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What I like to say is we like students to leave here with the intellectual dexterity to deal with unending change. That is a core journalistic skill along with learning to verify information and write it in a compelling way.
Bill Grueskin, Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia J-School, in a Q&A with PBS MediaShift's Mark Glaser.
The Q&A covers Columbia's revamped curriculum, and thoughts on the future of journalism education.
Related: Thoughts about Columbia, journalism education, and j-school from the FJP archives.
Media people who feel smug because they have a Twitter handle, an about.me page, and 500 friends on Facebook often seem to think there is something magical about their ability to navigate social media. There's not. Social media is easy to use, the barrier to entry is almost zero, and it's not at all impressive in the larger realm of what constitutes "new journalism," or whatever it is we're supposed to call journalism that involves the use of Big Data and interactive infographics.
Journalism skills, however – those antiquated intangibles that fusty old out-of-touch Columbia tries to teach – are non-trivial. Journalists have to be able to not only write, but to also process and synthesize complicated ideas in a short time, structure narratives, master the art of interviewing, take notes really fast, self edit, research in places where others don't think to look, speak truth to power, ask ballsy questions that might otherwise get their teeth smacked in, construct arguments, dismantle other arguments, see through bullshit, and think on their feet. You can learn those things by yourself through hard work and experience, but it'll take more than 40 seconds.
Hamish McKenzie, PandoDaily, So Columbia Journalism School's new dean doesn't Tweet. So what?
FJP: We'd argue that Twitter and this overall social media thing takes more than 40 seconds to learn but Hamish's argument against Michael Wolff's criticism of the Columbia J-School — and its appointment of Steve Coll as its dean — is well worth the read.
Bonus: Jihii Jolly's Why I'm Paying for J-School.
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Big news on the innovation front: Columbia Journalism School and Stanford's School of Engineering are teaming up to create an Institute for Media Innovation. The Institute hopes to bridge the gap between journalism and technology and encourage collaboration between the two disciplines.
The institute, officially called the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation, is made possible by a $30 million gift from former Cosmopolitan magazine editor in chief Helen Gurley Brown in honor of her late husband. The gift will go towards funding two director roles — one in each university — as well as a physical space attached to Columbia Graduate School of Journalism complete with a high-tech newsroom. The money will also help support post-graduate fellowships and "Magic Grants" to further stimulate innovation. It is the single largest donation in the Journalism School's history.
Al Jazeera English to be honored with Columbia Journalism Award
May 4, 2011
Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism will bestow its highest honor, the Columbia Journalism Award, to Al Jazeera English. The award is given annually during the school's commencement ceremony to recognize an individual or organization for "singular journalism in the public interest."
Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism just held an interview with its Dean, Nicholas Lemann, about the school's education philosophy and why one would choose to actually attend a professional journalism school.
Dean Nicholas Lemann: Why Journalism Schools Still Matters.
Click to listen, right click to download the mp3.
Conducted by Dean of Students Sree Sreenivasan and broadcast via Blog Talk Radio, the purpose of the interview was to reach out to prospective students and answer questions they may have.
Obviously Columbia-centric but Lemann touches on a number of issues, both educational and professional, facing the industry that we thought many here would like to listen in on.
Run time: ~30 minutes.
Those interested in hearing further conversation with the admissions department can do so via the podcast archive at Blog Talk Radio.
I used to have a phrase that I deployed at the Guardian, which I stole from our chief technology strategist, which is "being of the Web, not just on the Web." Digital journalism is about creating a living sort of news, rather than a finished article, and that's the key difference. If you're just putting stories on the Web—it doesn't mean that stories aren't good or that people won't read them—but there's a fundamental difference between that and actually producing digital journalism.


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Welcome to live blogging of Forest City Ratner's presentation of how it will traffic around the 19,000-seat Barclays Center . (Click here for .)
Here we'll give you dispatches from the public meeting at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Give us your take on the plan in the comments below.
Note: The live blog concluded at 8:45 p.m.
6:15 p.m.: The ESDC's Arana Hankin is introducing the plan to a room of several dozen community members and reporters. The powerpoint presentation of the plan will be on the Empire State Developmen Corporation's website later tonight, she said. 7:22 p.m.: Hankin just provided us with a working link.
Forest City Ratner's senior vice president Jane Marshall: "We look forward to working with all the stakeholders … to come up with the best possible plan to get people out of their cars and onto public transportation."
6:25 p.m.: Transportation engineer Sam Schwartz presents his plan: My message is "Don't even think of driving to the arena." We will maximize transit and encorage sustainable transportation choices. We also will do our best to reduce the impact of people coming to the arena to people in the community.
6:30 p.m.: Schwartz on what they're planning to do to mitigate traffic:
- instititue an education and cross promotion program
- reduce on-site parking to discourage driving
- establish a coordinated parking system
- develop event day operations plans
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Schwartz said that the education program will work because it's worked with Citi Field and the Ikea shuttle. Furthermore, in focus groups, the percentage of people who said they would take public transportation to games jumped 9 percent after those surveyed were told about the transportation options.
Marketing of the transportation options for the arena will be ubiquitous. Every single piece of advertising will include information about the subway lines, as will the actual tickets. Barclays will not even give driving directions to the arena, Schwartz said.
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Cross marketing plans with the MTA: the Atlantic Avenue station is now called Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center Schwartz said.
MTA spokeswoman Judy McClain said they would do their best to ensure that existing riders were not overwhelmed by Barclays riders. Here's what the MTA plans to do to enhance service:
- The MTA will be in communication with dispatchers at Barclays. They will find out what time the games will break and have empty trains waiting ready to load passengers.
- There will be extra Q and No. 4 trains after games.
- They will also have empty buses waiting to pick people up after the game.
- There will also be additional LIRR trains available after games (twice as many trains as usual, Schwartz added later).
6:57 p.m.
Schwartz on parking strategies:
- limit on-site parking ( plus 24 for the NYPD)
- divert traffic from the BQE to lots just off the highway. People will be bused to the game from there.
- Have people reserve spots online in advance at off-site parking facilities, where there will be free shuttle buses to the game. Spots there will be at least 50 percent off the market price. Because people are reserving spots online, they will pay for them in advance, streamlining operations and will prevent people from circling looking for parking since they will know where they are going.
- Will provide 400 bike parking spaces (but , as originally promised). Security staff will be present at Nets games, but not necessarily other times.
