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Apostolic nuncio to USCCB: be pastoral, not ideological.
Grant Gallicho November 11, 2013 - 1:09pm
As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops prepares to elect its next president, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, delivered a remarkably pointed address urging bishops to be "pastoral," not ideological.
Pope Francis, Vigano said, "wants bishops in tune with their people." The pope
is giving us by, his own witness, an example of how to live a life attuned to the values of the gospel. While each of us must take into consideration our adaptability to the many different circumstances and cultures in which we live and the people whom we serve, there has to be a noticeable life style characterized by simplicity and holiness of life. This is a sure way to bring our people to an awareness of the truth of our message.
Vigano quoted liberally from Pope Paul VI's Evangelii Nuntiandi, which, he noted, Francis has called "the greatest pastoral document written to date." It was promulgated in 1975.
"The first means of evangelization," Paul VI wrote,
is the witness of an authentically Christian life, given over to God in a communion that nothing should destroy and at the same time given to one's neighbor with limitless zeal. As we said recently to a group of lay people, 'Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers. and if it does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.'"
That witness, Vigano suggested, is what's required in order to carry on the work of Vatican II.
Vigano also cited John Paul II and John XXIII to highlight the constant "call to attentiveness, watchfulness, and preparedness for whatever proclaiming the gospel may mean for us as successors of the Apostles, who were called to give radical witness to their faith in Jesus Christ."
Noting that American culture is marked by a diversity of views, Vigano observed that "this is also true of the church." But, he warned, "we must take care that, for us as a church, this diversity does not grow into division through misinterpretation or misunderstanding, and that division does not deteriorate into fragmentation."
In conclusion, Vigano mentioned an article describing the past half-centuray of U.S. politics. Its subtitle: "The era of polarization began as Americans lost confidence in their leaders."
"Well said," Vigano continued, "since the Catholic Church will preserve her unity and strength as long as its people have trust in their bishops."
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Pope Francis, Vigano said, "wants bishops in tune with their people."
This is great! Someone please point out to the bishops that the majority of US Catholics are for same-sex marriage, married priests, women's ordination, and the use of contraceptives :) And someone fire those bishops who covered up sex abuse, please.
In the United States, being "in tune with their people" raises the question: Which of their people? Are we to have red-state bishops and blue-state bishops and eggplant bishops, the last, also called "Christian," being the rarest?
The single act or gesture of any US bishop that has impressed me the most in recent years is when Cardinal O'Malley sold his mansion in Boston.
Jim P - but he had little to no choice given the legacy of abuse settlements and debt left by Bernie Law. This is unfortunate - he might have done this as a sign and outreach but the Boston sexual abuse and parish/school closings puts this gesture in a completely different context.
Mr. Gallicho - noted that after retired bishop Fiorenza called for a focus on poverty and linked it to the call and example of Francis, Sartrain proceeded to say: yes, we are all aware of Francis" and business went on as usual.
Sorry, actions speak louder than words and, in general, have seen little positive Francis effect on US bishops as a group.
I was struck by these paragraphs and wonder how they are to be related (reconciled) with the comments praised here:
At this point, I would like to call your attention to the words the then-Cardinal Wojtyla is reported to have given in an address during the Eucharistic Congress in 1976 for the Bicentennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of independence. it seems to be so profoundly prophetic:
"We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think that the wide circle of the American Society, or the whole wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist. The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God's Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously..."
These words that the then-Cardinal Wojtyla made his own appear to be inspired from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska, who greatly influenced his spirituality. As Pope John Paul ll, he proclaimed this Religious Sister a saint during the Jubilee Year of 2000. He died during Vespers of the feast of Divine Mercy, the feast which was inspired by Saint Faustina.
JAK(+) said, "I was struck by these paragraphs and wonder how they are to be related (reconciled) with the comments praised here ... "We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist...."
If we're in the final confrontation between the church and the anti-church, having some bishops living out a christian witness will be a useful thing.
"We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist. The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God's Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously..."
I suspect that the same kinds of sentiments may have been stated at the time of the Protestant Reformation, the collapse of the Papal States, the was in Spain, and any number of other times when this church felt her hegemony threatened.
Modern man only accepts witness because s/he is not intimidated by clergy who act as if they are direct oracles of God. Francis is simply speaking the gospel. After centuries of world leaders dictating church policy we have a pope who is more spiritual than political. Washing the feet is in. Parading as peacocks is out. Bishops will have to let their example define them rather than their "sacred hands" etc.
As far as O'Malley is concerned he deserves full credit for selling the Cardinal's residence. As far as I know he never lived there. Let's give credit where credit is due.
With Jim McCrea and even as a sometimes admirer of +Wojtyla/John Paul, this Miltonesque narrative about a drama between Church and anti-Church is not something I can take very seriously. Yes, the Reformation and the collapse of the Papal States. But why not the persecution of the early Church? Why not the Inquisition? The high drama's set pieces and locales change, but the facts of our historically conditioned existence remain the same: we're sinners in an imperfect world. (And, if we knew the moment when the climax of salvation's drama would draw near, we would be God.) As a result, this narrative, really, is only the expression of a particular skepticism about secular modernity that I don't/can't share. And one, I think, that time has proved was more the product of +Wojtyla's own historical experiences (and those others like him) than an objective reading of the signs of the times.
One suspects +Vigano quoted +Wojtyla to make the rallying cry to unity with Francis a bit more appealing, to say with too much veiled subtlety that perhaps some of the anti-Church forces can be found in the pride of the bishops, themselves. Myself, I think a compelling case exists that the more overtly political American bishops betray a greater debt to modern political ideas than the tradition of the Church, so perhaps it's not too far to stretch when we credit +Vigano in that way.
Would we could all manage to take the pope's advice and be more pastoral and less political in our dealings with each other.
but he had little to no choice given the legacy of abuse settlements and debt left by Bernie Law. This is unfortunate - he might have done this as a sign and outreach but the Boston sexual abuse and parish/school closings puts this gesture in a completely different context
Bill deH - I don't remember all the circumstances, but I don't think he was literally forced to sell it, e.g. as a legal settlement. I suspect that more than one prelate might have closed a few more parishes and schools and preserved the mansion.
