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1905 Gallaudet Football Front Page Washington Times
BiblioMarket Despite a loss to Georgetown that weekend, the Washington Times placed a large photograph of Gallaudet's Football team at the top of the Sunday edition, Oct. 1st, 1905. The archive photo was very dark and faces were almost lost in shadows, so I have lightened it up and made it a little easier to view. 1905 [...]
Media Higher Education Fri, Mar 21 2008 hide this blog

1926 Photos NAD Gathering
BiblioMarket Exploring the archives at the Library of Congress, I came across these two photos of ladies attending the August 1926 NAD gathering in Washington DC. You can see vintage dress and hair styles, and in the background, old cars from the 1920s, and the US Capitol. You'll also see a sign for the Occidental Restaurant [...]
Culture Thu, Mar 20 2008 hide this blog

Through Deaf Eyes Discussion and Events
BiblioMarket Many of you have watched the PBS special THROUGH DEAF EYES and expressed your opinions on it. I will be writing an opinion piece on it as well, but in the meantime, I wanted to give you some additional resources related to the film. First, there is the official PBS transcript of the film, available here. [...]
Fri, Mar 23 2007 hide this blog

Delta Zeta Sorority Evicted from University
BiblioMarket “DePauw University severed ties yesterday with a national sorority that evicted two-thirds of the university?s chapter members last year in what the sorority called an effort to improve its image for recruitment, but which the evicted women described as a purge of the unattractive or the uncool.” This news comes down from Delta Zeta's Sorority at [...]
Tue, Mar 13 2007 hide this blog

Adequate = Dead in the Water
BiblioMarket Recently, Gallaudet received an improved rating from the Office of Management and Budget evaluation. It's rating went from “ineffective” to “adequate.” Stories marking this change have been published in the Washington Post and elsewhere. Before cheering and patting each other on the back, let's examine what this rating really means. [...]
Fri, Feb 09 2007 hide this blog

?08 Democrat Presidential hopefuls are at Gallaudet today
BiblioMarket Sorry, kids, it looks like we're not allowed to attend.... This is disappointing, because I would have liked to listen to Cinton, Obama and Biden. SEIU Gets a Crack at the Democratic ?08ers Over the next two days, [today & Saturday] the roughly 60 people who sit on the international executive board of the Service Employees [...]
Fri, Jan 26 2007 hide this blog

President Emeritus of the Absolutes
BiblioMarket Gallaudet's “President Emeritus” once again uses the Washington Post to poke a stick at not only the protesters that succeeded in having Jane Fernandes' appointment to President revoked by the Board of Trustees, but at recent history as well. It wasn't enough that he used the media to spread his and Jane's false propaganda about [...]
Mon, Jan 22 2007 hide this blog

Full Text / .PDF of Covington Burling HMB Investigation
BiblioMarket COVINGTON & BURLING LLPREPORT OF INVESTIGATION GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY EVENTS AT HALL MEMORIAL BUILDING ON OCTOBER 6, 2006 January 12, 2007 Eric H. Holder, Jr. Benjamin J. Razi Robert A. Zink COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 662-6000 pdf version, which includes graphics: [...]
Tue, Jan 16 2007 hide this blog

Another Gallaudet Board Member Resigns
BiblioMarket January 12, 2007 From: Pamela Holmes, Chair To: Campus CommunityAs Chair of the Board of Trustees, I would like to acknowledge the service of William Graham. Mr. Graham, a founder of ALDA (Association of Late Deafened Adults), joined the Board of Trustees in 1990, and he served most recently as Secretary. He graciously agreed to extend his [...]
Fri, Jan 12 2007 hide this blog

Gallaudet Uprising: Where the Deaf Will Be Heard
BiblioMarket The following article was submitted to BiblioMarket for possible publication. While it is somewhat dated, having been written shortly following Fernandes' termination by the Board of Trustees, I felt it worthwhile to publish a viewpoint from an author Down Under. [Sydney, Australia] / -Ken @ BiblioMarket By Dumpstered Twin During the writing of this article, [...]
Tue, Jan 09 2007 hide this blog

