide excellence in public service.
- To conduct research that will broaden the base of knowledge and skills in the field of public administration.
- To serve the regional community through faculty and student involvement in public affairs.
Learning Objectives
- Students have sound and appropriately comprehensive knowledge of the problem-context and environment of public administration.
- Students have sound and appropriately comprehensive knowledge of organizational decision-making processes.
- Students have appropriate personal competencies in problem analysis and decision-making.
The program serves public service professionals seeking advanced education and training as part-time students and also serves full-time students preparing for careers in public service. Courses are offered on both the Turlock and Stockton campuses. Back to top
Careers and Public Administration
A wide range of career opportunities are available in public administration and having an MPA clearly elevates the attractiveness of an applicant to the employer for such positions. Gainful employment in the federal government, state and local governments, and non-profits are the common professional routes for those with MPAs. Both federal and state/local government service offer interesting and stimulating work, the psychological and emotional rewards of public service, good entry-level salaries, comprehensive benefit packages, excellent retirement programs for long-term workers, and outstanding opportunities for promotion and advancement. Non-profit entities as well can also provide very satisfying work and healthy levels of financial compensation.
A quick sampling below of the position titles in government and non-profits gives a helpful flavor of the array of employment prospects (some are entry level, others are found in the later stages in a career) that await a skilled and well-trained public administrator:
Federal Government—tax inspector, Treasury Department; special agent, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF); consumer safety officer, Food and Drug Administration (FDA); inspector, Homeland Security; intelligence specialist, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); White House advisor; Foreign Service Officer, State Department; staff aide, congressional committee; program officer, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; program analyst, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); management auditor, Department of Labor; researcher/analyst, Congressional Research Service; chief historian, Bureau of Prisons; budget analyst, Social Security Administration; deputy archivist, National Archives and Record Administration; Lieutenant, US Park Police.
State/Local Government—city planner; commissioner, state department of human resources; deputy secretary to the governor; city manager; county manager; labor relations specialist; county purchasing officer; county clerk/recorder; legislative coordinator, mayor's office; city budget analyst; county treasurer; county CEO; city human resources specialist; captain, city police department; undersheriff, sheriff's office; state agency employee; city housing administrator; state senior criminologist; city project coordinator; deputy secretary, state department of natural resources; county economic development officer; analyst, water district.
Non-profits—public affairs officer, National Rifle Association; program manager, American Civil Liberties Union; director of political affairs, Telecommunications Industry Association; senior research analyst, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities; senior representative/lobbyist, National Publishers Association; director of university advancement, University of the Pacific; research analyst, NARAL Pro-Choice America; deputy director of communications, National Right to Life Committee; vice president, policy development, Airlines for America; political director, AFL-CIO; director of development, Saint Mary's Dining Room; vice president of media relations and external affairs, California Chamber of Commerce.
Useful websites for careers in government and non-profits include:
- US Office of Personnel Management
- USA.gov
- State of California Employment Site
- Merced County Employment Site
- Stanislaus County Employment Site
- San Joaquin County Employment Site
- City of Modesto Employment Site
- City of Sacramento Employment Site
- City of Stockton Employment Site
- American Society for Public Administration
- International City/County Management Association
- National League of Cities
- National Association of Counties
- Careers in Public Service
- American Society for Association Executives
- Nonprofit Career Network
- NonprofitJobs
- The Riley Guide to Nonprofits, Foundations, and Think Tanks Back to top
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Contact Us
Department Office Location: Bizzini Hall, Room 132
Office Staff:
Cheryl Sweeten, Administrative Support Coordinator
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telephone – (209) 667-3388
office – Bizzini 132
Office Telephone: (209) 667-3388
Office Fax: (209) 667-3724
Department Chair:
David Colnic, PhD
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telephone – (209) 667-3363
office – Bizzini 130-C
MPA Program Co-Directors:
Umar Ghuman, PhD
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office – Bizzini 130-A
Gerard Wellman, PhD
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telephone - (209) 667-3291
office - Bizzini 132D
Department Mailing Address:
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
California State University, Stanislaus
One University Circle
Turlock, CA 95382
The Department Office is open during the academic year Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Winter session and Summer hours may vary. Back to top
Faculty and Staff
The Department has a legacy of outstanding teaching, advising, scholarship, and service that continues today in both the Political Science Program and the Master of Public Administration Program. The ranging expertise and extensive knowledge of our faculty allows the Department to offer courses in all of the major fields of Political Science and a comprehensive graduate-level curriculum in Public Administration.
As'ad AbuKhalil – Professor, Political Science: BA 1981, MA 1983, American University of Beirut; PhD 1988, Georgetown University. At Stanislaus since 1993. Dr. AbuKhalil teaches the following courses in the Political Science Program: Politics of the Middle East; Gender & Sexuality in the Middle East; Arab-Israeli Conflict; International Relations; Model United Nations & Model Arab League; and Introduction to American Government.
(209) 667-3536 / Bizzini 126-A
David Colnic – Professor, Political Science: BA 1987, University of California, Irvine; MA 1994, PhD 2003, University of Arizona. At Stanislaus since 2004. Dr. Colnic serves as Department Chair and is the Department Coordinator for both undergraduate and graduate student internships. In the MPA Program, he teaches the following courses: Public Policy; Environmental Planning, Policy & Law. In the Political Science Program, he teaches the following courses: Media & Politics; Environmental Policy & Politics; Introduction to American Government; and Introduction to Political Science.
(209) 667-3520 / Bizzini 130-C
Umar Ghuman – Assistant Professor, Public Administration: BS 2001, Excelsior College; MBA 2003, PhD 2011, Florida Atlantic University. At Stanislaus since 2012, Dr. Ghuman is the Co-Director of the MPA program. Dr. Ghuman teaches the following courses in the MPA Program: Public Policy; Organizational Development; Human Resources; Organization Theory; Quantitative Analysis; Bureaucracy in Novels & Plays; and Non-profit Administration. In the Political Science Program, he teaches Introduction to American Government.
(209) 667-3682 / Bizzini 130-A
Lawrence L. Giventer – Professor Emeritus, Public Administration: BSME 1967, New Jersey Institute of Technology; MS 1968, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD 1976, University of Pittsburgh. At Stanislaus since 1975. Dr. Giventer teaches Quantitative Analysis in the MPA Program. In the Political Science Program, he teaches Politics & Film and Introduction to American Government.
(209) 667-3388 / Bizzini 132-A
April Hejka-Ekins – Professor Emerita, Public Administration: BA 1969, Northern Illinois University; MSW 1971, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; PhD 1987, University of Southern California. At Stanislaus since 1988. Dr. Hejka-Ekins teaches the following courses in the MPA Program: Organization Theory; Combating Political Corruption; Public Service Ethics; Case Analysis; and Administration in Public Affairs.