- Cross marketing with area businesses (discounts for meals after games, for example). This will spread out the traffic over time.
- Event operations will be coordinated with the NYPD, DOT, MTA and other local agencies
- Will tweet traffic alerts during the game
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- There is now a 30-day comment period on the plan. You can submit your comments via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- The plan will be finalized
- There will be a reassessment of the plan six months after the arena opens and continued refinement.
7:07 p.m.
The public was given index cards to write their questions on, which were read aloud by CB6 District Manager Craig Hammerman. Here are selected questions and answers.:
- What's happening with residential permit parking?
The DOT's Chris Hrones said his department is looking into it and working on a report that will be presented to the City Council soon. That said, the state would have to approve it and it would take nine to 12 months to implement it, he said. (After the meeting, Hrones said the report would be ready within a few weeks, but declined to say whether it will find permit parking viable.)
- What are the disincentives to prevent people from circling the neighborhood looking for parking?
Schwartz: The remote lots and shuttle buses with the online reservation system.
- Will the shuttle buses stop in other neighborhoods (such as Fifth Avenue in Park Slope) to bring them business?
Schwartz: No.
- What route will the shuttle buses take?
Schwartz: One route will be along Fourth Avenue, along an existing bus route.
- Will there be any bus-only lanes during games on Atlantic or Flatbush?
Schwartz: No.
- What will you do to ensure pedestrian safety?
Ashley Cotton, vice president of external affaris at Forest City Ratner: Barclays will pay for extra police officers around the arena.
- Are there any anticipated traffic pattern changes in the area around the arena once it opens?
Schwartz: No. We might change some traffic signal timings, but no other changes planned.
- Is the Traffic Demand Mitigation Plan the same for other events as it is for Nets games?
Schwartz: Yes for other larger events, but unlikely for small (3,000 to 5,000 person events).
- How will personnel be deployed to make sure the bikes are safe?
Schwartz: Security guards will be at the bike lot from about an hour before the games to an hour or two after. (However Schwartz noted in the presentation that the guards will only be at the bike lot during Nets games.)
- Will Barclays coordinate with BAM when there are concurrent events?
Marshall (I think): Yes.
- What are the performance goals and how will they be measured after the plan is in place?
Schwartz: The goals are 28 percent using mass transit during weekdays
Auto share goals 28.3 percent on weekdays, 32.0 percent on weekends
Schwartz said he would provide a report to the community of congestion levels, subway turnstile counts and other measures.
- How will the taxi station work on S. Portland Ave.?
Schwartz: There will be a line of taxis on St. Portland Ave.
- Of the people in your focus group, where were they from?
Schwartz: We'll get back to you on that, but it's a cross-section of people from the metropolitan area.
- Are there any penalties for not meeting the goals of the plan?
Jane Marshall: No.
- Do you know yet how many participating parking lots and spots there will be?
Schwartz: Not yet.
- When are you going to let us know the details of the surface lot?
Jane Marshall said she couldn't give an exact date but they were coming. She also noted that the lot would have landscaping.
- Will there be a charge to area businesses for the cross marketing?
Cotton: No.
- What incentives will there be to get patrons to move on to local businesses rather than hanging out outside the arena?
Cotton: Private security around the arena will keep people from being rowdy and beyond that there's the NYPD.
- How will you encourage greater review and feedback from the broader community (especially those who aren't online)?
Cotton: We're open to ideas. We advertised this meeting in the newspaper and through community boards. We're happy to do abbreviated presentations at individual community board meetings and other places.
- Will there be reduced prices for subway and LIRR tickets?
Schwartz: Subway is cheap, we're not going to be offering free metrocards at this time.
- What will you do to reduce drunk driving?
Cotton: There will be a designated driving program. Drunk guests will not be allowed into the building. Bartenders are trained not to overserve people so they will not be intoxicated when they leave the arena.
- Why are you offering half-priced parking? Won't that encourage them to drive?
Schwartz: The half-price parking is at the remote lots which will keep cars away from the immediate area.
- How will construction on the residential towers affect access to the arena?
Marshall: We're working on a plan, which will be approved by the DOT. Before we break ground we will come up with those plans and present them in detail to the community.
- Would you consider pedestrain bridges at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues?
Schwartz: No. Most people will not use them, experience shows.
- How will you prevent cars from using Classon Avenue as a major freeway to the BQE, since Classon is currently the first legal left turn off Atlantic Avenue?
Chris Hrones of the DOT: I know there have been concerns about this. We're currently instituting a and we will be monitoring volumes on Classon before and after the arena opens. If the impacts are really signifcant there we will try to institute countermeasures.
Any plans to have a shuttle bus from the ferry to the arena?
Schwartz: No.
Will curbside parking rules be enforced?
Schartz (I think): We are working with the NYPD on enforcement strategies once the arena opens.
What security measures will be in place to protect the arena from bombs, since the curb is now less than 20 feet from the arena?
Cotton: I know our ops team is working with homeland security and other teams to make sure this building is safe. And if there is ever an incident, we have plans for how to deal with it.
Will the ESDC release the studies used to create the Traffic Demand Management Plan during the review period?
ESDC's Rachel Schatz: We'll release them when we release the final plan.
When the circus comes to the Barclays Center when will you walk the animals?
Schwartz: In the middle of the night. It's a sight to be seen. Bring your kids out.
8:06 p.m.
The meeting is over. After hearing the presentation, Tom Boast, vice president of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council said he is most disappointed that the plan doesn't include increased parking prices.
"Even Forest City's consultants, Sam Swartz has said increasing the price of parking is a common element of TDM (Traffic Demand Management) plans. There's nothing in the plan to increase the price of parking."
But, he added, "To increase the price of parking, the city and the state have to be the leaders."
10:13 p.m. Additional reactions from meeting attendees:
Gib Veconi, treasurer of PHNDC agreed. "We heard a lot tonight about a marketing plan. What we did not hear is anything related to real meaningful disincentives that will actually motivate behavior like residential parking permits and parking surcharges. … They've reduced their onsite capacity, and without anything else done in the part of government to provide disincentives to drive."
Veconi added that the details—such as the hours of operation and plans for landscaping, staffing and lighting—for the surface lot between Carlton, Pacific, Dean and Vanderbilt were supposed to be included in the plan released tonight
Danae Oratowski, PHNDC's chair, said she is most concerned about the lack of leverage and oversight to make sure Forest City Ratner creates an effective traffic mitigation plan "beyond a single study done six months after the arena opens."