Being a Philadelphia Catholic, I attended parts of the Eucahrtitic Congress in Philadelphia in 1976. If anyone wonders how relatively unknown in the U.S. cardinal from Poland would be a principal speaker, the answer is Cardinal Krol was archbishop of Philadelphia at the time.
correction: Eucharistic Congress
Given Pope Francis's homilies (St. Peter's and Santa Marta), Angelus and Wednesday audience talks, conversations/interviews, etc. over the past eight months, I don't find the Nuncio's talk particularly hard-hitting or chiding. Would something else now have been expected from the Pope's representarive in addressing the bishops' 2013 plenary? Interestingly, John Paul II seems to get the pride of place, followed by Paul VI. Pope Francis is more alluded to than quoted.
And aren't "Eminences" bishops? As well, why the distinction between "Archbishops" and "Bishops"? So, simply "My brother bishops."
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Many US bishops over the past four decades have sold off the traditional episcopal mansion in favor of fairly modest neighborhood homes or apartments in rectories or other diocesan-owned properties. In Washington, Cardinal Wuerl lives in an apartment in an urban building that was initially a child care insitution run by the great Daughters of Charity (now at another site), then a minor seminary, and now the diocesan Hispanic Center.
The single act or gesture of any US bishop that has impressed me the most in recent years is when Cardinal O'Malley sold his mansion in Boston.
Cardinal Chaput is doing the same in Philadelphia. Hard to believe it's a coincidence that the bishops who are living the nuncio's words are right of center. What can we conclude other than the "particular ideology" the pope warns the bishops from following is liberalism?
should have been "the WAR in Spain"
This CNS story shows that the sale of the Cardinal's residence in Boston was directly related to the settlement costs of the sex abuse scandal: http://bit.ly/180JzZq
In general, the title "Your Eminence" or "His Eminence" refers to a bishop who has been made a cardinal. Bishops that are not cardinals are referred to as "Your Excellency" or "His Excellency."
Similarly, the archbishop is the bishop of a metropolitan diocese. Examples are the Archbishop of Philadelphia, the Archbishop of New York, etc. There are 35 active archbishops, five of whom have been made cardinals. In addition to being the bishop for the area in their archdiocese, they have certain responsibilities in neighboring dioceses.
The Archbishop of Philadelphia just sold his mansion to my college, so this is becoming a fairly common practice.
JP II wrote that text in 1976 when the Soviet Union was still in power. The Soviets shut down thousands of Orthodox churches in Russia and persecuted Catholics and others who were anti=Communists in the many European satellite states including Poland. The Stalinists were explicitly anti-religion and did their best to stamp it out without destroying it completely. (They didn't dare try to eliminate it all at once.) It was the explicit Marxist intention to rule the whole world. The West wasn't being paranoid about the religious persecution -- Marx had declared the elimination of religion to be a goal of the world-wide Communist movement.
So I strongly suspect that when Woytila wrote about "the anti-Christ" he was thinking of the Stalinist Communists. (Stalin died in 1978). At that time the American bishops were just as anti-Communist as anyone else, and I suspect that their lingering paranoia about anything "socialist" or "anti-relition" today is a result of their formerly justified fear of Stalin and his cronies.
But that particular dragon is dead. Stalin died two years after JP II wrote that text, and the Soviet Union has also fallen, with even their current President Putin flirting with the Orthodox Church! Too bad our bishops don't seem to realize that Stalinist dragon has been eliminated. Yes, there are some "new atheists" who explicitly say they want religion distroyed, but they aren't our government nor any other government. All this apocalyptic talk is unjustified.
Alan, from the Jerry Filteau piece you referenced:
One of [O'Malley's] earliest decisions after he arrived in Boston was to move into the cathedral rectory, forgoing the magnificent mansion in Brighton that had housed the four previous archbishops. As a priest in Washington he had lived in a small apartment in a rundown building in a crime-ridden neighborhood. As a bishop in St. Thomas and in Palm Beach he had also chosen simpler housing than the homes of his predecessors.
Jim P.
I take your point. Whether he would have lived in the mansion or not, its sale was directly linked to the debt created by the sex abuse scandal by Filteau. I don't think the issues are easily separable.
That should read "according to Filteau" not "y Filteau."
"...the majority of US Catholics are for same-sex marriage, married priests, women's ordination, and the use of contraceptives..."
Crystal: The Catholic faith is not a democratically determined theology. The Faith is not driven by polls and focus group analyses, nor should it be. Christ Himself said:
"I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Because of me, father will turn against son, wife against husband..."
And He said the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Any attempt to alter the Faith will inevitably end in failure. Sorry, but that's the way it is.
As an historical matter, before Cdl. O'Malley went to Boston, he spent a few months warming up in the bullpen. The bullpen was the diocese of Palm Beach. One of the first things he did here was to sell the large, but not pretentious, house his predecessor had bought. He moved into a small house formerly occupied by some sisters on the grounds of the cathledral. I've never been inside but there does not appear to be enough room to swing a censer.
His predecessor's idea was that he would have space for entertaining and fund-raising at home. Since Cdl. O'Malley sold the big house, the diocese has its events and affairs where it used to -- in the posh grounds of private clubs among the people of wealth and quality on the island. The valets over there don't like my car. Win some, lose some.
Alan - I agree.
Ann: Then why do you suppose did Vigano unearth that 1976 statement of Wojtyla and why did he think the bishops needed to hear it? Should they, when considering whom to elect as their president, think first of an apocalyptic warrior? Perhpas that's the pastoral (and non-ideological) leadership they will need for the great Battle?
Whenever I hear " end of days" threats, my first thought is, "Maybe I should move?"
If there is this great coming battle, what is the best way to avoid the worst of it?
If there is this great coming battle, what is the best way to avoid the worst of it?
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I had been thinking of Wyoming or the Magdalen islands, but being eaten first could be an option.
I'm not sure of why you ask that. It seems to me that Vigano is another alarmist who is reminding the bishops of a supposed threat to religious freedom that many of them already think is here.
Thanks to John Page, who has reminded me that Stalin died in 1953, not 78, as I wrote. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that -- must have been confusing him with one of the other Soviet dictators. But I think my basic point still holds -- the followers of JP II are quite paranoid about the threat of religious persecution in this country and in the West generally. And Vigano stands with them on the matter.
Ann: I asked the question because that part of his speech seemed to fit uneasily with the parts to which Grant drew attention. The rest of the speech is neither alarmist nor apocalyptical, and I wondered if you had any ideas as to why he suddenly took that turn in his speech. I didn't think he had a reputation of a culture-warrior....