(209) 667-3388 / Bizzini 132-A
Nancy Hudspeth -- Assistant Professor, Public Administration: BA & BS 1986, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; MA 1999, PhD 2011, University of Illinois, Chicago. At Stanislaus since 2015. Dr. Hudspeth teaches the following courses in the MPA Program: Public Policy Analysis, Urban & Regional Planning, Quantitative Analysis, and Public Agency Budgeting. In the Political Science Program, she teaches Introduction to American Government and Land Use Planning.
(209) 667-3285 / Bizzini 132-B
Jason Myers – Professor, Political Science: BA 1989, Columbia University; MA 1993, PhD 1998, University of California, Berkeley. At Stanislaus since 2001. Dr. Myers teaches the following courses in the Political Science Program: Ancient & Medieval Political Thought; Modern Political Thought; Political Thought in the Modern World; Political Ideologies; Money & Power; Marx on the Human Condition; American Political Thought; and Introduction to American Government.
(209) 667-3388 / Bizzini 132-C
Wendy Olmstead -- Lecturer, Political Science: BA 2006, MPA 2014, MS 2015, Stanislaus State. At Stanislaus since 2016. Prof. Olmstead teaches Agricultural Policy and Regulations in the MPA Program.
(209) 667-3388 / Bizzini 132-A firstname.lastname@example.com
Elaine Peterson – Professor, Economics: BA 1982, Colby College; MS 1990, PhD 1996, University of Wisconsin-Madison. At Stanislaus since 1996. Dr. Peterson is a faculty member of the Department of Economics and in the MPA Program she teaches Public Finance and State & Local Public Finance.
(209) 667-3327 / Bizzini 101-D
Nicholas Pinhey – Lecturer, Public Administration: BA 1975, Stanislaus State; MPA 1989, Stanislaus State; DPA 1998, University of Southern California. At Stanislaus since 1999. Dr. Pinhey teaches Public Agency Budgeting in the MPA Program.
(209) 667-3388 / Bizzini 130-E
Richard Randall – Lecturer, Political Science: BA 1982, Stanislaus State; MA 1985, ABD 1991, University of California, Davis. At Stanislaus since 2011. Prof. Randall teaches the following courses in the Political Science Program: Introduction to American Government; Introduction to Political Science; and Global Politics.
(209) 667-3359 / Bizzini 132-A
Stephen R. Routh -- Professor, Political Science: BA 1986, University of California, Santa Cruz; MA 1992, San Jose State University; PhD 2000, University of California, Davis. At Stanislaus since 2002. Dr. Routh serves as the Pre-Law Advisor. He teaches the following courses in the Political Science Program: Introduction to American Government; The Presidency; Legislative Process; Judicial Process; Political Campaigns & Elections; Constitutional Law; and Civil Liberties. In the MPA Program, he teaches Administrative Law.
(209) 667-3363 / Bizzini 130-B
Gerard Wellman – Assistant Professor, Public Administration: BA 2003, Louisiana State University; MPA 2007, University of Memphis; PhD 2011, University of Nebraska, Omaha. At Stanislaus since 2012. Dr. Wellman teaches the following courses in the MPA Program: Administration in Public Affairs; Public Service Ethics; Urban Affairs; Social Justice; Research Design & Public Evaluation; and Urban & Regional Planning. In the Political Science Program, he teaches Introduction to Public Administration; Ethnic & Gender Politics; and Introduction to American Government.
(209) 667-3291 / Bizzini 132-D
MPA Program Requirements
The specific curricular requirements for the Master in Public Administration degree are:
1. All students are required to complete a minimum of 42 semester units of upper-division and graduate courses and seminars. A minimum of 30 of these units must be in graduate courses and seminars.
2. Students who have not had formal study in political science, economics, statistics, and introductory computer applications are advised to complete undergraduate courses before enrolling in graduate-level courses in these subjects.
3. All students are required to complete successfully one of the following options in partial fulfillment of the upper-division degree requirements:
a. Thesis
- Required and approved elective courses, 36 units
- Approved research methods courses, 3 units
- Thesis Research, 3 units minimum
- Submission of written thesis
- Passing an oral thesis defense
b. Comprehensive Examination
- Required and approved elective courses, 42 units
- Passing a written comprehensive examination
4. Students must complete the MPA program with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale of 0.0 to 4.0) on all upper-division and graduate coursework credited toward the MPA degree.
No grade less than a B– (B minus) is acceptable for the completion of a required course.
A student who receives less than a B– in a required course must take the course again. A student who takes the same required course twice and does not receive a B– or better will be disqualified from the program. No elective course with a grade below B- may count toward completion of the required units for the MPA degree. Students who receive a grade lower than B- will have their performance reviewed by the MPA program director, put on academic probation, and may be disqualified from the program. A student who completes more than two courses with grades below B- will be disqualified from the program. No course which is to be counted toward the MPA degree may be graded credit/no credit, with the one exception of PADM 5940, Public Administration Internship.
5. A public service internship is required for "pre-service" MPA students. Internship positions and standards of experiential internship education are coordinated with local, county, regional, state and federal administrative agencies, not-for-profit organizations, or the offices of elected officials. The internship course (PADM 5940 - Public Administration Internship) involves 300 hours of work with one or more public sector organization. A non-academic-credit internship of 200 hours will also fulfill this requirement. The intern works on agency assignments under the supervision of agency personnel while maintaining a close liaison with the faculty internship program coordinator. Interns may be voluntary or paid by the sponsoring agency. Interns are required to have passed PADM 5000, Administration in Public Affairs. To receive academic credit, students must pass PADM 5940, Public Administration Internship. Internship experience can be a valuable start to a professional career for the pre-service public administration student. Your academic adviser or the faculty internship program coordinator will be able to provide further specific information and guidance. All paperwork, including from the faculty internship coordinator, must be completed prior to the start of the internship.
6. The degree of Master of Public Administration will be awarded upon certification of successful completion of degree requirements by the MPA Graduate Studies Committee.
7. All students are required to complete the following nine courses, 27 units:
- PADM 5000 - Administration of Public Affairs
- PADM 5006 - Public Finance
- PADM 5007 - State and Local Public Finance
- PADM 5010 - Quantitative Analysis
- PADM 5015 - Public Policy Analysis
- PADM 5100 - Organizational and Administrative Theory
- PADM 5110 - Public Personnel Administration
- PADM 5130 - Public Service Ethics
- PADM 5200 - Public Agency Budgeting
8. In addition to the required courses, all students will complete a minimum of 15 elective units chosen in consultation with the adviser. Up to 6 units may be 4000–level courses. These electives permit some specialization and may be selected to meet each student's career needs.
