Deaf Blogs and Vlogs

Senator McCain Resigns from BoT. Confirmed!

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Mike McConnell Well. It's confirmed. Senator McCain resigned his honorary position from the Board of Trustees at Gallaudet University. Like one commenter said,McCain can take a LOT of flak- Gee, Deafies ran off the guy who stood up to theNorth VN Communists! ACK!Indeed. McCain was a POW in North Vietnam. He's now an ex-honorary member of Gallaudet's Board of Trustees.Next question [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Serenity_EM's Xanga *******************BREAKING NEWS***********************- SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN NO LONGER ON GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES- RESIGNS FROM POSITION- GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY'S BOT WEBSITE EDITED TO SHOW A VACANCY FOR MCCAIN'S POSITIONMORE TO COME- EARL
Tue, Nov 07 2006

The Fernandes Bulge Was Just the Beginning

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BiblioMarket by Kenneth G Samson @ bibliomarket Once again, some people just don’t get it. The Hearing Loss Association has issued this statement condemning the BoT actions in terminating Dr. Fernandes. This organization is unilaterally ignoring the rich and diverse history of Gallaudet accepting and teaching a wide spectrum of deaf students, by whatever label they have [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

INCLUSIVENESS HELPS (if you were white ... and hearing)

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Kalalau's Korner Inclusiveness is more complex and challenging but that?s Gallaudet University we are talking about. We used to think of inclusiveness in terms of more than six principal groups?D/deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, CI users, Oralists, ASL users, Black Deaf, Deaf with another Disability, etc. However there are over 1200 independent thinking students on campus who happen to be Deaf. [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Bernard Bragg in Austin!

AUSTIN for FSSA As you know, Bernard Bragg put his $1M bequest on hold in light of the Gallaudet crisis. Fortunately, the major crisis is over. The healing has begun.Let's give our rousing support to Bernard Bragg by attending his show this coming Saturday, Nov 11th at TSD Auditorium at 7pm!!!Theatre in the Sky by Bernard BraggTickets $15 each. Children under 12 free.Purchase [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Senator Resigns From Gally BoT!

Mike McConnell Got the word via email saying from Shirley Shultz that one very, very important person in the Board of Trustees resigned recently probably because of the protest making him look very bad. Shirley Shultz was just recently informed of this since I got the email. Who is this guy? A clue, he has been a strong advocate not only of Gallaudet University but of [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

My Response to Tom's "Journalists Can Be So Dumb."

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Javietz I think it is unforunate, but not so surprising that we frequently encounter hearing people who are ignorant to our way of life. Hearing people, unfamiliar with the langauge, culture, and society of Deaf people, often stereotype them as isolated, lonely, miserable, and emotionally cut off from other people. These projections of hearing people of what it must mean to [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

No 135 Arrested Students Left Behind (ASL)

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Mishka Zena Deaf Throat shocked. Appalled. Upset. Say oh shit. Heart sank like Titanic. Deaf Throat must tell world what bother, bother about what?, how bother Deaf Throat. Please peel open eye both of them like peel skin from orange, and pay attention to what happen at Gallaudet. Know what about? What that about? Know what happen? That story about retaliation like [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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International Deaf Travel

Jamie Berke (About.com) Some travel agents are not aware that options are available for deaf people who want to travel. A typical e-mail from a travel agent: My client would like to...
Tue, Nov 07 2006

PUG on Southern California Radio and Televison

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Gallaudet Parents United Tuesday, November 7th at 9 am, Supt. Mal Grossinger of the California School for the Deaf Riverside and Zibby Bayarsky will be interviewed on the radio, KVCR-FM (91.9) Wednesday, November 8th at 7:30 pm on KVCR-TV (Channel 24) PBS they will be interviewed on "Its Your Call". They will discuss the Gallaudet University situation, CSDR and the deaf community. Zibby [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

PBS documentary explores 200 years of deaf life in America

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Inside Gallaudet "THROUGH DEAF EYES," the first comprehensive film on deaf history, premieres March 21, 2007.
Tue, Nov 07 2006

Deaf Artists Speak Out: Guthrie Nutter and Alexand...