"If this plan is not successful, they won't be held accountable for it," she said.
But Rob Perris, district manager of Community Board 2 which includes Fort Greene and Boerum Hill, said he remains optimistic.
"I think it is a good starting point from which we can hopefully build an ongoing plan that minimizes traffic as much as possible," he said.
"It's easy for people to imagine a worst-case scenario hypothetically and discuss it in a way that almost makes it seem like it's happening now. It's not happening now."
Perris believes that eventually, most patrons will decide to use public transportation to get to the arena.
"There will be a period in the first few months of operation," he said, "when people will choose to drive, and they'll find that it's just not a good way to get to the Barclays Center."


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Washington's fiscal shenanigans may restrain holiday spending this year.
Add one more casualty of Washington's dysfunction: what you buy your loved ones this holiday season.
According to the National Retail Federation, 2013's holiday shopping season will show only moderate growth for retailers. The trade association predicted Thursday that this year holiday shoppers will spend $602 billion in November and December, up 3.9 percent from 2012. That's a slight acceleration from 2012's rate of 3.5 percent and is also an improvement over the 10-year average growth rate of 3.3 percent, but the last 10 years also includes the doldrums of the Great Recession.
[READ: Consumers Earned, Spent, Saved More in August]
Speaking to reporters Thursday, NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay called this "solid growth," especially in light of the many headwinds facing the economy. Shay pointed to constant uncertainty coming from Washington, which came to a head Tuesday at midnight, in the form of a partial government shutdown.
"In spite of the fundamentals, which really ought to suggest a much healthier pace of growth, we're being held back for a number of reasons, and that's not primarily even related to what's going on this week in particular, it's been going on for some time," he said. "The things going on this week with the shutdown just really are exacerbating that."
A continued shutdown, as well as inching closer to the debt ceiling deadline, could significantly dent consumer confidence, if the last near-default is any indication. According to a Treasury Department report released Thursday, consumer confidence fell by 22 percent in the weeks surrounding the summer 2011 debt ceiling showdown. A decline in consumer confidence can mean a significant hit to retail sales.
It's not just Washington that is potentially denting holiday sales; broader, lackluster economic growth is also a drag.
"Since spring the economy has continued to expand, even though it's been at an unspectacular pace," said NRF economist Jack Kleinhenz.
[READ: Treasury: Debt Ceiling Could Mean Worse Times Than Great Recession]
The holiday season is of massive importance to many retailers, accounting for 20 to 40 percent of a business' annual sales, according to the federation.
If the NRF is right in its calculations, it could mean that retail sales will have finally recovered from their post-recession trough. Though nominal figures show that holiday sales have been slowly improving year by year, when adjusted for inflation, the holiday spending recovery has been slow.
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If V-Day makes you feel bah-humbug...tell us why.
Without sounding like I just chugged the sugar bowl, I must report that my DH tells me and shows me daily that he considers me his Valentine!
Yes, I know that is very syruppy, but happily it is also
very true! I know how wrong he is most of the time, but I'll be darned if if I will ever tell!!
I don't think you're sappy at all. You are truly blessed, and it sounds like you are pretty good at letting him know he's your Valentine as well.
I want to start by saying that my hubby isn't the greatest at Valentine's Day, and I think it does stress him out.
Worst Gift -- A pair of flip flops. As much as I love flip flops, I was newly married and it just didn't strike that romantic cord for me. lol
Best Gift -- I have two...Several times I've gotten actual plants for my garden. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that! And, once I got a homemade CD of some of my favorite songs. It was PERFECT and ROMANTIC.
Worst: Nightmare on Elm Street at movie theater, where I fell asleep - tired from taking care of our baby and not super interested with excitement over Freddy. Then, yelled at for the rest of the night for being insensitive...over though, so YAY! Lesson learned!
Sounds like you moved on to a better Valentine!
What are you hoping for this year?
For a fraction of the cost, I can make a gorgeous dinner, have precisely what I want, not have to worry about a harried server and avoid all the reckless traffic and attitudes.
My thoughts - flowers die, I don't like chocolate, I can't stand pink, hearts are overrated and there's no suggestion that St. Valentine was the patron of lovers.
But, that's just me. Pragmatic. I'd rather go out on a Monday night to a nice restaurant and know that I'll probably have the best service and a nearly empty restaurant (hint - Mondays are the slowest days for restaurants and the best time to have a quiet dinner).
But, if chocolates and roses are your thing.. by all means, go for it.
THE BEST I had a deep bronze copper color corvette in the garage when I came home from work the year I turned 31!!
THE WORST we lost a family member the week before very unexpected. No chance for good byes
THE POSITIVE we say we are sorry and I love you every morning a 20 yr standing joke. We don't put things off we want to do. Living life the best I can with my health.
As for the rest of your Valentines days dislikes, well it sounds like your happy getting what you don't want ?!
Dare I wish you happy Valentines day? I think so.
Worst gift? I can't really think of one because I don't get too many. My SO hates the day. I can take it or leave it, so I leave it for her sake and just try to be sweet to her at other random times.
My SO doesn't like V Day because of the rampant commercialism, and she doesn't like St. Valentine.
Really, I'm happy to just hang out with my daughter and maybe build a fire in the backyard so we can roast marshmallows.
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This year my husband is going out of town for business on Valentines day, pooh.
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HOUSTON—Get ready for another hot day, Houston, because Wednesday is going to crack the 90s again, KHOU 11 News Meteorologist David Paul said. And what's worse, Tropical Storm Bud may not bring us the rain relief we were hoping for this weekend.
"Often times we'll see moisture from these Pacific storms come across Mexico into Texas and increase our rain chance, but at the moment, it doesn't look like Bud is going to be able to do a whole lot for us as far as rainfall goes," said Paul. "A ridge may shove everything back to the west, keeping the moisture from getting into Houston."
So as far as our local weather goes, Wednesday kicked off with lows in the lower-70s and highs will top off at a hot, humid –yet breezy – 91 degrees.
The extended forecast shows the weather pattern will remain pretty much the same right through the weekend, so remember to use your hot-weather smarts and drink plenty of water.