- ECON 4300 - Mathematical Economics
- ECON 4600 - Urban Economics
- ECON 5050 - Business and the Economic Environment
- GEOG 4750 - Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 5350 - Urban Sustainability and Design
- MATH 4430 - Operations Research
- PADM 5106 - Organizational Development/Group Dynamics
- PADM 5120 - Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector
- PADM 5140 - Combating Political Corruption
- PADM 5203 - Local Government Budgeting Simulation
- PADM 5300 - Urban/Regional Planning
- PADM 5310 - Environmental Planning, Policy, and Law
- PADM 5400 - Computer Applications in Public Administration
- PADM 5500 - Administrative Law and Public Policy
- PADM 5505 - Intergovernmental Relations
- PADM 5554 - Seminar in Case Analysis
- PADM 5600 - Political Theory in Public Management
- PADM 5654 - Bureaucracy in Novels and Plays
- PADM 5700 - Local Governance
- PADM 5715 - Health Services Administration
- PADM 5720 - Research Design/Program Evaluation
- PADM 5940 - Public Administration Internship
- PADM 5950 - Seminar in Special Topics in Public Administration
- PADM 5980 - Individual Study
- PADM 5990 - Thesis
- PSCI 4325 - Land Use Planning
- PSCI 4600 - Statistical Analysis for Politics
Other 4000- or 5000-level courses, besides those listed, may also be taken as electives toward the MPA degree if deemed relevant and approved in writing by your graduate adviser. Back to top
National Accreditation
The MPA Program at Stanislaus is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). This program accreditation signifies a high quality education in public administration and that a number of dimensions of a program has undergone a rigorous review and assessment by an external evaluator. As the NASPAA website (http://www.naspaa.org/) states:
"All NASPAA accredited programs have successfully met NASPAA Standards for Professional Master's Degree Programs in Public Affairs, Policy and Administration.
The NASPAA Standards are the quality benchmark used by graduate public service programs around the world. NASPAA's accreditation process is mission-based and driven by public service values. Accredited programs must contribute to the knowledge, research, and practice of public service, establish observable goals and outcomes, and use information about their performance to guide program improvement. They must practice truth in advertising and ensure their students achieve learning objectives in five domains essential to public service.
The purpose of NASPAA accreditation is to promote and maintain educational quality for professional public service degrees. NASPAA accreditation recognizes that a master's program in public affairs has undertaken a rigorous process of peer review conducted by the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA).
NASPAA is the global standard in public service education. It is the membership organization of graduate education programs in public policy, public affairs, public administration, and public & nonprofit management. Its nearly 300 members - located across the U.S. and in 14 countries around the globe - award MPA, MPP, MPAff, and similar degrees.
NASPAA is the recognized global accreditor of master's degree programs in these fields.
NASPAA's twofold mission is to ensure excellence in education and training for public service and to promote the ideal of public service." Back to top
Graduate Internships
An internship experience can be an invaluable start to a professional career for a "pre-service" public administration student (that is, a student who has yet to be employed in the public sector). Internships provide an important and highly useful practical component to the academic program. Having direct exposure to the hands-on/experiential side of public administration is a true boon to students' professional growth and intellectual development. The MPA Internship Program coordinates the establishment of internship positions with governmental and non-profit agencies. An internship generally involves part-time work for at least 300 hours with a public sector organization. An intern works on assignments under the supervision of agency personnel while maintain close liaison with the Public Administration Internship Coordinator, currently Dr. David Colnic, and enrolling and participating in PADM 5940/Public Administration Internship for 3 units of academic credit. Back to top
Application and Admission Process
Application to a graduate program at Stanislaus State is in two parts—students must apply both to the Graduate School and to the individual graduate program. Qualified individuals holding a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university may apply to the Graduate School. Each applicant must submit the following directly to the Graduate School office:
- Completed application on www.csumentor.edu
- Official transcripts from each college or university attended. International students must have transcripts evaluated by an approved institution. Back to top
Program Admission Requirements
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
- A grade point average of 2.7 or better in the last 60 semester units. The GRE is not required.
- Three letters of recommendation from individual who can evaluate the applicant's work or academic studies and can comment on the applicant's potential as a graduate student and professional in the field of public administration. These three letters of recommendation should be mailed to the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.
- A current resume or vita that details the applicant's education work experiences, and other qualifications.
- A one- to two-page letter of interest explaining the applicant's purpose and career objectives in pursuing an MPA degree.
- Application evaluation and approval by the Director of the Master of Public Administration program.
- Regardless of citizenship or residency, persons who have not attended schools at the secondary level or above for at least three years (full-time) where English is the principal language of instruction must submit satisfactory scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
- Prerequisites: If a student has not had formal study in American government, statistics, and economics, they will be advised to take basic undergraduate courses in these three subjects before registering for certain graduate level courses in the MPA Program. Graduate students should also have a personal computer and sufficient study or experience to provide a basic introductory capability in computer applications.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Justice William F. Mastro, newly named acting presiding justice of the Appellate Division's Second Department, will be honored by the Staten Island Trial Lawyers Association at the group's annual dinner.
The dinner will be held on Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Excelsior Grand, New Dorp.
"Justice Mastro is one of the finest jurists that I have had the honor of practicing before," said association president Vincent Albunio. "He exhibits the principles and demeanor every judge should strive for."
Mastro, 60, a Randall Manor resident, was elected as a justice of the Supreme Court in 1992. He was appointed to the Appellate Division in 2002.
Mastro last month was named to preside temporarily over the Second Department, making him one of the top jurists in the court system. It is not known when Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo will make a permanent appointment to the slot.
A Democrat, Mastro is also chair of the state Unified Court System's Ethics Commission.
Tickets to the dinner are $150. Call Albunio for more information at 718-720-9800.

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25 years old
July 5, 2003
New Hope
Portage County
Nicole J. Odegaard was shot multiple times in the head by her husband, Jay Odegaard, 44, in the bedroom of their home. He then turned the gun on himself. Their bodies were found by Nicole's 8 and 10-year-old children and their 9-year-old friend who was sleeping over at the house that night.
According to co-workers of Nicole, on the night of the homicide, Jay and the kids had pizza at the tavern where Nicole was working. Jay left with the children at 11:00 p.m. and returned by himself about 45 minutes later. He argued with Nicole about when she would get off of work. She was overheard to say that "she didn't love him and was tired of being beaten." Co-workers reported seeing bruises on Nicole in the past.
Jay Odegaard had a history of previous convictions for disorderly conduct, felony battery and false imprisonment.


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Rain or shine, Huntsville's Veterans Day Parade will go on as scheduled this morning.
Mayor Tommy Battle announced via Twitter that - barring lightning - the parade will be held despite the rain. Parade participants have already started lining up downtown and several roads in the area are already closed. All roads along the parade route will be closed by 10:45 a.m. The roads will reopen around 1:15 p.m. or when the parade is over.
The parade is assembling and beginning in Lot K at Clinton and Woodson Avenue and follow the same route as last year. The units in the parade will leave Lot K and travel north on Woodson Street, turn right to travel east on Holmes Avenue, turn left to travel north then east on Monroe Street, turn right to travel south on Green Street, turn right to travel west on Williams Avenue, turn right to travel north on Monroe Street, turn left to travel west on Clinton Avenue and end at lot K.
Monroe Street between Jefferson Street and Washington Street has been closed since 6 a.m. this morning. Washington Street southbound from Pratt Avenue/I-565 into the downtown area will be closed at 10 a.m. for parade lineup.