Memos from Dr. Davila and Michael Moore
BiblioMarket These two memos were released to the community today from Michael Moore and Dr. Davila. From: president@gallaudet.edu [mailto:president@gallaudet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:18 PM To: president@gallaudet.edu Subject: Weekly Message to the CommunityOffice of the PresidentCOLLEGE HALL 800 FLORIDA AVE. NE WASHINGTON , DC 20002-3695Dear Faculty, Staff, [...]
Tue, Jan 09 2007 hide this blog

I Just had a Spontaneous Orgasm
BiblioMarket Say Hello to the Apple iPhone! This WILL be the communications device of choice among Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, dooming Sidekicks, Blackberrys, and Treos to the back of dusty desk drawers. Coming in June, 2007, the Apple iPhone will run the OS X, and combine a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with [...]
Tue, Jan 09 2007 hide this blog

At Universities, Plum Post at Top Is Now Shaky
BiblioMarket Gallaudet Protesters are not Alone. Many other colleges and universities are going through or have recently gone through their own protests, for many different reasons, and some for very similar reasons to Gallaudet's protest. What we did as protesters was not so unusual. What we accomplished IS. But it does not end there. As can be [...]
Tue, Jan 09 2007 hide this blog

CNN Interviews Dr. Davila [text transcript]
BiblioMarket PHILLIPS: Straight ahead, a bridge over troubled waters. A renowned educator comes out of retirement to restore calm at Gallaudet University. Dr. Bob Davila joins us live next in the NEWSROOM.PHILLIPS: Not all the big changes in Washington this week are in government: a new interim president took over at Gallaudet University after a year [...]
Mon, Jan 08 2007 hide this blog

Jordan Leaves Gallaudet With Painful Goodbye
BiblioMarket Former President's Legacy May Not Reflect His TenureBy Susan Kinzie Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 8, 2007; B01When I. King Jordan announced in fall 2005 to a hushed and expectant crowd at Gallaudet University that he would step down as president of the school for the deaf, people gasped. Many burst into tears. Dozens stood [...] [...]
Mon, Jan 08 2007 hide this blog

The New Deaf Sport: Out-Ridoring Ridor
BiblioMarket It seems, of late, during these balmy, Spring-like January days, a new sport has emerged among the Deaf and hard-of-hearing populace. It is a sport where one attempts to out-ridor Mr. Ridor himself, posting anti-Ridor comments on blogs or writing up opinion pieces that tell Mr. Ridor to get-a-job, such as this one by Jame [...]
Sun, Jan 07 2007 hide this blog

Deafness as Culture
BiblioMarket Thanks to Mike Yared for bringing this article to my attention. Written in 1993, it is still timely today given the atmosphere of fear and intimidation that has prevailed in the 13+ years since it's publication, at Gallaudet University. Fernandes and Jordan have repeatedly and systematically chipped away at the historical ASL foundation of [...]
Fri, Jan 05 2007 hide this blog

Text Transcript and Videos : Dr. Davila / Welcome Back
BiblioMarket President Davila shares his plans with the campus communityChoose your video version:Flash (Macintosh/PC) Quicktime (Macintosh/PC) Windows Media (PC)[Text Transcript of Video Message follows- thanks to Brian Riley for providing the transcript] Hello, and welcome back to the campus. I hope that you and your families had a really pleasant holiday and that you are [...]
Tue, Jan 02 2007 hide this blog

24 Acres Next to Gallaudet Approved for Development
BiblioMarket New Town Market Proposal Approved Questions Remain, Though, About Obligations of Mayor and Other Officials By Elissa Silverman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page B04 The D.C. Council endorsed a proposal yesterday for a $1.2 billion development in a gritty warehouse district in Northeast Washington without addressing details about the [...]
Sun, Dec 31 2006 hide this blog

Your 2007 New Year?s Resolution: Start a Blog or Vlog!
BiblioMarket 2007 is THE YEAR OF THE BLOG. [& VLOGS!] That's my prediction. Yeah, sure, there's already a lot of bloggers, millions of them in fact.... but like the Internet did in 1998, Blogging and Vlogging in 2007 is going to come into the mainstream like never before. Everyone and their grandmothers will be blogging, thanks [...]
Tue, Dec 26 2006 hide this blog