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By CHRIS HARRIS, CJ Staff Writer
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Somerset —
With a deafening cheer rising from the record-setting crowd at Festival Field Saturday night, Willie Nelson stepped out onto the stage and raised his arms to the sky, then immediately put his hand to his guitar strings and started into "Whiskey River."
It would be several songs later before Nelson — the much-anticipated 20th anniversary Master Musicians Festival headliner — finally addressed the crowd with the only words one might have expected for a country crooner before a Kentucky crowd:
"How y'all doin'?"
Now that Nelson was on stage, the mighty congregation of festivalgoers was doin' fine indeed.
Nelson — the legendary country music artist active with six decades of experience under his belt, 25 chart-topping hits, and numerous business and activism endeavors — proved a financial boon for the non-profit Master Musicians Festival (MMF) organization.
Approximately 4,600 people showed up to the festival's site at Somerset Community College for the all-day event Saturday; 6,000 attended the festival over the two-day duration. That beat the previous total by about 2,000 visitors, set in 2011, when singer Steve Earle was the headliner. It wasn't a sell-out crowd, but it was close.
And although MMF doesn't provide exact dollar amounts of revenue, board president Tiffany Bourne said that they were "definitely able to pay all of the bills and have a sustainable festival," plus "able to put some more into the festival for next year and keep making it better."
Every MMF features a big-name act at the top of the ticket, but Nelson was unusually huge, meaning increased security, a new stage (one large platform instead of two side-by-side), and increased prices.
"We had no idea if people would buy into it and love the idea," said Bourne. "We couldn't have been more pleased."
Nor could she have been any happier with the weather — the rain that was predicted by meteorologists stayed away throughout the weekend — or the efforts of her fellow board members, all the volunteers that make MMF possible, and others in the community who were invaluable to the cause.
"I'm so proud of all the volunteers and vendors, and I want to give a shout-out to the City of Somerset, to the police department and EMS; we couldn't have done it without them," said Bourne. "Mayor (Eddie) Girdler gave us a lot of support, and we're very thankful. ... Dr. (Jo) Marshall (SCC president) was there and was so pleased with how the festival represented the college."
And the college impressed the visitors too. Bourne said that Nelson's band used the Hal Rogers Commons facility as a green room, and raved about how nice the college was to Dr. Marshall and festival staff.
"They went on and on about how they do several festivals a week, and how beautiful SCC was — the perfect place to have an outdoor festival," said Bourne. "It was the best set-up, with the trees and the intimate setting."
If there was any "hiccup" at all, as Bourne put it, it was unexpectedly running out of beer — with Somerset's new "wet" status, festivalgoers had to buy their alcohol on the premises, and Bourne admitted that organizers didn't anticipate not having enough to last the weekend. It simply amounts to a lesson learned for next year.
Even the other artists enjoyed getting to share a stage with Willie Nelson. Brandon Roush and Zach Grider of the Dirty Grindstones said they wanted a picture taken with Nelson. Mountain Heart played right before Nelson — they later got the chance to come up on stage with him and perform late in the night.
"It's one of the things I love about MMF, when the local and regional bands share the stage with great artists," said Bourne. "We didn't know what capacity it would happen in, but we knew (Mountain Heart) would join Willie on stage. ... Just to see their faces, like little boys at Christmas, and they're national artists in their own right. We're so proud we made that moment happen for them as well."
Mountain Heart was one of the most popular acts of the festival, said Bourne — after playing in front of a thousand-person crowd on Friday a couple of years ago, Bourne knew they deserved a bigger audience this time, and got it on Saturday night. But even though they got upstaged for a brief moment by Willie Nelson's arriving motorcoach — the whole crowd stopped to scream and take pictures of the vehicle — the band embraced the unique moment.
"That was my favorite part of the whole festival," said Bourne, "when (Mountain Heart) stopped and said, 'Everyone say hello to Willie.'"
Kevin Dalton, front man for the band Faubush Hill, said that MMF was "a little bit more special this year" because of Nelson, the selection of Tommy Minton as this year's honored Master Musician, and the 20th anniversary milestone, and he was proud to be a part of it.
"I think it's been the best line-up in years; it's kind of the 'best of the best,'" said Dalton. "It's definitely an honor to be a part of it. Even all the other local bands we play with all the time, they're unbelievable. The talent here is as good as anywhere. You could put the Dirty Grindstones, the Flint Ridge Millers, even One Way up against anybody."
David Mayfield of the aptly-named David Mayfield Parade made his second appearance, bringing an energetic brand of folksy rock — "almost vaudevillian at times," as he put it — to the MMF stage. He was happy to be back, just as the crowd was happy to have him.
"I was really bummed that we didn't come back last year, but I think it's worth the wait; anticipation has built up," said Mayfield. "We've been suffering through this heat wave the last few days. It's hot, but it's beautiful (at Festival Field). There's nowhere else I'd rather be."
Perhaps the most special homecoming of all was for Gabrielle Gray, the woman who first founded MMF, way back in 1994. The festival honored her with a "lifetime achievement award," and even though Gray said she makes a point of coming to the festival every year despite living in western Kentucky now, this time was especially meaningful for her.
"Somerset's my hometown," she said. "It's a huge part of my heart that is completely captured by the landscape and people here. It will never be any different. To have all that love returned is a really wonderful thing."
Gray now runs the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, as well as the ever-growing ROMP festival there. She's happy to see that the festival she left behind is still going strong, even two decades after its inception.
"I'm really thrilled to see it growing and thriving and flourishing," she said. "The community has embraced MMF in the best possible way by attending and sponsoring and being cheerleaders for it. There's no better thing to come together (as a community) than music because it transcends boundaries."


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By Bill Hoppe
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The recent past tells you this is an aberration. The Sabres possess too much talent, too many proven scorers to keep showcasing such an anemic offense.
Through 30 games, they have only 79 goals, just 2.6 a contest heading into tonight's tilt against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the First Niagara Center.
But that number, 16th in the NHL, doesn't tell the full story.
The Sabres have a mere 14 goals in their last seven contests. They've recently had an alarming lack of finish, missing several prime opportunities each game. At their current pace, they'd have just 216 scores this season, their lowest post-lockout figure.
The secondary scoring is non-existent. Luke Adam, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek have accounted for 40 goals (51 percent).
"I definitely think it's time for guys like myself and other secondary scorers like myself to start scoring, pick up the load," slick Sabres winger Tyler Ennis, who has two goals in 13 games, said Thursday. "They've done a great job putting the puck in the net up to this point. But we're going to get wins by everyone contributing."