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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court debated today whether policing curse words and nudity on broadcast television makes sense in the cable era, with one justice suggesting it's a moot point at a time when broadcast TV seems headed the way of "vinyl records and 8-track tapes."
Lawyers for the government and television networks argued over whether there should be continued government regulation of the airwaves during hours when children are likely to be watching.
Those fearful of an opening of the floodgates toward vile programming, point to this court's stance on violent video games and children's access to them.
Some justices said today they were troubled by inconsistent application of TV standards that allowed certain words and images in some contexts, but not in others.
One example frequently cited by the networks was the Federal Communications Commission's decision not to punish ABC's airing of "Saving Private Ryan," with its strong language, while objecting to the same words when uttered by celebrities in live awards show programming.
Justice Elena Kagan said the FCC policy was, "Nobody can use dirty words or nudity except Steven Spielberg," director of the World War II movie. Other justices seemed more open to maintaining the current rules because they allow parents not to have to worry their children will be bombarded by vulgarity.
Justice John Roberts, the only member of the court with young children,
hammered away at that point, saying he wondered why broadcasters would
oppose regulation of a few channels so that parents can know that
children "are not going to hear the S-word, the F-word" or see nudity. CNN notes the hearing went that way throughout, with none of the jurists actually using the vulgarities.
But at least one justice, Samuel Alito suggested that in a rapidly changing universe, technological advances will take care of the dispute.
CNN and Bloomberg read into some of justices' questions an inclination by the court to side with the FCC and allow the regulatory authority to continue.
The First Amendment case pits the Obama administration against the nation's television networks. The material at issue includes the isolated use of expletives as well as fines against broadcasters, who, in one cited example, showed a woman's nude buttocks on a 2003 episode of ABC's "NYPD Blue."
The broadcasters want the court to overturn a 1978 decision that upheld the Federal Communications Commission's authority to regulate both radio and television content, at least during the hours when children are likely to be watching or listening. That period includes the prime-time hours before 10 p.m.
At the very least, the networks say the FCC's current policy is too hard to figure out, penalizing the use of particular curse words in some instances, but not in others.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. said that if the court were to overrule its 33-year-old decision, "the risk of a race to the bottom is real."
But Carter Phillips, representing the networks in connection with the awards shows, said that little would change because broadcasters would remain sensitive to advertisers and viewers' values.
Nearly nine out of 10 households subscribe to cable or satellite television and viewers can switch between broadcast and other channels by pushing a button on their remote controls. Even on television, the rules only apply between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., noted Tim Winter, president of the pro-regulation Parents Television Council. "Radio and television broadcasters already have the ability to be as indecent as they want after 10 p.m."
The FCC policy under attack flowed from the 1978 Pacifica decision, which upheld the FCC's reprimand of a New York radio station for airing at mid-afternoon a George Carlin monologue containing a 12-minute string of expletives.
For many years, the FCC did not take action against broadcasters for one-time uses of curse words. But, following several awards shows with cursing celebrities in 2002 and 2003, the FCC toughened its longstanding policy after it concluded that a one-free-expletive rule did not make sense. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York declared the FCC policy unconstitutionally vague.
The Billboard Music Awards aired on Fox in both 2002 and 2003. Cher used the F-word the first year and reality TV personality Nicole Richie uttered the F-word and S-word a year later. The FCC did not issue a fine in either case.
The "NYPD Blue" episode led to fines only for stations in the Central and Mountain time zones, where the show aired at 9 p.m., a more child-friendly hour than the show's 10 p.m. time slot in the East.
Today's hearing prompted some interest from unusual corners. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, whose remarks are frequently "bleeped" during his American Idol appearances, took a surprisingly conservative view.
A contributor for Forbes who is a former broadcaster himself had an even more dire prediction in the event the Supreme Court sides with broadcasters, speculating reality shows in particular could get vile quickly.
The SCOTUSblog offers a highly detailed account of the morning's hearing for readers who wish to guess for themselves which way the court might be leaning.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
What do you think? In an age of cable television and, increasingly, online options for movies and other entertainment programs, are the FCC rules on decency passé and enforcement futile? Or do they remain important standards in ensuring some modicum of family viewing for at least part of the broadcast day, on at least some channels? Share your thoughts in the comment section.


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Daily from November 9, 2014 until November 15, 2014
Link: http://www.capni.org
Event Description
Nurse practitioners provide more than 192,000 solutions to the health care crisis.
As newly insured patients seek access to health care, it is important that the public be aware that there are more than 192,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) in the United States who provide high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive, patient-centered care to patients nationwide.
NPs are licensed, expert clinicians with advanced education (most have master's and many have doctorate degrees) and extensive clinical preparation who provide primary, acute and specialty health care services. In addition to providing a full range of services, NPs work as partners with their patients, guiding them to make educated health care decisions and healthy lifestyle choices. The confidence that patients have in NP-delivered health care is evidenced by the more than 916 million visits made to NPs every year.
National Nurse Practitioner Week, November 9-15, 2014, is a time to celebrate these exceptional health care providers and to remind lawmakers of the importance of removing outdated barriers to practice so that NPs will be allowed to practice to the full extent of their experience and education so that patients are allowed full and direct access to all the services NPs are educated and certified to provide. Nurse practitioners are informed, in touch and involved, making them the health care providers of choice for millions and a solution to the primary care crisis in America.
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Tasting Notes
The wine has an intense depth of color. A great, elegant bouquet, deep and filled with jammy fruit, scent of vanilla and tobacco leaves, rose petals, figs and a subtle hint of wood. On the palate it is filled with interlocking sensations, sweet fruit flavors on the entry, then deep ripetannins holding everything together right into the long, dry finish.
Wine Maker Notes
A real son of Southern Italy, this great red wine is produced in the region of Puglia. It is the same vine that American winemakers know as Zinfandel. The warm, windy climate close to the Mediterranean Sea, is essential for the full maturity of the Primitivo grapes. The soils are well known for being rich in red clay. The growing system in this area gives a low yield to the vines and is a great help for an excellent maturation.
Technical Notes
Alcohol vol.: 14%
Food Pairing
It is suitable for rich Mediterranean courses, red wild and grilled meats, and spicy cheeses.Serving temperature: 64°-68°F


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GRAND RAPIDS – The weekend is over, and we now have a pretty good idea of what to expect in this week's MLive Grand Rapids Team of the Week Poll.
It's going to be a dogfight.
East Kentwood softball and the Grandville baseball teams have pulled out to an early lead, but this is still any team's race. The poll is open through noon Friday, and readers are eligible to vote once per hour, so there is a long ways to go.
The winning team will be the focus of attention next week on MLive and in the Grand Rapids Press, so please keep those votes coming.


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John Rybinski said he'll never forget what happened to grandfather's 258-acre farm in Cazenovia.
"If my grandfather knew, he would be rolling over in his grave," he said. "I grew up on that farm. I hunted, fished and learned to trap there.