Fr. Komonchak,
I agree that the wider question as this article espouses cannot be reconciled with Cardinal Wojtyla's comments. Such comments, as well as his beliefs and underlying philosophy, had the effect of dividing the church further. Notice that his comments inadvertantly or perhaps unintentionally, pitted a Church against the World, Assenters against Dissenters, Faithful against Unfaithful, a Culture of Life against a Culture of Death.
An understanding of the root of his philosophy and theology provides some illuminaion.
Consider, tha the young Karol Wojtyla was highly influenced by the culture of 1930s-1950s Poland, where under Nazism and Communism there was no respect for human life and dignity; both abortion and contraception were legal and prevalent. The horrific acts of genocide in Poland during World War (WW) II and the extreme oppression of post-WW II communism, where public expression of religious belief was forbidden, profoundly shaped his worldview. This worldview, and as a consequence his philosophy and theology, was also highly influenced by the Romanticism of 19th century Poland with its emphasis on Polish moral superiority and nationalism, all focused on the struggle against oppressive foreign powers. This mindset was infused into the very fabric of Polish citizens by the authority of mostly male, patriotic poets and writers, fighters for independence and male religious leaders.
Wojtyla became convinced that America was a "continent marked by competition and aggressiveness, unbridled consumerism and corruption, and he saw Americans as deeply unhappy despite their material wealth." Under the influence of his advisors (e.g., Dr. Poltawska) Karol Wojtyla believed that if contraception were allowed, this would lead spouses to using each other merely as objects for sexual pleasure, to forms of 'sexual slavery', to neurosis on the part of the woman, and to the tendency for couples to choose abortion if contraception failed.
The focus for the past 40-50 years has been on an extreme view of human sexuality and marriage, and the absolute authority of the pope against a runaway Western culture that was proported to infect Catholics and clergy with some kind of diabolic cancer that prevented them from recoginizing, understanding and living the truth, per the Magisterium.
For the past 40=50 years, there was no room for any opinion that disagreed with his worldview. Unfortunately, most Catholics find many teachings regarding marital ethics both unreasonable and irrational, and not reflective of human experience. They lack a convincing theology that rings true to the deepest levels of one's heart, mind and soul.
To paraphrase Pope Francis: there is too much focus on small-minded rules and norms, and not enough on the person, fundamentally and adequately considered. The poor and the disenfrancized, those who suffer, and those in moral dilemma, deserve mercy and understanding and should be welcomed as faithful Catholics. They are all not dissenters and sinners.
Who knew that an H.P. Lovecraft reader lurked on the Commonweal blog? What next, a blog analysis of The Colour Out Of Space?
I found the papal nuncio's unmistakable message to US bishops - many, if not most, of these hold-over hierarchs appointed by JP2 and/or B16 - to be rather blunt: Get with the new regime inaugurated by the new Jesuit pope from Argentina, or you will be pushed aside!
What is perhaps even more remarkable is the messenger to US bishopsto get in line: Carlo Maria Vigano who was himself sent into Vatican political exile - as nuncio to the US - after he lost his job as the administrator of Vatican City in internal political knife-fight over the Vatican bank scandals with other papal courtiers which only became public when a couple of his complaint letters to B16 about his sacking wound-up in the Italian press during the Vatileaks scandal.
I wish I could have had a picture of the faces of US bishops when they got the word from Francesco's nuncio about how they need to make the trappings of their princely lives all disappear. It is moments like this that make me believe that God really does have a sense of humor - and Hers can be really twisted!
Of course, the best revenge is living well. However, the Italians have an expression that really captures what Vigano did to US hierarchs: Revenge is a dish best eaten cold!
Sounds like his namesake, St. Francis who is quoted as saying, "Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary, use words." The first gospel is by example and by loving reactions and gestures. Only later will people ask, why did you do that?
I remember the widespread admiration of Bishop Francis Quinn of Sacramento who elected to choose the Janitor's room in the basement as his quarters with only a bed, chair and night stand. But his fellow clergy who were actively remodelling their rectories were not amused. Bishop Quinn then took to his sleeping bag among the homeless on the state capitol steps. A lot of Catholics were not amused and thence came the moves to ultimately replace him with a less pastoral more strict ordinary.
With respect to the US bishops, I think that Cdl Vigano's and the pope's thoughts in this matter are, at best, wishful thinking until retirements are accepted and replacements in key sees (Chicago for a start) reflect the kind of men who mirror being pastoral, not ideological.
I'm not holding my breath until I see the new appointments happen, but I still have (diminishing) hope that Francis will actually prove with actions what his words imply or categorically state.
Snip from Bob Schwartz:
--- "...the majority of US Catholics are for same-sex marriage, married priests, women's ordination, and the use of contraceptives..."
Crystal: The Catholic faith is not a democratically determined theology. The Faith is not driven by polls and focus group analyses, nor should it be. ---
Discussing Vatican II, Benedictine Bishop B.C. Butler acknowledged that if a teaching "failed in the end to enjoy reception on the part of the church, this would prove it had not met the requirements" for enforcement. And in 1969, the theologian Joseph Ratzinger (currently Pope Benedict XVI) spoke about even infallibly proposed teachings: "Where there is neither consensus on the part of the universal church nor clear testimony in the sources, no binding decision is possible. If such a decision were formally made, it would lack the necessary conditions and the question of the decision's legitimacy would have to be examined." What Butler and Benedict are getting at is the very real possibility of legitimate non-reception.
While the pursuit of truth requires making presuppositions – there's no way of pursuing truth from nowhere – these presuppositions may be an aid to the exploration or they may be an obstacle. Or they may be both. If we pursue the truth earnestly and responsibly, then no presupposition should achieve an untouchable status, a position where we hold it as unquestionable and beyond critique and contestation. To do so is to cease the pursuit of truth, and at most to pursue a particular way of thinking about it.
It should be obvious that, as time goes on, the lack of consensus on matters such as same-sex marriage, married priests, women's ordination, and the use of contraceptives is becoming more prominent, not less.
Well written Jim.