The Sabres couldn't score a year ago, either. At one point around this time, they were on pace for less than 200 goals, a number reminiscent of the Dead Puck Era from early last decade.
But they caught fire near Christmas, and then tore through the league during the second half. When the regular season ended, they had 240 goals (2.9 a game) and the balanced attack everyone expected.
"I'm sure that again we'll finish the year around that mark," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "I'd like us to improve. But if we end up around that mark, it's better than average in this league."
Right now, however, the Sabres are only lamenting their missed chances. They've generated plenty. They just can't push them past the goal line.
It's common for Ruff to come in following a game and say, "I don't want to talk about missed opportunities."
"We don't want to talk about it, either, because it's like a broken record in here," Sabres winger Drew Stafford said. "It's the same story. There's not really much to say. It's the same answers all the time — got to get more pucks on net, got to keep shooting, get bodies in front.
"It is definitely frustrating. You can't dwell on it."
No one embodies the Sabres' scoring struggles like Stafford, who has five goals this season and just two in his last 25 games.
It was one year ago Thursday that Stafford, just back from a shoulder injury, scored the first of his four hat tricks over a dizzying 21-game stretch.
Perhaps his anniversary will ignite him?
"Maybe. Hopefully, you didn't jinx it," Stafford told a reporter. "That's definitely something I remember."
He finished with a career-high 31 scores, earning a four-year, $16 million contract during the offseason.
This campaign has mostly been a colossal struggle, however.
"He's got to get inside and be around the front of the net a little bit more," Ruff said. "The outside chances, the chances off the rush are there. I think the chances around the front of the net need to increase."
Stafford, of course, is hardly alone. Several established players are underperforming.
Consider these forwards:
• Roy, who usually pushes 30 goals and 70 or 80 points, has seven tallies and 20 points.
• Brad Boyes, a 43-goal scorer four years ago, had two in 21 games before hurting his ankle.
• Nathan Gerbe, who scored 16 times in his final 44 games last season, had three in 26 appearances prior to suffering a concussion.
• Ville Leino, a 19-goal, 53-point performer last season in Philadelphia, had three scores and 10 points before suffering a lower body injury Tuesday.
• Paul Gaustad, a 12-goal man the last three years, has just one.
On defense, Christian Ehrhoff, who averaged 14 goals the past two seasons, has two — one went into an empty net. Tyler Myers, usually good for 10, had two in 19 games before breaking his wrist.
Missing Myers, a supreme puck-rusher, has hurt the Sabres.
"Part of our attack is the absence of Tyler Myers," Ruff said. "He's one guy that gets up the ice and makes things happen for us offensively."
Like a year ago, Roy said the Sabres "just need that one turning point in the season where you get a bunch of goals and everyone feels confident in themselves."
"A lot of the guys are squeezing the stick a little bit right now when you're in tight and in the slot," he said. "You can't have that."
Notes: Sabres winger Patrick Kaleta (groin) is "available" tonight. The agitator, out the past five games and nine of the last 10, was held out Tuesday. He returned briefly Dec. 2 before aggravating the injury. "He wanted to play. I just said, 'I'm going to give you a couple extra days of practice, make sure we get it right this time,'" Ruff said. … Roy and Vanek will both play their 500th NHL games tonight. … The Sabres have signed Kevin Sundher, the 75th pick in 2010, to a three-year, entry-level contract. The center has 21 goals and 53 points in 33 Western Hockey League games this season.


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Tuesday, March 11, 2003Katie Boone (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove H.S.) made a pair of free throws with 8.0 seconds left to give Valparaiso its first Mid-Continent Conference title in school history and send the Crusaders to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history as the Brown and Gold defeated Oakland 48-46 on Tuesday night in Kansas City, Mo.
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It's hard to talk about evil or monstrous races without some reference to Salvatore (the Elder). As such, I might spoiling a subplot in one of the more recent books since it's just too apt to pass by. You were warned, Drizzt fan!
Let's get something straight: Evil is cool. The bad guys, with the exception of maybe James Bond villains, usually have better outfits, cooler abilities, and even lairs.
Just looking at what's available to a player these days, we have zombies (revenants), werewolves (shifters), minotaurs, vampires (the Vampiric Heritage feat that lets you play a "daywalker" vampire who does indeed suck blood), demons (tieflings), beastmen (gnolls) and golems (warforged) all readily available to the standard D&D player without any rule-bending or special DM permission. (I'm not saying all these creatures are all "evil" or monstrous races -- I'm oversimplifying to make a point.)
The problem with playing a "morally questionable" race is kind of a complicated one. How do you convince folks that you're the "good" member of your species? Is it assumed your party got the memo saying not to kill all gnolls and minotaurs on sight? That's what we're going to address today (and methinks I'll be pissing off some opinionated D&D folks along the way). Still, it's an adventure, and those are what Dungeons & Dragons is all about. Let's pull a certain bandage off quickly, and get it out of the way:
Monstrous races cause a certain amount of gamer rage in some folks. How tolerant you might be of these races really comes down to when you got into fantasy RPGs. A certain online game that I can't talk about currently has around 5 million players playing monster races -- in part because people these days simply like that kind of thing. Evil is cool. Really this is all about when you started playing Dungeons & Dragons and how you defined it; that said, I think it's best if I move on -- we're not talking about "why" we have these reformed baddies in the party these days, but rather how to avoid being killed if you accessorize your hero with claws, tails, or fangs.
Whenever the topic of playing evil races in D&D rears its (often horned) head, invariably someone throws the "Drizzt card" onto the table (which oddly appeared in last year's April Fool's Day article).
What's not to like about the paragon of virtue who rises above his surroundings to become a hero to all the land? Sure, he splits the party like a madman to have his own little adventures, but most think Drizzt is The Man.
R.A. Salvatore has always been a little ahead of the game, or at the very least on the popular edge of it. (I pimp Salvatore not just because he helped pay my rent last year, I swear.) The problem is the question of how often you can play the Drizzt card. Are you limited to 2 per deck? If everyone decides to play an exception to the rule, is it really an exception? Looking at The Orc King (which is, surprisingly enough, about a king who is an orc), we encounter Drizzt meeting Tos'un Armgo; if you've read the book then you know who I mean; if you haven't, I'll summarize: Another drow shows up, makes some mistakes, learns to love and laugh again, and turns out to be good in the end. Readers remain suspicious of this fellow (I distrust anyone who's name is an anagram for "Guano Storm," personally) most likely because they feel they know the real drow-turned-good—they're waiting for Tos'un to prove the rule, not the exception.