"When my grandfather passed away my mother and father inherited it. My parents divorced and the land was sub-divided and sold. Now it's all houses. What I loved is gone."
Late last year, Rybinski, 50, took steps to make sure a similar scenario didn't occur on his watch. He donated the conservation easement to his 248 acres in Pompey to the Finger Lakes Land Trust, an Ithaca-based group. He retained ownership of the property, but its use is legally restricted - and it'll stay that way after he dies.
The conservation easement divides his land up into three zones. One small zone allows him to have his house and any other building he'd like to have there. The second zone requires that the land be kept as forest, but allows him to log and sell the wood, gather firewood and take other measures to ensure its health and longevity.
The third zone is restricted to agricultural uses.
The 25-year-old Finger Lakes Land Trust protects more than 16,000 acres throughout the greater Finger Lakes area from development.
"We own 30 conservation areas that are open to the public, and have more than 100 conservation easements on land that remains in private ownership." said Andy Zepp, executive director. "We also have land that we protect in partnership with other governmental conservation agencies and non-profits.
"We try to achieve win-win situations and to meet individual landowner's goals. The result is the protection of the most significant open space we have," he said.
Rybinski said he initially considered participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture program that gives payments to landowners to keep their land undeveloped and open to agriculture. However, the line of farmers waiting to get into the program is long, he said, and he doubted that he'd qualify.
His decision to go with the Finger Lakes Trust wasn't free. He had to pay for the appraiser and surveying work, in addition to making a sizeable donation to the trust. Rybinski estimates he has spent close to $20,000.
Zepp noted that Rybinski's costs may be recouped in time with state and federal tax breaks - some that will be passed on in perpetuity to future owners.
"Part of our costs include annual payments we make for special insurance that pays if we have to go to court to enforce the easement," Zepp said. "We also put money in a trust to make sure our organization stays around and that someone is standing behind that document (signed by Rybinski)."
Zepp said costs incurred by property owners who turn over conservation easements to the trust vary, depending on an individual's ability to pay. Sometimes, he said, the landowner is unable to pay and the trust has sought financial help elsewhere, including government grants.
Rybinski has no regrets. He said he looks around Pompey and sees farms being carved up for housing developments, which results in all sort of negative impacts on the land. He notes the fishing on nearby Limestone Creek "is nothing compared to when I was a kid. The water quality has changed. It's all part of the equation.
"A lot of farmers out there are teetering, there's not enough land out there to support their business and they're getting out of it," he said. "There's nothing in Pompey to prevent this community from turning into another Dewitt. Maybe not in my lifetime, or my kids' lifetime, but eventually it will all be chopped up."
Rybinski said he's determined to preserve his land's aesthetic value, its value to fish and wildlife, its value for agriculture. He encourages others to do the same.
He said his land is posted. However, he does allow friends and neighbors "on a controlled basis" to fish his pond, hunt and trap, walk their dogs, snowmobile, ride their horses and do some bird watching.
"I have 25 to 50 bluebirds around my house. There's also grouse, deer. You allow it to be developed, it'll all be gone," he said.
-For more information on the Finger Lakes Land Trust, see its website at fllt.org.


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In a national study, the average active shooter incident lasts 12 minutes.
Binghamton Police responded to the American Civic Association shooting in less than 3 minutes.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 43 percent of the time the crime is over by the time police arrive. In 57 percent of the shootings, an officer arrives while shooting is still underway.
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Another year has passed, and another wonderful class of students have graduated. We celebrated their accomplishments at the annual School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences Commencement Ceremony and also reconnected with some alumni at an event on the East Coast.
Imagine what the ocean of the future will look like if human-caused carbon-dioxide emissions aren't curbed. If you can't, the Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience, a free science education tool, can take you there.
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Local food is gaining in popularity. From chefs to home cooks, more people are looking to local food because it is considered safer, superior in taste and quality and healthier than mass-produced and processed food. More residents want to visit farms, pick their own food and stop at roadside farm stands.
Within the cities, farmers markets are becoming important neighborhood amenities. Direct sales are placing products at the doorsteps of residents. Restaurants and grocery stores advertise their use of local agricultural products. The fruits and vegetables grown by King County farmers are a key element in overcoming challenges related to public health, carbon emissions and climate change
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Picking up where I left off in my last post, about a week into our honeymoon we arrived in Chile's dramatic Atacama Desert. It's the driest place on earth (some weather stations here have never recorded rain!) and full of utterly fascinating geological phenomena.
During our four-day stay at the ultra-romantic Awasi resort, we visited a field of steaming geysers, soaked in bubbling hot springs (my husband calls them nature's Jacuzzis), biked to a salt lake in which it's impossible to sink, explored ancient archeological remains and hiked beside 500-year old cacti and cute indigenous critters like vicuna and viscacha. The highlight was scaling an untouched sand dune to watch the sun set while surrounded by glowing red volcanoes in the Valley of the Moon. Our guide brought a bottle of local wine and two glasses in his backpack so we could toast the moment—now that's service.
Back at the hotel, we relaxed by the pool in the afternoon and by a bonfire at night (due to the desert's high elevation, the temperature drops substantially when the sun goes down) and enjoyed some of the best food we've ever tasted. We were sad to leave but thrilled to arrive in Buenos Aires for our final three days. We'd heard so much about Argentina's capital, and it definitely lived up to its reputation as a chic and worldly city. I couldn't imagine a more glamorous base than the Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt, where we stayed, in the fashionable Recoleta district. By this point, we were a little worn out so strolling the tree-lined streets, sampling empanadas and taking in a tango show was our only agenda. But it was enough to make us smitten with the city, and by the time we touched down at JFK airport, we were already planning a return visit for our first-year anniversary.
If this trip sounds like your idea of honeymoon heaven, be sure to pick up our October/November issue—on newsstands August 25th—and read the feature on South America. It's chock-full of inspiration for romantic itineraries in Chile and Argentina, as well as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. —Elaine Stuart, senior associate features/travel editor, Modern Bride


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PITTSBURGH - Ex-Detroit Lions and Eastern Michigan quarterback Charlie Batch is returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers as a backup.
His $895,000, one-year contract includes a $50,000 signing bonus.
Batch has been working out with the Steelers since missing last season with a broken right collarbone. Byron Leftwich replaced Batch as Ben Roethlisberger's backup, but he signed a $7.5 million, two-year deal with Tampa Bay.
Batch has been the Steelers' primary backup since signing with the Steelers in 2002. He has played in 22 games since then, starting four times.
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ESCANABA - Gordie Howe's illustrious professional hockey career spanned five decades, but if it wasn't for Baraga native Carl Mattson, Howe's career may have lasted just five years.
Howe fractured his skull during the 1950 playoffs, and Mattson, the Detroit Red Wings head trainer was the first one on the ice to attend to Howe, playing an influential role in treating Howe's life-threatening injury, which required emergency surgery.