Non-reception does not mean the teaching is wrong per se, rather that the teaching does not possess any power to change behavior rendering the teaching a subject of serious reflection as the absolute truth. There cannot be any contradiction between truth and teaching and non-reception is contradictory unless the church is not teaching the complete truth or most Catholics are diabolically misguided. In my opinion, the Holy Spirit moves us to the truth in agreement and disagreement. Hence, a need for reflection and responsible reform of certain teachings.
But Jim, moral truths are of a completely different species than, say scientific and mathematics truths, that may be proved by the appropriate logical methodology. Moral precepts may be verified as to provenance, but not by logic. If the moral truths asserted by the Church are shown to be the moral truths taught by Christ, then there is no "search for truth" that could upend them.
I see what you mean now. Maybe he was misquoted -- something he said was left out? All I've read about him is that he blew the whistle at some unsavory financial deals at the Vatican, and his enemies were powerful enough -- or unscrupulous enough -- to get him shipped out of the Vatican and off to Washington. Here's what John Allen has to say about him:
"New nuncio is no stranger to politics"
Maybe Vatican politics turned him abnormally suspicious.
If the moral truths asserted by the Church are shown to be the moral truths taught by Christ, then there is no "search for truth" that could upend them.
That's a big "if" ... I don't recall Jesus mentioning contraception, same-sex marriage, or the priesthood.
Bob --
Where did you get the idea that morality is "outside" of logic? How do you think we reach ethical knowledge -- by hunches?
Ann - I suspect what Bob meant is that divine revelation, which does not depend on logic, is another source of moral truth for Christians. For two issues that spring to mind immediately, same-sex marriage and divorce and remarriage, revelation (as interpreted by those with teaching authority) is the source of the church's prohibitions. That this revealed morality seems illogical to many people today is almost certainly the proximate cause of the disagreements that come up over and over (and over) again.
So if we're to be less ideological, does that apply equally to progressive ideology as well as conservative ideology? So far, the Pope has pointedly de-emphasized the Church's response to issues like homosexuality, abortion, etc., but he has said little in regard to the ideological activism of those who advocate women's ordination, reproductive rights, same sex "marriage". Personally, I find Pope Francis' public talks to be vague and confusing. Before the final syllable finishes echoing, an army of interpreters (including writers in this magazine/website, among many others, both official and unofficial) are out in force to "spin" for us what the Pope "really" meant. While so many Catholics and non-Catholics find PF to be a welcome change, I am not quite so persuaded that his style is a positive. When abortion clinics use the Pope's own words to defend their work, it's clear that his messaging may not be having the desired effect.
Voluntarism has corrupted the Church from the inside. The idea that the "yardstick" for measuring Truth (I decide for myself what the Truth is) is located in the individual denies the idea of objective Truth. Whenever I hear anyone cite a poll as a justification for abandoning this or that teaching, I automatically switch them off. Sadly, most lay Catholics, a whole lot of clergy and Religious, not a few theologians, and even some bishops adhere to this "reasoning". That many laity have not accepted ("received") Church doctrine says more about them than about the teaching. After all, polls indicate that most American Catholics don't "really" accepted the idea of the Real Presence of the Eucharist, so by the logic of voluntarists, that teaching should not be "imposed". It's the curse of the lemmings.
M P - there is such a thing as the sensus fidelium. Everything we've seen from Pope Francis leads me to think that he would have a tremendous, even reverential respect for it. How one would go about discerning it doesn't seem that straightforward to me.
Imho, it's better to follow your own instincts/conscience than to wait for the sensus fidelium to ermerge on a given issue. That takes time, and our lives are short.
What one pope or one generation regards as important (fighting Saracens, e.g., or avoiding praying for the souls of our Pagan ancestors) is forgotten as times goes by. The rule is never rescinded, just ignored. Religious fads fade, just as secular fads do.
All these notions of the sensus fidelium are really at the heart of what I have written many times on these blogs: Let the People Decide!
The pastoral trick for Papa Francesco and his hierarchs will be to hopefully relocate and refocus the most of the decision-making, discernment [in clerical speak] processes of the Church within and among the People, rather than continuing the feudal oligarchy with all the discredited, anti-feminine, patriarchal ideologies of our corrupt hierarchs.
The changes and reforms that many are fostering here on this blog will only be possible once the People SEPARATE the MONEY from MINISTRY. Once the People have control of the clerics' and hierarchs' living stipends, the mountains of money in their investment portfolios, retirement funds and health care savings, we can bet the farm that their hearts and minds will soon follow.
If we Catholics don't take the hierarchs' mad money away, there is no hope of reform and renewal for them. They are just too corrupted, too seduced by political power.
The evangelist does quote Jesus: "No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and espise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." (Matthew 6:24) That bit of 1st century Jewish wisdom is as true today as it was for Jesus' time.


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Filehippo, one of the best sites where you can download high-quality software, launched Update Checker, a small utility that scans your computer for installed software and displays a list of updates. While the software doesn't require installation, it doesn't check for updates periodically and must be manually launched. Another inconvenient is that you have to manually download and install the updates.
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The National Park Service struggles to connect with a changing America.
Cliff Spencer knows what it's like to be singled out. The tall, slim 54-year-old is superintendent of Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park, and one of just a handful of African-Americans in the upper echelons of the National Park Service. Some years ago, when Spencer ran Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, he strolled through the visitor center on the way to his office. When he reached his desk, a ranger was on the line: "Cliff, some people want to meet you." It was a black family from Atlanta, visiting several parks on their way to the Grand Canyon. "We've never seen a black person in uniform in any of the parks we've visited," they told him. "Do you mind if we take a picture of you?"
Spencer understood: It was probably the only such photo they'd get. In his 30-year career, Spencer has gotten to know many major Western parks and monuments, including Lake Mead, Point Reyes, White Sands, Petrified Forest and now Mesa Verde. But no matter where he's gone, brown-skinned rangers and tourists have been scarce. Even as the nation becomes increasingly diverse, park visitors and staff remain overwhelmingly white. Spencer's rise at the National Park Service is one of the agency's success stories, but also highlights its struggle to reach more minorities.