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
BiblioMarket As a child, the following story, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, was my favorite of all among many christmas stories, and today, this Christmas, I share it with my readers. May your Christmas be spent giving others the best gift of all: Yourself. / Ken @ Bibliomarket THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry One [...]
Mon, Dec 25 2006 hide this blog

Jordan blinks, Commerson gets his job back
BiblioMarket 11:12 pm, Pacific Daylight Time Friday, December 22, 2006 At a gala held in commemoration of Gallaudet and the success of the recent protest, Ryan Commerson, the leader of the Gallaudet protest, made an announcement on stage, saying this evening at 10:43 pm: “I got a page this morning saying I got my job back.” The crowd erupted [...]
Sat, Dec 23 2006 hide this blog

conference: 150 Years on Kendall Green - April 2007
BiblioMarket Gallaudet University Press Institute Announces the International Conference... 150 Years on Kendall Green: Celebrating Deaf History and Gallaudet April 11-13, 2007 Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University Washington, D.C. The 150 Years on Kendall Green: Celebrating Deaf History and Gallaudet conference will take place on April 11-13, 2007. Gallaudet University [...]
Wed, Dec 20 2006 hide this blog

The Death of Media
BiblioMarket This blogger reviews this book, using the Gallaudet protest as an example of the themes contained within the book. I've posted part of the review here, and the rest can be read at the link provided at the end. Danny Schechter's The Death of the Media [and the Fight to Save Democracy]One-hundred and seventy-three pages, [...]
Tue, Dec 19 2006 hide this blog

My Thoughts, Found Hidden in a 1927 Yearbook
BiblioMarket I came across a 1927 yearbook from Drake University while browsing in my bookstore today and spent a couple hours looking at pictures of students, faculty, and campus. It was fun to see the clothes, the hairstyles, the fraternities and sororities, the clubs, athletics, and so forth and try to imagine the political climate [...]
Mon, Dec 18 2006 hide this blog

Fernandes Dec. 17: The protest was about my not being deaf...
BiblioMarket In her most recent interview with her hometown newspaper, Dr. Fernandes yet again plays the ‘not deaf enough' card, continuing to lie to the media, her family, and most importantly, to herself, about her failure as a LEADER. She has a long history of failure upon failure, and yet, claims that she has been wronged. [...]
Sun, Dec 17 2006 hide this blog

LaToya Plummer: Drastic Actions Will be Taken
BiblioMarket In today's Washington Post, student leader Latoya Plummer states that if reprisals are not lifted, “drastic actions will be taken.” I am hoping that these actions will include Boycotting Gallaudet in the Spring, with a large number of students refusing to return to Gallaudet and thereby hurting the University financially, at a time when Galladuet [...]
Sat, Dec 16 2006 hide this blog

BOT to Students: ?Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, and...
BiblioMarket Here it is - the official ‘Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, and Up-Yours' from the Board of Trustees to ALL the protesters, alumni, staff, faculty, parents, and protest supporters. The Board is callously ignoring THEIR own role in causing this protest in the first place, and fixing the blame entirely on the protesters. If accountability [...]
Fri, Dec 15 2006 hide this blog

Tina Jo Breindel open letter to Carl Pramuk / Hillel...
BiblioMarket Open Letter to Carl Pramuk, Gallaudet Dean of Students, and Hillel Goldberg, Coordinator of Judicial AffairsFrom: Tina Jo Breindel To: carl.pramuk@gallaudet.edu CC: hillel.goldberg@gallaudet.edu Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:35:48 -0800 Subject: Pardon me. . . Hey Carl~ I want to take the time to compose this e-mail as I know you personally years back, during the days when [...]
Thu, Dec 14 2006 hide this blog

Letters from S. Weiner & W. Marshall
BiblioMarket Here are two letters, one from Dr. Weiner and the other from Dr. Marshall, regarding the selection of Dr. Davila for the post of IP. From: Stephen F. Weiner, Ed.D. [mailto:stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:56 AM To: stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu Cc: stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu Subject: Dear friends and members of the university [...]
Tue, Dec 12 2006 hide this blog