If your adventuring party has a huge story arc involving how one of your party is of a race that's always evil, people get suspicious when another one of that race shows up. Practically speaking, though, the popularity of drow and the sheer volume of material that has been released giving advice on how to play the reformed variety means, chances are, your group doesn't have a problem with the dark-skinned elves. It's the other races that might prove difficult…but one thing to remember is how modern fiction (and fantasy) has changed over the past decade or so. Villains aren't often as black and white as they used to be, and even evil races are painted with a little more than two dimensions. This doesn't always work for your campaign, but even Cattie Brie went through a puckish, "Why don't we try to be nice and talk to the death giants covered in Girl Scout chunks during the surprise round" phase. We move with the times, and good drow, despite what traditionalists say, have become mainstream. It is important to note that the Drizzt card doesn't always refer to a player trying to sneak a drow hero into your game. It's just the Cadillac of such moves.
The most recent addition to the pantheon of character races is the minotaur, also known locally (and affectionately) as Mister Moo Cow. Released in Dragon Magazine awhile ago, the minotaur as a character has been spread vigorously all over D&D products since. Few books lack a picture of a minotaur hero somewhere, just like we see art featuring tieflings and dragonborn, so people could better wrap their heads around them as a standard race.
We have a problem, though. Let's get into character and think for a moment. What does your adventurer know about minotaurs? When a giant hulking cowman armed with an axe bigger than you walks into the tavern, what's your first instinct? What I'm getting at is that, as big a fan as I am of freaky races, it might be completely justified to stab that beefy fellow. Why?
Let's compare the first sentence in each entry for minotaurs in Dungeons & Dragons and you'll see my point.
From the Monster Manual:
"Minotaurs are fierce, bull-headed monsters that worship demons and enslave and plunder weaker creatures."
From Player's Handbook 3:
"Minotaurs embody the tension between civilization and savagery, discipline and madness, for they stand in two worlds."
From the Monster Manual:
"Minotaurs are fierce, bull-headed monsters that worship demons and enslave and plunder weaker creatures."
From Player's Handbook 3:
"Minotaurs embody the tension between civilization and savagery, discipline and madness, for they stand in two worlds."
Dear…god. If any race needed to hire a PR manager to send fliers all over Faerûn, it probably should be the minotaurs. They're either demon-worshiping slave masters or conflicted heroes with an inherent dichotomy. How do you deal with a group that hasn't read Player's Handbook 3? Do we trust the minotaur player to "moo innocently" for the first few encounters to garner sympathy/seem harmless? Sounds like we need the DM to step in with a new wondrous item (and no, it's not "more cowbell").
Monster Manual
Level 3
Within this colorfully illustrated tome you'll find just about everything you really ought to know about monsters. (Maybe.)
Wondrous Item 680 gp Property: You have a Monster Manual.
What's that? You know that all minotaurs are demon-worshiping slavers? Really? Do you have the Monster Manual in your inventory? Well then, you don't know that. Here's a Player's Handbook 3. Have fun.
This brings us to gnolls, and we're going to do our best to not make a hairy gnoll joke at any point. No promises. Gnolls kind of slipped in under the radar for a lot of folks, but as a player race they're just as legal as revenants, drow, warforged, minotaurs…as anything that Dragon Magazine has released. Why does this seem odd to people? Because gnolls don't have a PR agent at all. And the Wizards Art team hates them. I'm getting ahead of myself, but I'm sure that if we looked into it, we'd find that Art Director Jon Schindehette had his lunch money taken by gnolls as a child and is having his petty revenge by hiring artists to show them being disemboweled in increasingly creative ways.
I've been playing a gnoll diplomat (because if you introduce yourself as a monstrous barbarian, things go downhill quickly) in the RPGA for over a year. So of course I'm not biased about PC gnolls -- why would you think that? Not to talk about my own character too much (I'll save this for the next time I meet Bruce Cordell and want to make him uncomfortable), but I think it summarizes how sometimes the Drizzt card just isn't enough. No drow players had to go through what a gnoll adventurer has, and you'll see why. It all started last year when I showed up in the store for an RPGA adventure called "Blades of Daggerdale." Seemed innocent enough…city in trouble, ravaged by enemies, how can we help? Oh look, a couple of my fellow gnolls standing next to the road.
"I say, good brothers, how fare thee on this glorious OH GOD THE HYENAS ARE EATING MY LEGS AND I HAVE AN ARROW IN MY FACE OH BROTHERS WHY?"
Okay. So you can find some bad seeds in every bunch. It's not like this adventure's going to be all about…. Oh. The skill challenge asks, "How many severed gnoll heads can you collect?" Really? I'm still waiting for the "How many halfling skulls can you juggle?" or "Kill ALL HUMANS!" adventures to show up, but I'm skeptical if we'll see the day…despite the fact that in my D&D adventures, I think I've fought more human and halfling sneaks than anything else.
Oh look, Primal Power has come out, which gives my gnoll character more options.
Oh my. What is that elf doing to those poor…. Oh. I get it. Fine.
Well, at least I can look forward to this Class Acts article about thaneborn barbarians. That's precisely what my noble gnoll is, so what could go wrong?
Wait, why is that rather disheveled woman holding my severed head? Is there a Sleepy Hollow-themed paragon path I don't know about? Oh, I see. (This picture also created something called "Barbarian Basketball" among my crew, but the less said about that the better.)
While I do poke fun at the sheer number of horrible deaths illustrated of a player character race, just being a member of that race isn't enough for it to be "good." That's why I proposed the Monster Manual item. Minotaurs are totally kosher if you take in their new fluff, while gnolls…well, even the article that debuted them as a PC race included feats so that you can eat corpses and included a terrible story about killing people by pretending to be their dead loved one. The point is, I think Wizards went the right way with this; just because a race is a player character option doesn't mean that it stops being a monster. That doesn't make my character any less sad when they murder gnolls in every article and book that applies to him, but I need to move on.