"There were two things I knew growing up," Spencer says. "I really loved the outdoors, and there was a whole country out there to see, and I wanted to go." As a child in inner-city L.A., Spencer went to summer camps in Griffith Park and discovered that archery, horseback riding and hiking were more fun than hanging out on the street. He attended college at California State, Northridge, majored in recreation administration, and got chosen for a program that gave minority students a chance to work at the nearby Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
If anyone understands the importance of having Americans of all races appreciating public lands, it's Spencer. "I would love to get to the time," he says, shaking his head, "when a black ranger is not a big deal, not cause for a double take." At Mesa Verde, he's reached out to nearby communities of color – the Navajo, Southern Utes and Ute Mountain Utes on whose ancestral lands the park sits. Tribal representatives helped design the new visitor center, a handful of Native interpreters guide tourists, and Native students have opportunities to intern. And yet Spencer, as the busy overseer of the nation's largest archaeological preserve, seldom writes "increase diversity" on his daily to-do list. "I think about it occasionally," he says, "but there are just so many other things going on. That's not an excuse, but I don't think I'm doing a very good job of promoting it."
Unfortunately, parks and other public lands are facing an array of challenges, and without increased support from citizens, these lands may be in jeopardy. "If Congress decides that it doesn't want national parks, they will go away," warns John Reynolds, who spent 36 years as a Park Service planner and regional director. Just last summer, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., suggested "removing" less-visited parks and putting new parks under private management. During last fall's federal shutdown, states like Utah paid for operations at some national parks, fueling calls from some locals for complete control. In March, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to gut the Antiquities Act, which several presidents have used to protect lands that later became national parks, including Grand Canyon and Grand Teton. And underfunding remains a chronic problem – the agency's budget doesn't even keep up with inflation, and it staggers under a nearly $12 billion maintenance backlog.
Given these threats, "we can't allow millions of people, generations of people, to not experience parks and to have no connection to them," says Spencer. "When those people get into positions where they'll influence policy and hold the purse strings, they won't understand what parks are and how important they are."
Thus, the Park Service's diversity dilemma. Despite years of rhetoric about the importance of the issue, the agency's on-the-ground actions have failed to keep pace. In 2016, the Park Service will celebrate its centennial, and the stakes have never been higher. "Some of the things we are seeing now are symptoms of waning relevancy," says agency director Jon Jarvis. "The flattening of our budget, sequestration cuts, the political pressures on the Park Service to allow everything from extractive usage to more motorized recreation. Rather than continuing to treat the symptoms, we need to go for the cure – and make that connection with all people."
Today, a handful of pioneering urban parks, such as Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area in Massachusetts, and Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco, are using innovative programs to reach out to under-represented communities. Can they lead the rest of the massive park system into the future and help a new, more diverse generation find relevance in America's "Best Idea" – before it's too late?
Bob Stanton did make diversity in the workforce a priority, but he wanted the national figures to be used in every park which was a recipe for failure. Regionally the NPS does OK. The southwest has more Hispanics and Native Americans than other areas of the country, the east and southeast more African Americans, west coast more Asians, Hawaii more Hawaiians, etc.
Jarvis may be trying but, if he is, he's not trying very hard. His "Call to Action", at last count, had over 35 goals so the NPS can always point to a desired "goal" in response to questions. Then state how many meetings they've held on the issue under discussion. But not many results.
The media needs to stop taking at face value what the NPS says and start looking where they spend their funding. Way, way too much is spent in central offices in such places as Washington and San Francisco for a bloated bureaucracy that produces very little for the money spent, hand wringing over diversity being a good example, and way, way too little is spent in the field areas which is where it should be spent. The NPS is in a world of hurt as they approach their 100th anniversary and, unfortunately, much of the damage is self-inflicted. If Jarvis thinks diversity of the work-force and visitation is currently the most serious problem facing the agency, he needs to get out of DC more often and face reality.
And the whole idea of the commons, of which the national and other public parks are a part, is being eroded across America, as evidenced by many proposals to sell them to corporations to run for profit. Kids are taught to be consumers at an early age, to mistrust any public entity, and to fear the 'other', be that people, places or things. It's a sad state of affairs, but luckily there are many individuals and groups committed to getting our young people outdoors to appreciate the glorious world we inhabit.
America's National Parks include our most spectacular lands and Civil War Battlefields which must be protected and preserved so our children will see our beauty and our history just as we do today. I hope that our Congress and States will increase funding for these lands, while the cost to visit them will remain low so most all of out citizens and tourists can visit.
Dick Schaffer
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Saguaro National Park- 2005/2006
Further, it is fruitless for the NPS, or any government agency to attempt to make their workforce reflect the racial makeup of the general population. The problem is more complex. For instance, there are many parks in many geographical areas where certain minorities are absent from the local population. When the agencies entice minorities to take jobs in these areas, they often don't last because they feel isolated, or it's just not where they want to be. Having a revolving door on some of these positions does not contribute to an effective operation. Too much time and effort is spent on training people who don't want to be there. Also, for many of the critical job categories (biology, ecology, etc.) for the parks, the graduates coming out of universities don't reflect the general population. Thus, the NPS is trying to take a simplistic approach to a greater issue, with often unintended and negative results.
Also, when we talk about attracting a diverse population to the parks, let's first look at economics. Minorities at the bottom of the economic scale cannot afford to travel to distant parks or even pay the increasing entrance fees. I would argue the real problem is economic rather than race. We have to raise up the economic level of the lower end of the population, which is over-represented by minorities. 0nce people have a better economic situation, they are more able to partake of the benefits available in society, including parks. I see more blacks in parks today, but they seem to be more middle class or upper middle class. I think the same was true for groups in the lower economic class in the past---immigrants like the Irish, Jews, etc. Their investment in the parks came from rising up in economic class and the resultant ability to partake---not from some government program intended to make them appreciate what they couldn't afford. There was a time when many people questioned whether this country should have an Irish Catholic president. That question died out when the Irish reached the middle class and thus became fully incorporated into the American fabric. 0ther minorities need an economic boost to attain the same incorporation. The increasing gap between rich and poor in this country is the real problem.
It is also interesting that as we seek to increase diversity in parks, as Mr. Good says, there is no decline in park use. And yet the NPS is actively seeking to increase support from donors (primarily rich white people and corporations) and doesn't do anything to reduce what is basically a subsidization of the tourism industry that brings groups of foreigners to our national parks at the expense of US citizens, who pay for the parks. One need only go to Yellowstone in the summer and you will see large numbers of minority visitors. Unfortunately, they are tour groups bussed through the park, coming from Japan, the Middle East and other countries. By supporting this tourism the NPS is limiting US citizens and allowing impacts from overuse. I don't think many people who have visited Yellowstone multiple times over the past 20-30 years will say that crowding or the visitor experiences has improved.