That's one of many stories of the unheralded Mattson, who will be posthumously inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame today. He passed away in 1985, and he'll be one of 11 people inducted during the 41st annual induction banquet at Danforth Place in Escanaba.
"The era in which Carl worked saw very little in the way of staffing compared to today's NHL, thus increasing both the number of ways Carl affected the team's performance and their importance," read a letter from current Red Wings general manager Ken Holland addressed to Ron Tervonen, who wrote the nomination letter for Mattson.
Tervonen never knew Mattson, but one day while watching a Red Wings game, Tervonen's mother told him about Mattson's stint as the Wings assistant trainer (1935-47) and head trainer (1947-58), the longest tenure in team history. It sparked his curiosity and extensive research gave him even more reasons to nominate Mattson to the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame.
Mattson was born in Hancock and grew up in Pelkie and Baraga to a family with 10 boys and two girls, and he married Taimi Hackman of Baraga. He eventually got to know legendary Red Wings coach Jack Adams through connections with several U.P. players who played hockey in Detroit - many on junior and senior hockey teams, but some with the Red Wings, such as Bernie Ruelle.
"Carl wasn't a hockey player but he was friends with these guys," said Bob Erkkila, local hockey historian and UPSHF executive council member. "He got to know Jack Adams very well because of the relationships with some of the players on the senior teams.
"I remember we thought that it was really great that someone from up here was with the Red Wings," Erkkila added. "Carl had quite a career there, he really did."
Mattson's name is on the Stanley Cup four times (1950, 52, 54, 55). He participated in the longest game in NHL history (March 24, 1936: Red Wings won 1-0 over the Montreal Maroons after 116:30 of overtime). He was inducted into the Detroit Red Wings Hall of Fame in 1978.
Mattson invented an intermission tradition of drinking tea, in a way a forerunner to the sports drinks of today. He was known as Mr. Fix-it at Olympia Stadium. He managed team equipment. He was a liaison between players and coaches.
"He did everything ... invented equipment, repaired equipment, stitched players up," said Tervonen.
After retiring in 1958 as team trainer, Mattson opened up a Shell gas station in northeast Detroit, and he employed several Red Wings players as service attendants, back when pro hockey contracts barely paid the bills.
Mattson spent some time in the Upper Peninsula and loved fishing, but he spent most of the rest of his life downstate, living near his three daughters, Lyla Hermanson, Karleen Gordinier and Nancy Adams.
"We knew him when we were kids. He was very nice, very friendly, very kind," recalls Mattson's niece Evie Charles, whose mother Sylvia Wimpari was Carl's sister. Charles, who lives in South Range, is Mattson's only family member still living in the Copper Country.
While Mattson is an unsung hero in many respects, he clearly had the respect of the Red Wings organization. Mattson was in Mr. Hockey's wedding party, and when Mattson passed away in 1985, Howe was a pallbearer at his funeral.
"They were friends right to the day he died," Erkkila said.
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Range and Habitat: Forests of Southeast Asia
Size: Females average about 250 pounds and males about 350 to 400 pounds. Total length including tail ranges from 7½ to almost 9½ feet.
Life Span: About 15 years; up to 20 in captivity
Gestation: 103 days; litter are typically three or 4 cubs
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Habits: The Malayan tiger is one of five surviving tiger subspecies. There are approximately 1,000 to 1,800 in the wild today. There are approximately 60 living in zoos throughout Asia and the United States.
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When was it that you first realized what you wanted to do?
Fritz Scholder: It's strange, but all kids draw. I never stopped. I was real shy, and all I wanted to do was stay in my room and draw, so I wouldn't have to deal with people. This, at the time, was difficult. But in retrospect, I always knew what I had to be. There was never any question. It was all that I could do. Plus, I was a rebel, right from the beginning. If someone told me to do something, I'd do the opposite. So I was, in a way, a bad boy in school, and yet, because I was reserved and because of my talent, I was treated pretty nicely, I must say. I sold my first painting in grade school to a friend of mine for four dollars. And I sold my second painting to a grade school buddy for five dollars and slowly worked up from there.
Was there anybody in your family or maybe a teacher that was especially encouraging?
My mother was very creative. She was from Oklahoma and we teased her, and called her an Okie. She would have theme dinners every night. Monday night was Italian, we'd have spaghetti and meatballs. Tuesday, Chinese, of course, chow mein. But in the midwest you kind of have to entertain yourself.
When the governor of North Dakota invited me back years later, for dinner in my honor at the capital, I knew that I had to say something good about North Dakota. I really wasn't sure what I would say. When I got up, I simply said, "I'm so pleased that I grew up in North Dakota, because it made me tough." And it did.
Was there a teacher, an art teacher, or anyone else at school who particularly encouraged you?
Fritz Scholder: Yes and no.
You have to realize that at times art was really pretty foreign. For most people, an artist meant going to Paris and starving in a garret. No one was making a living in this country, except for Georgia O'Keeffe and Thomas Hart Benton. And so, what one did was to get degrees and teach at a university, and if you were good, you might be able to get an artist-in-residency. So, it was pretty bleak to think that you could be an artist. Although I, right from the beginning, identified as that, and won my first prize in fourth grade.
They were nice enough, but they didn't know what art was. I did finally, accidentally, bump into a "professional artist" -- quotations -- an Indian artist, Oscar Howe -- in Pierre, South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, who had gone to Europe because of the war, found out about "modern art" -- quotations -- and it really messed up his mind in a way, but he did come away doing Indian subjects in a cubist style. I realized that art is very serious from him. After he would talk to us -- and he wasn't really a teacher, he just happened to be at the Pierre High School -- he'd have a place in the corner where he'd go and then paint his own paintings. So I would go and just watch, and I saw that it was very serious.
Fritz Scholder: Well, I had many heroes early on -- Picasso and Goya and Matisse and Bonnard. To me, it was so interesting to see the many different styles that are viable in painting, and painting is my first love. I am also a sculptor and printmaker, and bookmaker, but painting was what I really wanted to do. So there were many influences. Francis Bacon later became a hero of mine.
If you talked to a young person who was interested in going into the fine arts, is there a book that you could recommend?
Fritz Scholder: There is a book that just recently came out that I think is the definitive book on modern art. So many people wonder about modern art and there's been tons of books, but none of them are very good. This is called, Art Today, very easy to remember, by Edward Lucie-Smith. He's really done his research. It deals with the last three decades of modern art all over the world. He chose 600 artists only, living and dead, but they're the artists who really should be in the book. Most of the so-called definitive books are pretty worthless, this is a good one.
As far as the lifestyle of an artist goes, probably Françoise Gilot's book, My Life With Picasso is considered the best account of how an artist lives. It's a very interesting book. Picasso would paint way into the night. He'd wake up at two in the afternoon, and he always woke up grumpy. She had to be there when he woke up and hear the same litany every day. "Oh, I feel terrible! It's a terrible day. I have no friends. Matisse hasn't written to me." And he would go down the line.