If you're really going to go the monstrous race route, here are a few things to try out:
A. Look as unlike your racial stereotype as possible. Example: Have your kobold dress in the fanciest garb he or she can find. Maybe dungeon delving is a black tie event for you. Or wear stilts and say you're a dragonborn on a diet. If you must play a shadar-kai, maybe you shouldn't wear 15 pounds of facial piercings when you meet the party for the first time. A smile couldn't hurt either.
B. Be useful. Say it with me: They won't kill you if you're useful. Example: If the party is starting to wonder why they should spare your new goblin character, simply say your class is "butler" or "packmule." You'll live a lot longer, I assure you.
C. Make a friend. If you know you're going to play a bullywug cleric of Kermit or hobgoblin assassin, it's a good idea to find another player in your group and make an intersecting backstory. Folks love other folks who are interested in their character's mostly unspoken history, so ask a few questions, nod appropriately, pretend to pay attention, and just sneak in, "…and you had an orc roommate in college, right?" before they finish. Chances are the characters in your party have had adventures before this one and "blackboxing" one where Fighter Stephanie nursed a bugbear with a broken foot back to health and taught him the value of an honest day's work can't hurt. Think of it as getting a sponsor -- someone else to keep you honest (and to keep others from stabbing you for XP and loot).
D. Don't get on the wrong side of any Drizzts that might already be in the party. There's nothing more belittling of someone's character concept than a copy of it showing up. You can have this problem with any sort of character ("You want another wizard in the party? Am I not good enough for you?"), but it's nice to know if someone else's identity is already tied to the "evil race turned good" concept before showing up in your "Now I'm a Good Guy" pants. This is pretty much a judgment call. The rest of the party might be open-minded, but a little in- and out-of-character tension is never good for someone already in a dangerous position.
E. Turn the tables on them. While it feels like dirty pool to pull the equivalent of "White Man's Guilt" in the D&D universe, have a backstory that illustrates just how evil humankind/elvenkind/adventurers can be. Ultimately, it's subjective and hard to crush that wayward orc who "just wants to find out why all those dwarves killed his mother and father" because he just doesn't understand. Puppy-dog eyes and a tiny violin wouldn't hurt either.
Let's explore this last point some more. Why don't we consider dwarves to be an evil race? They're known for drinking heavily, being violent, and living under the ground with drow and other subterranean horrors. Just for the sake of argument, let me throw in one more Salvatore reference. It's an excerpt from The Legacy, the seventh Drizzt book. This is a cheery song that a bunch of dwarves sing as they pilot a giant death machine known as "The Juicer" against a goblin horde.
"Every bump's a goblin's head,
Pools of blood from the goblin dead.
Run, good dwarves, push that toy,
Squish the little goblin boys!"
"Every bump's a goblin's head,
Pools of blood from the goblin dead.
Run, good dwarves, push that toy,
Squish the little goblin boys!"
Yes, it's a goblin genocide song. I don't know too many heroic ballads that include the crushing of enemy children…but it's a good thing to point out that racial perspectives are all relative. An RPGA adventure out there has a duergar show up, and you have to play chess with him. Murdering him simply because he's got the "devil" keyword isn't an option unless you want to fail the skill challenge.
D&D has (obviously) come a long way. We're at this weird post-modern point where simply murdering a whole race of people because they're the enemy is kind of…looked down on. On the topic of subjectivity, here's an excerpt from Bruce Cordell/John D. Rateliff's Reverse Dungeon, a great book that came out in 2000, where the player played evil goblins (among other things) who had to defend their home from the rampaging adventurers. Fun with role reversal aside, check out this quote:
"There's plenty of precedent for relativistic philosophy within the game -- after all, the good guys often commit acts that would be looked at askance in any court of law. Indeed, in a typical adventure, the "heroes" are more likely to kill helpless foes than the "villains" are; it's become one of the clichés of fantasy fiction that the villains are more likely to take prisoners than the heroes… The bad guys may staunch a hero's wounds and hold him or her for ransom…whereas the average adventurer group simply kills its foes, occasionally conveniently failing to hear offers of surrender."
"There's plenty of precedent for relativistic philosophy within the game -- after all, the good guys often commit acts that would be looked at askance in any court of law. Indeed, in a typical adventure, the "heroes" are more likely to kill helpless foes than the "villains" are; it's become one of the clichés of fantasy fiction that the villains are more likely to take prisoners than the heroes… The bad guys may staunch a hero's wounds and hold him or her for ransom…whereas the average adventurer group simply kills its foes, occasionally conveniently failing to hear offers of surrender."
As I bring my ramblings to a thankful end, let me just point out one big difference in this current edition of the game: Good and evil aren't keywords in Dungeons & Dragons -- not anymore. We no longer have to worry about the exact moral stance of our enemies before unleashing blasts of divine energy against them. Evil cultists don't have to save a drowning kitten once a week to keep them "just good enough" to not be vulnerable to smite evil. Your outlook on government (a solid chunk of the past alignment system) is no longer buried at the (almost) genetic level.
What I'm trying to say is that, like real life, we are products of our environment. We have to choose what we accept and decry, and who's to say we shouldn't give Opeem the kobold the opportunity to rise above the corruption around him? Why can't that same kobold raise his crude spear in rebellion against his twisted fellow kobolds and lead a life of high adventure?
Well, if he wasn't a minion his career might have lasted longer, but it's the principle of the thing here. Evil is cool and Drizzt card or no Drizzt card, evil/monstrous races are here to stay. Just put down that guide to intolerance commonly known as the Monster Manual. You're making my gnoll cry.
-- Jared
D&D Outsider
"Who apologizes to Jon Schindehette for bringing up his terrible gnoll-filled childhood traumas and who only hopes the murder-by-art therapy is working."
About the Author
Jared von Hindman is an artist and sometime comedian who "dug too deep" while researching Stupid Monsters of Dungeons & Dragons. He awoke something Dire and horrible (perhaps Fiendish, even) and now he spends his days playing with plastic elves and illustrating new and creative ways to kill goblins. Currently he resides in Berlin with an older woman and a snake named Slinky. He's not sure why his pet needs to be included in his bio, but all the cool kids seem to be doing it and Jared's a sucker for peer pressure.


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JOPLIN, Mo. —
Some might think of him as the "Music Man" of Ozark Christian College. Others might know him through the seven different programs he has directed at OCC. Still more might recall him as editor of the school magazine The Compass or, perhaps, campus historian.