I'm not arguing against bringing minority kids into the parks, or seeking to hire minorities, but we have to look at the issue in all it's complexity and come up with much smarter strategies. For one thing, I find younger NPS employees, much like surveys show with millennials in general, reject the "check-a-box" ethnicity identification so important to the bean counters. They see that as divisive. They are far beyond the boomers in how they view race, and they see no reason to be constrained by what they consider artificial categories. They see race as an outdated, insignificant idea, and instead embrace the complex mix of who they are. I think a lot of the hand-wringing about diversity is a remnant of the sixties, and is irrelevant to the people who will soon be leading our nation. I certainly hope so.
Jon Jarvis didn't say specifically that diversity is the most important issue facing the Park Service. He said he has been working hard to put "relevance, diversity and inclusion" at the top of the list of the agency's priorities. So really....do you think that if the parks are not relevant to a majority of Americans, that funding and support to address the myriad of other problems - anything but race - will somehow magically be forthcoming? If you want the American people to be relevant to parks and support funding, don't you think the parks will need to be relevant to the American people? That issue of relevancy and support is the entire core of this story. No, Jon Jarvis doesn't think that "diversity of the work-force and visitation is currently the most serious problem facing the agency" as one reader wrote and that "Jarvis needs to spend more time out of DC". I suspect that Jon Jarvis DOES think that the agency has a crap-load of very long term, high priority problems that will NEVER get addressed unless there is an increase of relevancy of parks to the majority of American people. And the skin color of the majority of American people will very soon be brown.
It really does not matter if an EVER INCREASING percentage of an EVER DECREASING group of people are keeping visitation numbers high. If the emerging majority is not connected to parks and not supportive of parks, the multitude of problems that so many of you are concerned about (and give a higher priority to than relevance to the American people) will not get funded and will not go away. High visitation (by white people) does not magically transfer into a high level of support from the American people. For example, there is no shortage of violent white supremacist groups. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, who tracks these things, those groups have approximately quadrupled since we elected a black president. But that doesn't mean that even though there is an increase of racists, that violent racism is generally supported by the American people. Yes, parks have high visitation. No, parks are not enjoying increased support among the American people. Especially the emerging majority. NOW do you get it?
And as an aside, I do get tired of the same old saw that minorities are just dying to visit parks, but just do not have the money. Yes, blacks in particular are over-represented in circles of poverty. But yes, plenty of us have plenty of spare cash. Have you really not noticed that there is a large and strong black middle class now? We've been around for quite a while. No, this is not an issue of class. Yes, this is an issue of race.
And again, it is of zero significance that parks such as Yellowstone have a large diversity of visitors from foreign countries. "One need only go to Yellowstone in the summer and you will see large numbers of minority visitors. Unfortunately, they are tour groups bussed through the park, coming from Japan, the Middle East and other countries." We are not talking about ethnic diversity here for the mere sake of diversity. We are talking about the political and financial support of public lands that can ONLY come from the American people. We appreciate the tourist dollars that come from our vast number of Middle Eastern guest. But their support of American public lands is completely and totally irrelevant. Do you seriously not understand that?
No, the NPS is not trying to 'force' any type of particular ethnic make up within their workforce. It is as illegal to discriminate against white people as it is against black people. What the NPS IS trying to do is present the relevancy...the BIRTHRIGHT, if you will....the historical participation....of public lands to ALL Americans. That's pretty different than 'forcing' a specific racial makeup to be involved in something that they have never had any relationship with.
No, the Park Service is not trying to court wealthy white donors. Government agencies are prevented by law from accepting donations. Try donating a dollar to the National Park Service. It's impossible.
An 'no' again. The NPS does not 'entice' minorities to take jobs in places that they do not want to be and then make huge investments in their training - and then they leave because they are not comfortable there. Where are these faraway places full of minority employees that don't want to be there? I've not seen those places. It is very, very difficult to secure a permanent job with the Park Service, as the story pointed out. By the time a person has secured that coveted permanent position, THEY, not the Park Service, has worked very hard to make that happen.
So if you're really concerned about all the problems of the National Park Service that you say you are concerned about, you better put relevancy of parks to American people on the top of your list. Or get used to the continuation of the problems. Think of the National Park Service as the Montgomery City Buses of 1955. As Montgomery discovered, when the Montgomery black minorities decided that the buses were no longer relevant, Montgomery discovered that their buses couldn't operate without financial support from the minority community. So they made them more relevant. NOW do you get it? And what if something really strange happened? What if by coming together and visiting the many and varied national parks, that we Americans discovered that, other than skin color, there's no damned difference between us? How weird and maybe discomforting would THAT be?
And sorry, but yes, this is a conversation about race.
I'm not sure what this article has to do about Montgomery bus boycotts, but, hey that's your deal.
It's sad that you have to attack and distort to push your agenda. The conversation is about much more than race. "Revelance, diversity and inclusion" should be about A LOT of things beyond race. The conversation needs to be broader. It's unfortunate you want to limit discussion of complex issues down to one hot button, and denigrate those who want to broaden the discussion.
As for attracting more youth, so NPS users don't age out, and to get a more diverse ethnic profile, I do not want national parks to be just another Internet hot spot, albeit one with prettier wallpaper. Per writers like Louw on nature deficit disorder, we need to be getting people to disconnect from all the electronic toys, at least on occasion, in order to appreciate nature.
I have no idea if the Park Service gave HCN accurate statistics or not. Quite often when I have written or spoken about the lack of diversity in parks, people have asked to see the studies that prove this. And I used to provide them. But now I say simply; "Go to the park. Open your eyes. Look around. Tell me what you see." It is diversity among Americans – who vote and in affect, approve funding for parks - that is being discussed here. Yes, there are many foreign visitors. Although since the parks do not have a quota on numbers of visitors, I don't see how that limits opportunities for Americans to visit their parks. The experience may be degraded, but not the opportunity. Sure, I've seen the boxes that are provided for applicants to note their ethnicity. Dunno if folks check them or not. And neither does anyone else. But I have eyes and I have looked around. For decades. Yes, I have seen some slow change and I am immensely gratified that parks such as Zion and Bryce, close to urban areas, have seen an increase in ethnic diversity. I am pleased that some parks, close to ethnic communities, have seen an increase in hiring. Although as the superintendent of Mesa Verde noted, Mesa Verde is not one of them. But it remains true that when a visitor opens his or her eyes at an icon, natural park, they mostly see folks who's ethnicity as a majority of the population, will not be available in not too many more years, to vote to support parks.