Transcript: Dr. Davila?s Acceptance Speech
BiblioMarket Note: editorial comments and footnotes are from Brian Riley, who prepared this lengthy transcript of Dr. Davila's speech. Transcript of Gallaudet Interim President-elect Robert Davila's acceptance speech on Sunday, December 10, 2006: PAMELA HOLMES (Acting Chair of the Gallaudet Board of Trustees): Good afternoon, everyone. With today's announcement of the Interim [...]
Tue, Dec 12 2006 hide this blog

Thieves Exploit IP Relay
BiblioMarket MSNBC.com Thieves exploit phone system for the deaf FCC reviewing relay rules that are costing U.S. businesses millions By Lisa Myers, Tim Sandler & the NBC News Investigative Unit Updated: 4:05 p.m. ET Dec 5, 2006 WASHINGTON - For Steve Walker and his wife, Krista, the advent of an Internet-based telephone system for the deaf was a godsend. “It's [...]
Tue, Dec 12 2006 hide this blog

I.K. Jordan Departing Dec. 22 admidst SCANDAL
BiblioMarket ..... ain't this somethin'? Read this memo from I.K. Jordan below my comments. old man Jordan and his sidekick Fernandes made a huge mess of Gallaudet's Accreditation status, jeopardizing all students at Gallaudet with the possibility of worthless degrees, and Jordan, knowing damn well he had made a stinkin' mess, made sure he got his [...]
Mon, Dec 11 2006 hide this blog

Photos from Announcement of IP Dr. Davila
BiblioMarket Photos following announcement of Dr. Robert Davila as Gallaudet's Interim President. [from Gallaudet.edu]I King Jordan congratulates Davila.Robert Davila thumbs up at I King Jordan for his 19 years of service at Gallaudet.Davila meets people in the Elstad Auditoruim.Robert Davila being interviewed by news media in the Jordan Student Academic Center.Interim President [...]
Mon, Dec 11 2006 hide this blog

Gallaudet Student Russell Harvard on CSI: NY, Dec. 13
BiblioMarket Note: IMDB.com shows Harvard will be in an upcoming 2007 movie as well as on CSI:NY. The movie is called There Will Be Blood (2007) and is a story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the early days of the business. Here is a press [...] [...]
Mon, Dec 11 2006 hide this blog

Gallaudet Looking Towards the Future
BiblioMarket Popular Move at Gallaudet InsideHigherEducation.com Monday, December 11, 2006 By Scott Jaschik and Paul D. Thacker Gallaudet University's board named an interim president Sunday ? and in a break with recent turmoil on the campus, the selection of Robert Davila won immediate praise from hundreds who gathered in a campus auditorium to hear the announcement. “We [...]
Mon, Dec 11 2006 hide this blog

Campus Thrilled With Davila
BiblioMarket Gallaudet Chooses Interim President Campus ‘Thrilled' By Pick of Nationally Known Deaf Leader The Washington Post Monday, December 11, 2006; Page B01 By Susan Kinzie, Washington Post Staff Writer When the board chairwoman announced yesterday that Robert Davila will be the next leader of Gallaudet University, the crowd in the auditorium at the school for the deaf [...]
Sun, Dec 10 2006 hide this blog

Bio: Edward W. Correia, FSSA?s Attorney
BiblioMarket Edward W. Correia Litigation; Corporate Department Education: JD, University of Oklahoma, 1976 MPP, Harvard University, 1972 BA, University of Oklahoma, 1970Experience: Edward Correia is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office, where his practice focuses on antitrust, consumer protection and international trade issues, including export control regulations. He also [...]
Sun, Dec 10 2006 hide this blog

Its Official: Davila Takes Presidency!
BiblioMarket There were some earlier reports that Davila had been chosen, including a Washington Post story, but mindful of the embarrassing Truman - Dewey election saga I held off posting this announcement until I was absolutely certain it was true. I'm very pleased to see this announcement on Gallaudet's website and I am looking [...]
Sun, Dec 10 2006 hide this blog

No Reprisals!
BiblioMarket Below my comments today are screenshots of a letter from FSSA's lawyers to Pam Holmes, Chair of the Board of Trustees. As Jeff Rosen stated when he distributed this letter: “A letter from FSSA's attorneys is attached as a reminder that out of all the people complicit in the Gallaudet situation, the students bore the [...]
Sun, Dec 10 2006 hide this blog