She'd sit there quietly until he was through, then she would say, "Pablo, you look great and I just saw the paintings you did last night and they're great, and there's a letter from Matisse right on the table over there, and the day is beautiful." Finally, a little smile would come on his face. "Well, I think I'd better get up and do something."
Can you describe the feeling that you get when you're doing your art, and the feeling that makes you so passionate about your art?
Fritz Scholder: Early on, for some reason, I realized that I did not want to live like others. And I saw people go to jobs they hated, come home, and not be happy. I had a problem with authority, so I knew that I couldn't have an eight-to-five job with a boss. But it came early on to me that by being an artist I would have the most freedom. Because an artist not only has to make up his own problem, but then solve it, in whatever way he decides to do that, and it's all up to him.
But by the time I got through the college experience, art had become "in" in this country. It was the 1950s, and abstract expressionism had exploded onto the New York art scene.
Fritz Scholder: The music really is just an artificial energy field. I am very eclectic, so sometimes it's classical, sometimes it's rock 'n roll. I recently discovered Joan Osborne, so I played her song today.
Does it help you relax, or put you more in touch with your right brain?
Fritz Scholder: Actually, it's just music that I like at that particular time. Leonard Cohen is another favorite. But putting on something that puts you at ease, I think that's part of the creative process. Everyone works differently, but I believe in rituals. I believe in certain things that you find out about yourself that make you do things the way you'd like. I walk into the studio and I'm like Pavlov's dog, I don't go in every day, it's very special. Still, if I had to go into the studio every day it'd be like a job, which is a bad word for me. So I walk in and I turn on the music I like. And I wander around, as if I'd never been in the studio. And I now have the luxury of having beautiful canvases waiting for me, every size I would want, beautiful handmade papers with my signature in the watermark. I mean, it's very luxurious to have nice materials. And yet, on the other hand, people can get really so involved with materials.
Any paper will do, any old stick. I did a children's book recently where I did all the drawings with a stick in ink, because I wanted to show that they can do those. They were symbols -- kids love symbols -- ancient symbols, runic symbols. The material isn't really as important as what you do with it. Lautrec would stumble out in the alleyway after he woke up every morning and find a piece of old cardboard and do the most beautiful painting. Now, true, French cardboard is a little nicer than the United States cardboard, but the thing is, what I'm saying is, found objects can... anything can work. It's how you do it. Picasso took a bicycle seat and made a great sculpture, of course.
I know that being an artist, as you've said, it's a way of preserving your individuality and not getting into the rat race. But there has been a time in your career when your integrity has been challenged.
Fritz Scholder: First of all, I believe in paying one's dues. I did all kinds of different jobs.
You have to try to keep your art pure. And not go into advertising, not go into commercial art, because that's a whole different deal. A fine artist must do exactly what he wants to do, with no pressure. Whether it's from your parents, your girlfriend, your wife, you must block all that out. Fine art, if it's the highest form of human expression, means self-integrity. And when you're in that studio, you must do whatever you do completely for yourself. And you must be your own worst critic. Which means that after you've done it, you must live with it, decide if it should leave the studio. Often I destroy the work, either at the moment, or right after I've done it, or days later, or years later. I still will go in the studio at night and destroy paintings, because they're mine.
Fritz Scholder: Today, in our society, everyone has to contend with the media, in which they like to immediately pigeonhole you and say, "This is an expressionist, this is this type of artist, or dancer, or whatever. It's a constant fight. All artists have to fight against what they become known for. My teacher, Wayne Thiebaud, was mislabeled a pop artist when he started painting pies and cakes. Wayne was not interested in the pop movement. He was a historian who had seen the edibles on the tabletop of Monet and took it from that. So often, popular media will pounce on something and not be accurate, but you're stuck with it. Usually forever, because they hardly ever come back and do an update.
I was mislabeled an Indian artist because I had done a series on the American Indian when I came to Santa Fe. It was a very natural thing, because all painters who go to Santa Fe become immediately seduced by this very strange and foreign little town. Who still thinks about how much Indian blood someone has? Well, I never thought about it, because I grew up in public schools and I'm not an Indian. I'm very proud of being one-quarter Luiseño, which is California Mission, but you can't be anything if you're a quarter. Plus, I just never had that background. But I found out what Indians think in Santa Fe. For the first time I met real Indians, and they have a whole different mind-set.
American Indians, or Native Americans, or whatever you want to call them today, are the only minority that don't want to join the mainstream. And that makes a very interesting kind of conflict. Most Indian people marry Indians, and if they don't, they're ostracized.
You don't have to live on the reservation, but if you do, some of your rights are gone. Plus, the government has had the worst history of dealing with the Indian. First they tried to make him white, and that failed, and now they don't know what to do, because they lost. It's the fastest growing minority population in this country.
I don't believe that art and politics mix. In Europe, art and politics are very close. In America, you do have those who protest and are political, but America has really never had a war on its land. It's quite abstract, and it just doesn't have the political feeling.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, New York has lost its lead. It became wimpy. It played games in the '80s and now it's barely struggling. It's back in Europe, meaning Germany, because now a generation has grown up that has to deal with their national guilts, which they're doing, and that makes for strong art.
I recently gave a commencement address, in which I said the shaman-artist has now drawn the line and has begun the fight against the cyber-technocrat. It's not that I'm against computers, but I think that the human being has to be very careful in the coming millennium. That's the subject of my new series of paintings, because it's pretty scary what may happen.
I truly believe the artist must be an intellectual. Painting is a renaissance activity. In a way, it shouldn't even be happening, and yet I say that tongue in cheek. Painting today is probably even more important than ever before, but the artist really must have something to say, about whatever subject, because every subject is a cliché. We all are so sophisticated, and especially visually. We've seen thousands of apples, or women, or cats, or dogs, and so the challenge to the painter is great to still come up with something different. And yet, it's more than just an intellectual or aesthetic kind of game. It goes right to the core. Because the two things that every society has had from the beginning is, of course, religion and art.
How do you personally handle criticism of your work?
Fritz Scholder: First of all, you have to realize that art in its nature is esoteric. And for the very first time in all of art history, today any style is viable. Now, this has never been before. There was always the church to dictate, or the burgermeister, or the patron, whatever. It's a strange time. In some ways people say, well, this is good, that any style is viable. You can dig a ditch in a desert, you can wrap a building, you can jump off a building, you can shoot yourself -- and one artist did. Conceptual art is very big, and that's fine, because that's part of television, that's part of films and so forth.
Then you have more traditional artists, like myself, who love to continue the kind of renaissance, or classical activity. I have a new toy, a letter press. I'm doing my own books on beautiful, handmade paper, with great type -- Baskerville, one of the finest types designed in the 17th century. I do strange writings and etchings, and beautiful bindings. I'm a bookaholic, so I just like to continue that.
There are so many different types of artists now. Many of them are very interesting and must be taken seriously. But unfortunately, when you have that kind of situation, where anything is viable, you have every wannabe, every weirdo, come out of the woodwork and say, hey, I'm an artist. There's a strange, emperor's new clothes syndrome that's happening in New York City, and Los Angeles and elsewhere, where some of your top galleries and even museums are showing things that really aren't worth showing.