Public lands, parks or otherwise, are under attack EVERY day. In 2006 an Under-Secretary of the Interior, Paul Hoffman, came frighteningly close to re-writing the NPS Organic Act, and the mission of the Park Service, to change our parks into something that would have been un-recognizable and, to most of us current users, un-enjoyable. Thanks to the work and sacrifice of mostly one man, J.T.Reynolds, a 'non-traditional' park superintendent, Hoffman's efforts were killed. An eye opening, frightening, and interesting read in Vanity Fair at http://www.vanityfair.com/[…]/nationalparks200606.
Sure, I've seen many minority and urban kids camping in the wild. I even volunteered for several years at a Park Service run camp, called 'Old Stories, New Voices' in the San Luis Valley of south central Colorado. A free camp open to urban kids – most of whom had brown skin. And in almost all the situations where I've seen or worked with urban and minority kids in the backcountry, by far, MOST of those kids were having a great time. For those folks who would say, "Well SOME of those kids feel isolated and uncomfortable, so we should terminate these programs. They don't work." To them I would suggest that if you always do what you've always done, the you will always get the results that you've always gotten. Nothing will change, which is maybe what some folks want. And in some number of years, public lands will receive even less support then they do now to address all those 'other ' problems'. It's really not hard to understand. Do the math.
Yes, I am well aware of the National Parks Foundation – which is not the National Park Service. And so it remains true that the National Park Service does not solicit funding from wealthy white guys. But hey, I'm all for wherever the NPS or the NPF can get funding in support of public lands.
At least one woman let her subscription to HCN expire because the magazine had the temerity to write a story about race. I don't admire her thought process, but at least she got it right, even if she is yet one more person who can't tolerate talking about race…it MUST be about something else. This is a story about how public lands need the support of the majority of American to stay afloat. And in our children's' lifetime, the majority of Americans will have brown skin.


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"We already feel that this campaign is against the rules … even if it relates to the subject of the film, a comedy about adultery," France's advertising watchdog told French paper Le Parisien. "As a preventative measure, we've already counseled JC Decaux, who are in charge of the billboards, to take them down." The spots will allegedly go down on Friday, but let's be real. This isn't the first time filmmakers have used sex to get people interested in their movies. In fact, take a minute and enjoy some of our favorite filthy movie posters, including that graphic Hungarian poster for Michael Fassbender's Shame. At least Jean didn't take it there. Yet.
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Kristin Cavallari Felt "Forced" to Be a Bitch on Laguna Beach and The Hills: "Producers Were Really Crappy to Me"
Kristin Cavallari has already talked about having a series of "fake relationships" and "fake fights" on The Hills, with producers making her feud with Lauren Conrad worse than it really was.
Now Kristin, 26, is on the cover of the Chicago Sun-Times Sunday magazine, SPLASH, talking about her new life with Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and their son, Camden. She said she's definitely not the person viewers saw back on Laguna Beach and The Hills.
"The producers were really crappy to me," she said (via RadarOnline). "I felt like everybody was against me and manipulating me, and that forced me to be a bitch."
Kristin said she's always wanted to be a mom, and it's teaching her how to be selfless — and how to grow out of those late, late nights. She said she was at a birthday party last month and realized it was 2 a.m., "and I was like, 'Oh my god, I'm so tired.' That's when I realized that this part of my life was behind me."
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Betty Ethel Vandiver was born on November 1, 1922 in Yukon to Horace Herman Park and Etta Jane (Howell) Parks. She passed from this life on Sunday, September 9, 2012 in Hugo at the age of 89. Betty married Grady Roe Vandiver in 1942 in Claremore. She was a homemaker and a member of the Antlers Methodist Church and the Eastern Star in Antlers. Betty lived on a ranch near Antlers for many years helping outdoors. After her husband's death, she moved to Atoka and later to Hugo where she lived for several years. She sold Shakley Product's in Atoka and Hugo before opening Nature;'s Best Health food Store in Hugo. Betty enjoyed camping, the outdoors and taking drives in the fall to the mountains. She also enjoyed playing with her pet dog, Marmaduke, a Great Dane. Betty was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Grady Roe Vandiver in 1973 and two sisters. She is survived by her husband, Arby Minchew of Hugo; one son, Grady R. Vandiver Jr. and wife Juanita of Sand Springs; one granddaughter, Melissa Weaver and husband, Tim, of Sand Springs; one great-granddaughter, Shelby Weaver of Sand Springs; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2012 in the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo with Rev. Phil Beatty officiating. Family and friends are invited to sign the guest book or send private condolences to the family at www.praterlampton.com [1].
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Wallace State softball's Jayne Clem, Tracy Grindrod named NFCA NJCAA Division I Coaching Staff of the YearJuly 8, 2013
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State softball head coach Jayne Clem and assistant Tracy Grindrod have been selected as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) NJCAA Division I Coaching Staff of the Year for the third time in their careers. Clem and Grindrod led Wallace State to its second national championship in 2013, finishing with a 55-12 record.
Clem and Grindrod first earned the coaching staff of the year recognition in 2008 after leading the Lady Lions to their first national title. They captured the honor again in 2010 when Wallace State finished national runner-up.
Under Clem and Grindrod, Wallace State put together many impressive achievements among its march to the national title. The team set a new single-season mark with 75 homers, including a record 23 homers by freshman third baseman Kori Benson. Wallace State sophomore pitchers Lindsey DeFee and BreeAnna Blevins each won 26 games, marking the second time in school history a starting duo each surpassed the 20-win plateau.
Clem also reached another coaching milestone in 2013, earning her 700th career win on April 18 against Calhoun. She maintains a 717-177 career record (.802 winning percentage) after 14 seasons with the Lady Lions and has been named the ACCC Coach of the Year 11 times.
Wallace State advanced to the NJCAA national tournament in St. George Utah, after winning its second consecutive state title, sixth and seven seasons and eighth overall --- all under Clem. At the national tournament, the eighth-seeded Lady Lions dethroned the No. 1, 2 and 5 seeds en route to the title, scoring 33 runs in six games. Wallace State defeated Salt Lake City (Utah) CC 7-3 in the championship game.