My Thoughts on Davila, Marshall, and Weiner
BiblioMarket This is a list of the recently announced final candidates for Gallaudet Interim President. My choice would be Dr. Robert Davila, for his extensive and recent contributions to the field of Deaf Education. Weiner, as a member of the Jordan inner circle, is immediately suspect, and should not even be considered whatsoever. Marshall [...] [...]
Wed, Dec 06 2006 hide this blog

I.K. Jordan: I?m coming Back to Gallaudet
BiblioMarket sigh..... tonight, I am feeling discouraged and disgusted. when I heard about the upcoming interview with I.K. Jordan on NPR, with an audience of nearly 3 million people, I had hopes that after a month since Fernandes’ ouster that Jordan would have taken the time to reflect on the reasons for the [...]
Wed, Nov 29 2006 hide this blog

Christmas Shopping with Google $20 off $50 purchase!
BiblioMarket Today, I did some early Christmas shopping for my family. I discovered a very cool deal between Google and Buy.com that takes $10 of a $30 purchase, and $20 off a $50 purchase, IF you use Google Checkout to complete the purchase. to get the discount, follow these steps: 1. Add item to cart2. Proceed to [...] [...]
Tue, Nov 21 2006 hide this blog

Maybe Gallaudet Need More Coalitions
BiblioMarket by “Poppi” I am pretty dumb and immensely retarded. I only try to sometimes play at thinking like humans do. So let’s see how hard I can try 8-)  1. I’ve got no principled problem with the forming of any formation. All I do is ask dumb questions in an attempt to be educated. 2. I, [...]
Mon, Nov 20 2006 hide this blog

Announcing THE CAPTIONED WEB - ccweb.explode.to
BiblioMarket Press Release: Nov. 20, 2006 Today, BiblioMarket officially announces the release of THE CAPTIONED WEB, a BiblioMarket media project to pull the latest captioned web videos off the Internet from Google Video, YouTube, and Yahoo Video, and push them all to one web-page that loads quickly and cleanly, with NO advertisements. All videos are embedded [...]
Mon, Nov 20 2006 hide this blog

Violence Against Deaf Women on Campus
BiblioMarket This article was sent to me in response to the People Magazine article I posted here a few days ago. Thanks to Julie Rems-Smario, Executive Director, DeafHope www.Deaf-Hope.org Julie will soon be sending me a video presentation on this topic, created with Wayne Betts, Jr, which I will post here at bibliomarket when it’s [...]
Mon, Nov 20 2006 hide this blog

testing_the_truth Responds to Lindsay Dunn
BiblioMarket From Zoltan Szekely GallyNet-L Nov 19 Lindsay, before I could respond to your letter in details I have a few questions to ask. Please, try to answer them clearly, so that we may have a conversation. 1. Are you aware that David King in representation of BDSU declared in May 2nd at the Security Kiosk rally that the search process was NOT flawed? 2. [...]
Sun, Nov 19 2006 hide this blog

The Stolen Dream
BiblioMarket Sometimes I wonder about the deaf people of Iraq. What is their life like? How do they cope? What kind of a support system do they have? What about deaf Iraqi children? How much more terrifying have their lives become? Do they still go to school? Do they even HAVE a school? Are their parents [...]
Sat, Nov 18 2006 hide this blog

Lecture Capturing Technology At Gallaudet
BiblioMarket By Jennifer LeClaire TechNewsWorld 11/18/06 1:30 AM PT “Assistive technologies help students with special needs, but may also be able to help students who are poor performers or have some special learning style,” said Don Knezek, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “There is a tremendous, positive feeling toward assistive [...]
Sat, Nov 18 2006 hide this blog

Lindsay Dunn Responds to Testing_the_Truth
BiblioMarket From Lindsay Dunn [Special Assistant to President I.K. Jordan] on gallynet: Nov 17 Dr. Szekely; I happen to be the advisor to the Latino Student Union and the International Student Club. Prior to that I was also advisor to BDSU and ISC. Thuan Nguyen is advisor to the Asian Pacific Association and along with Dr. Laurene Sims, [...]
Sat, Nov 18 2006 hide this blog