Regardless of how Meredith Williams is remembered, he will retire Sunday with one particularly noteworthy achievement: he is the longest serving full-time employee at the Joplin college.
That has earned him another, albeit unofficial, title of Mr. OCC. The latter designation comes even though the Ottawa, Kan., native never stepped foot inside an OCC classroom as a student. On top of that, even though he is not a graduate, he is the only person to ever be made an honorary alumnus of OCC.
Graduating from Phillips University in Enid, Okla., and Wichita (Kan.) State with bachelor's and master's degrees in music education, respectively, Williams began working in the OCC Music Department in the summer of 1967.
His assignment was to teach music classes, start a concert band and form a musical group, said Matt Proctor, current OCC president.
The musical group became known as Impact Brass and Singers, which used drama and multimedia resources in performing at churches, conventions and on national stages such as the Air Force Academy Chapel on July 4, 1976, our nation's 200th birthday.
They also made appearances at the Pentagon and other places around the U.S. Capitol, as well as Disneyland and Disney World.
In presenting the OCC Distinguished Service Award to Williams last month, Proctor said that thousands of people learned of OCC because of the ministry of Impact Brass and Singers.
He went on to say at the presentation that it was because of Williams' leadership abilities in his 46 years with the college that he was called on to oversee such a huge variety of areas. Some of the areas named were the alumni department, recruitment, public relations, events, printing, campus redevelopment, graphic design, proofreading, radio and publications.
In addition to documenting and preserving the college's history as campus historian and photographer, Williams directed the Preaching-Teaching Convention for 21 years and served for 25 years as editor of The Compass.
"No one has promoted the work of the college more than Meredith, and he has done all of this with enthusiasm, energy, humor, a commitment to excellence and a genuine care for people," Proctor said during the presentation.
Williams served not only under the leadership of Proctor, but also that of two other presidents, Don Earl Boatman and Ken Idleman.
After being honored in 2004 at the alumni banquet of the North American Christian Convention, Williams was further paid tribute by Idleman in a full page of the Compass.
Idleman listed seven areas, along with detailed explanations as why, in which Williams excelled: hospitality, loyalty, humility, integrity, productivity, sensitivity and spirituality.
After completing the piece, Idleman he turned to his wife, Kaylene, and asked her for an additional tribute in the shortest possible sentence. Her sentence was, "Meredith enhances everything."
Taking over some of the duties held by Meredith Williams will be Dru Ashwell, executive director of college advancement, who will be the alumni director and Compass editor; and Jim Dalrymple, associate director of college advancement, who will be the events director.


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I received an e-mail last week asking me to suggest a few bottles of fizz. It was from a woman who is getting hitched at the end of month. She wanted something suitable to give to guests on arrival at the reception.
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Or from Tasmania, there's Pirie Sparkling Brut NV. With aromas of brioche and toasty oak, citrus fruit flavours and a zingy acidity, this one will work a treat with the canapés.
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This sub-£20 bottle of salmon pink fizz is elegant, balanced and utterly delicious, with strawberries on the nose, summer fruit flavours and a hint of toast.
• Morton Estate Sparkling Brut NV, £11.35 at Field & Fawcett (York) 17/20.
• Pirie Sparkling Brut NV, £18.99 at Flourish and Prosper (Howden) 16/20.
• South Ridge Cuvée Merret Rosé 2008, £19.99 from Laithwaites (laithwaites.co.uk) 18/20.
• The first National Wine Month, branded Make Time For Wine, kicks off in May. It's an initiative from the WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust).
In the York area, there are events planned at Yorkshire Heart Vineyard, Nun Monkton, with an English wine lunch on May 7, a Wine Academy tasting and barbecue on May 21 and an English wine ceilidh and tasting on May 29.
In York on May 19, there is New Zealand Dinner and Tutored Tasting at Melton's Too. With Wine Academy Make Time for Food & Wine sessions in Parliament Street on May 28 and 29.
• Visit the website (maketimeforwine.org) for prices, times and more details.
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Douglas S Huffman
- Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies
- Associate Dean, Division of Biblical & Theological Studies
- Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- M.A., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- M.A., Wheaton College Graduate School
- B.A., Northwestern College
Dr. Huffman wants to be a person like Ezra, who "devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel" (Ezra 7:10, NIV). Dr. Huffman's specialties include the story of Jesus as recorded in the Gospel of Luke, the story of the early church as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, and Christian Thought, i.e. the application of Christian teaching to culture. He hopes to be as faithful in the 21st century as Ezra was in the 6th century BC. Before coming to Biola, Dr. Huffman taught in biblical and theological studies and served in several administrative roles at Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He and his wife Deb have been deeply involved in the local church.
- Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
- Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
- Institute for Biblical Research (IBR)
- A licensed and ordained minister in the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA)
Awards and Honors
- Northwestern College Excellence in Scholarship Award, 2009
- American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program, 2002-2003
- Certificate of Recognition, California State University, Hayward, 2002
- Northwestern College Excellence in Teaching Award, 2001
- Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1996
- Trinity Evangelical Divinity School's Trinity Faculty Award, 1989
- Outstanding Young Men of America, 1986
Contribuding author. Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Ed. Tremper Longman III. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2013.
Verbal Aspect Theory and the Prohibitions in the Greek New Testament (Studies in Biblical Greek; New York: Peter Lang, forthcoming).
The Handy Guide for New Testament Greek: Grammar, Syntax, and Diagramming (Grand Rapids: Kregel, forthcoming).
Contributing editor, Christian Contours: How a Biblical Worldview Shapes the Mind and Heart (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2011). "Introduction: What Is This Book About?"; "Chapter 2: Is There Just One Biblical Worldview?"; "Chapter 4: What is the Biblical Worldview?" (with Paul Kjoss Helseth); "Conclusion: What Is the Christian Life About"; "Appendix A: A Comparison of Worldviews"; "Appendix B: Christian Professional Organizations"; and "A Bibliography: For the Biblical Worldview on Academic Disciplines" (with Philip E. Lueck).
"What Did Luke Really Care About? The Gospel of Luke," pages 58-73 in What the New Testament Authors Really Cared About (ed. Kenneth Berding and Matt Williams; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2008).
Contributing editor with Eric L. Johnson, God Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents God (contributing editor with Eric L. Johnson; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002). "Should the God of Historic Christianity Be Replaced?" (pp. 11-41).