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The Millikin philosophy major is designed to meet the requirements of four classes of students:
(a) those who have no professional interest in philosophy but who wish to approach a liberal education through the discipline of philosophy;
(b) those who want a composite or interdepartmental major in philosophy and the natural sciences, behavioral sciences, humanities, or the fine arts;
(c) those who want an intensive study of philosophy preparatory to graduate study in some other field, e.g. law, theology, medicine or education;
(d) those who are professionally interested in philosophy and who plan to do graduate work in the field and then to teach or write.
Students with a professional interest in philosophy are urged by the Department to give early attention to courses in the history of philosophy sequence, logic and ethics.
There are numerous resources on the web that speak to questions like "Why study philosophy?" and "What can I do with a philosophy major?" Simply go to a search engine and enter a query like "Why philosophy" or "What to do with philosophy major." The following are representative of the kinds of answers you will find.
If we consider these four tests cumulatively by summing the respective rankings by major, philosophy majors come out on top (15), followed by math majors (18). Examinees majoring in chemistry (26), economics (30), and engineering (30) round out the top five; no other major is even close.
Conclusion: if you want to develop a broad range of skills that prepare you for a wide variety of intellectual challenges, you should seriously consider becoming a philosophy major.
***Based on standardized test performance by undergraduate major between the years of 1977 and 1982, where rankings were calculated by average mean differential. The data were reported in Clifford Adelman's The Standardized Test Scores of College Graduates. Despite the fact that such a detailed compilation of recent data is for the most part unavailable, all evidence suggests that current performance is practically identical to that of Adelman's study.
Undergraduates who plan on attending law school should seek an undergraduate major that will develop the skills that are necessary for success in law school and for success in the practice of law. Among the most important of these skills are analytical and logical reasoning, persuasive argument writing, and research skills. The Law School Admissions Council provides the following description of law school pedagogy. This discription is accurate and makes self-evident the value of philosophy as the ideal undergraduate major for those interested in law school:
Most law school professors employ "the case method" of teaching. The case method involves the detailed examination of a number of related judicial opinions that describe an area of law. The role of the law professor is to provoke and stimulate. For a particular case, he or she may ask questions designed to explore the facts presented, to determine the legal principles applied in reaching a decision, and to analyze the method of reasoning used. In this way, the professor encourages you to relate the case to others and to distinguish it from those with similar but inapplicable precedents. In order to encourage you to learn to defend your reasoning, the professor may adopt a position contrary to the holding of the case. The case method reflects the general belief that the primary purpose of law school is not to teach substantive law but to teach you to think like a lawyer. Teachers of law are less concerned about rules and technicalities than are their counterparts in many other disciplines. Although the memorization of specifics may be useful to you, the ability to be analytical and literate is considerably more important than the power of total recall. One reason for this approach to legal education is that in our common-law tradition, the law is constantly evolving and changing; thus, specific rules may quickly lose their relevance.
Law is more an art than a science. The reality lawyers seek in analyzing a case is not always well-defined. Legal study, therefore, requires an attentive mind and a tolerance for ambiguity. Because many people believe incorrectly that the study of law involves the memorization of rules in books and principles dictated by learned professors, law schools often attract those people who especially value structure, authority, and order. The study of law does not involve this kind of certainty, however; complex legal questions do not have simple legal solutions.
For the full description, see The Juris Doctor Degree.
Federal Appellate Judge (and former law professor) Richard Posner also notes the connection between philosophy and legal reasoning:
[T]he methods of analytic philosophy and of legal reasoning--the making of careful distinctions and definitions, the determination of logical consistency through the construction and examination of hypothetical cases, the bringing of buried assumptions to the surface, the breaking up of a problem into manageable components, the meticulous exploration of the implications of an opponent's arguments--are mainly the same. (Richard A. Posner, Overcoming Law [Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 1995], 9).


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Oct. 5)-The New Mexico State men's tennis team began play in the Balloon Fiesta Invitational with strong performances in both doubles and singles action.
The Aggies won four of five doubles matches on the first day of the tournament in Albuquerque. In the Cherry doubles flight, senior Luis Ramirez and junior Marc Westgate defeated senior Shaun Waters and senior Robert Martin of Northern Arizona, 8-5. Sophomore Germain Degardin and freshman Yannick Blank downed junior Steven Young and junior Ali Rizvi of Air Force, 8-4. The freshman duo of Daniel Fernandez and Naveen Mannivanan beat juniors Alex Grubbs and Andy Jackson from Air Force, 9-8.
In the Silver doubles flight, sophomore Eduardo Cabrita and freshman Stahinja Trecakov paired to beat Air Force's senior Stephen Katrein and junior Alex Lineberry, 8-5. Freshman Jeremy Harlas and freshman Guilherme Carvalho fell to Denver's sophomore Frederick Bjorne and sophomore Preben Bjorne, 8-5.
"It was another chance to see everyone play, especially the freshmen, who I have not seen play much other than practice and our tournament at home," head coach Carlos Vargas said. "It was encouraging to see the new guys contributing already, and they get a little better every time we come out. It's still early in the season, and it is good to see them already be a factor this early on after only a couple of months here."
In singles action, two Aggies won their matches in straight sets in the Cherry flight with Fernandez defeating Grubbs, 6-1, 6-4, and Ramirez beating Young, 6-3, 6-0. The Aggies went 1-1 in the Silver flight with Westgate downing freshman Jack McCullers of Air Force, 7-6, 6-2, while Degardin lost a three-set struggle to freshman Riaan Du Toit of New Mexico, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
"Overall, we had a pretty good showing," Vargas said. "We have some good matchups that we are looking forward to tomorrow that should be a little harder as we move on to semifinals and finals."
In the Turquoise flight, Manivannan defeated Jackson, 6-3, 6-3, and Cabrita rebounded to beat Preben Bjorne, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. Trecakov fell to UNM's sophomore Mitch McDaniels, 6-1, 6-0.
In the White flight, Blank beat Martin in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Carvalho fell to Katrein, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4, and Harlas lost to Frederick Bjorne, 6-2, 6-2.
The Aggies continue the Balloon Fiesta Invitational, Saturday, Oct. 6 in Albuquerque with semifinal action.