Do you read reviews of your work?
Fritz Scholder: Yes I do, because I like to know what is being written. I remember my first review was a great review. They said, keep watching this guy, he's going to become something, so that was awfully nice. I remember not being able to go to sleep, because that was my first professional show. I knew there'd be a review, and from a real reviewer.
My second review was not that good, which shouldn't have surprised me, because if you have a great review to start, the odds are that the second one may not be so good. And I was so embarrassed, I didn't want to leave the house. I thought, oh, man, everyone read this, and they just think I'm, you know, dumb. But you soon realize that it is the self-integrity in the studio that counts. And if you have that, it doesn't matter what any reviewer says, or writes, or anyone else, and you have to, in fact, realize that the last people you want to even listen to are those closest to you. They are well-meaning, but because they're close to you they can hurt you as far as your own idea, or view of what you're doing. It's all up to you.
You have to be your own worst critic. Painting is very much a maturing process. This is nice, because at the end of your life you can be doing your best work. Hokusai, the great painter, on his death bed at 102, said, "If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting."
Have you ever had any real fears about your work?
Fritz Scholder: I've never had any fear about the work, simply because I give thanks every day that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me. And I'm completely crazy. I'm so intense that I am out, all the time, somewhere else. And I had to learn to communicate, to act calm, because if I couldn't paint, I would be on the streets shooting people.
A lot of people have talent, and potential, and desire, and they don't all succeed as artists. What quality of yours do you think puts you in the succeeding category?
On the other hand -- and my favorite word is paradox -- the minute you say one thing, you can say the opposite. I truly believe that almost everyone can live out their fantasies. I recently gave a commencement address in which I simply told the students, "It's your movie. You can do whatever you want in your movie. You can have whomever you want in it." Most people are very accessible. Andy Warhol was listed in the phone book when he was alive. You could call Andy and, if he felt like it, he might invite you over.
When I was a young painter in New Mexico I'd heard the horror stories about Georgia O'Keeffe, how she never answers her mail, she never sees anyone, she turns away Life magazine. But I tell the students, "You must make your gesture, by coming halfway and presenting yourself." No more, that would be intruding, no less, because then you'd be bad to yourself. So I wrote a fan letter to Georgia and said I was a young painter, I'd just come to New Mexico, I'd like to visit her. I put it in the mailbox and thought, "Well, I've done my duty." My return mail I received a hand-scrawled terse letter saying, "Dear Mr. Scholder, I don't know why you'd want to see me. You can come Thursday afternoon."
But there she was, Georgia O'Keeffe, in her black dress and her Calder pin, her hair severely pulled back. She truly floated, instead of walked. She talked in poetry. But as we crossed the famous patio, with the black door that she'd painted so often, she said something to me I'll never forget. She said, "There are times when one must spend an afternoon with one who one will never see again." I knew what she meant. She was lonely. This was before Juan, if you know that story. I spent many afternoons with Georgia O'Keeffe. That first afternoon, I literally sat at her feet and she gave a soliloquy. Either you knew who Jimmy was (James Johnson Sweeney) and Frankie (Frank Lloyd Wright) or you didn't.
What fascinates you now? Where is the future of your art?
Fritz Scholder: I am fascinated with every single day. In fact, I say something aloud when I wake up. It may be embarrassing to some, I don't know. I read it from Charles Bukowski, a down-and-out poet. He had this one poem, I remember, in which he said, "Have you just woken up, three o'clock in the morning in a hotel room in Detroit, looking for a cigarette? Another good day."
We only own ourselves, we don't own anything else. So it's completely up to us to decide what to do with ourselves. I don't believe in excuses. I don't want to hear any excuse, any crying around. Either do it or don't, but it's up to you.
Fritz Scholder: The American Dream, I do believe in, and it can only happen in America. Because this is truly, still, the best country, even with all the problems. I've done quite a bit of traveling, and there's some nice things about many other countries. At times I thought it might be nice to have a villa in Italy, or to be in Paris, or Barcelona. But America is unique. It's harder, but it's still the only place where you can live out your fantasy.
I'm sure I'm prejudiced, but fine art is still the best racket around. It is simply the basic human activity. Without machines, without others, walking up to a canvas by yourself and, directly, with a brain telling your hand what you want to do, making a mark.
It doesn't matter what that mark looks like. If you have to make that mark, if you have the integrity, the audacity, to try for the greatest luxury that a human being has, of doing exactly what you want to do, when you want to do it, and not care what anyone thinks. And being able to stand next to that painting when it's done and saying, I did this. Knowing that some people will laugh, some people will criticize, but some people might be on your wavelength. Those are the people you're interested in, after yourself. Because it has to be completely for yourself, and then you put it out there.
Again, there's so many nuances.
To be different for the sake of being different means nothing. You must walk that tightrope between accident and discipline. Accident by itself, again, so what? Discipline by itself is boring. By walking that tightrope and putting down something on a canvas that conceivably is unique, coming from your guts, you have a chance of making marks that, of course, will live longer than you.


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National Train Day drew thousands to Portland's Union Station. The annual event was crowned by the world-famous SP 4449, a restored steam locomotive.
And while all the trains have returned to their homes behind closed doors in Brooklyn Yard, you can still find loads of pictures and videos of the relics of American railways.
• Ervans HD Trains uploaded the video to the left to YouTube. It shows the SP 4449 in action. To get steam engines running, crews have to spend about 48 hours heating them up and building the steam needed to propel the train, which can reach speeds up to 100 miles per hour.
• Photographer Sam Churchill shared a whole bunch of photos on his Flickr account. There's some excellent detail shots that really get in there and show all of the train's 443 tons of beauty.
• KGW had a nice little news story about the trains and the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation's efforts to build a new home for the trains across the street from OMSI. I wrote about that effort before, and, according to KGW's report, it sounds like they're expecting to break ground on the construction this summer, which is great news for train lovers and history buffs alike.
• Oh, and there's a whole mess of pictures I took of crews getting the SP 4449 ready for train day. In the future, it's wise to note that the those steam clouds are sometimes steam/grease clouds, so avoid wearing anything non-black to those sorts of preparations.
- Matt Buxton; On twitter: @SEPDXreporter; And don't forget to check out the O's Southeast Portland website.


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Thread: Can anyone help me fix this?
06-24-2007, 06:00 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Can anyone help me fix this?
I am not all that great with HTML or coding, my webmaster recently left me and my friend on this site alone and the about me page is messed up..
on the bottom the sidebar is going to the left after my text stops.
06-25-2007, 03:03 AM #2Junior Guru Wannabe
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Nobody can help me?
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Here is a quick solution.
Enclose the links that you want to be on the right with a DIV Tag. For example:

 your links goes here

Next you should enclose the Table and The Script below as well (because in some browsers they will be positioned in the upper right corner). For example :

 The table and the script goes here

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