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Save Deaf Theater Deaf Artists Speak Out: Guthrie Nutter and Alexandria WailesAlexandria WailesPlease tell us about yourself and how you got started in theater. I've been performing upon stages since the age of four. I had my tasteof theatre throughout my upbringing, but truly bit by the acting bug in2000.Have you personally worked with any of the agencies hit? Whether or not,what do [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Mishka Zena Gallaudet protest highlights changing reality of deaf culture Tuesday, November 07, 2006 By Gabrielle Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Amid the celebration last week after the Gallaudet University board of trustees revoked Jane K. Fernandes’ appointment as president, a group of student protesters burned her in effigy. Dr. Fernandes, in turn, donned a medallion of [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Fighting Over Videophone Control

DeafJoke.tv This video is actually used for local upcoming event. (San Diego, CA) This video "advertising" is very funny! Credit: [link] - Don’t forget to rate this post - thanks! [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Off the Air!

Riverside for FSSA Tuesday, November 7th at 9 a.m., Supt. Mal Grossinger and Zibby Bayarsky with PUG (Parents United for Gallaudet) will be interviewed on the KVCR-FM radio (91.9) On Wednesday, November 8th at 7:30 p.m. on KVCR-TV, channel 24 with PBS, they will be interviewed on “It’s Your Call” discussing the Gallaudet University situation, CSDR and the deaf [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Kalalau's Korner If you would not be forgotten,As soon as you are dead and rotten,Either write things worthy of reading,Or do things worth the writing.--Poor Richard's Almanack, 1736History helps us to honor our past and to heed our possibilities for the future. Benjamin Franklin once wrote: ?In love of liberty and in the defense of it, Holland has been our example.?After winning the [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

"I wanna go to Gally, but I don't wanna sign."

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Random Thoughts and Musings There is an interesting discussion going on at DeafDC.com. Christopher Brown wrote this thoughtful article designed to spark discussion about how to fix Gallaudet, but the discussion has strayed to other items. I actually feel sorry for the dude, 'cause his article was thought-provoking and deserves to be discussed. I was very surprised by one discussion thread. [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

BiblioMarket by Chris Heuer The purpose of this post is to get you to read Saul D. Alinsky’s RULES FOR RADICALS. Since it was an important source of reflection for a lot of protestors, I thought that some of you might be interested in learning what it was all about, and applying some of Alinsky’s ideas [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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The Faces of Gallaudet Recovered

Mishka Zena Again, thanks to the reader, Greg, who had retrieved this from the google cache for the future of Gallaudet. Unfortunately this website doesn’t accept pictures too well. You can check them out on the links located on the bottom of the page to see the pictures. elizabeth Chizuko Tamaki, G-’04 & Graduate StudentWhen Chizuko ?Chiz? Tamaki arrived on [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

BoT

ayala920's Xanga Board of Trustees to meet SaturdayThe board will meet in a special executive session this Saturday, November 11, at the Kellogg Conference Hotel. The purpose of the meeting is twofold: * To discuss the appointment of an interim president for the University * To discuss matters related to internal board governance The first part of the meeting will involve discussions [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

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Clarifications and Other Tidbits

RidorLIVE Clarification I: I want to clear some misconceptions. Some people approached me and asked me whether if I condemn Deaf people using voices, wearing hearing aids and/or Cochlear Implants? The truth is that I am OK with it. It is not for me, but if it works for you — more [...]
Mon, Nov 06 2006

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WRITE TO CONGRESS ... NOW!

Kalalau's Korner Gallaudet University continues to upset us. We love Gallaudet University. It is Deaf history in the making, good or bad.All references to the protests leading to ousting President I. King Jordan?s all time folksy favorite, Dr. Jane K. Fernandes are removed. All, I repeat, all Gallaudet University PR links we referred to in our postings are now all gone. Why in the [...]
Mon, Nov 06 2006

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What of Gallaudet And Christianity?

RidorLIVE Let’s face the reality. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet is probably the opportunist who sees the potential of having Deaf children in his own congregation. He feels the need to educate Deaf people so that they can hear his ramblings of God’s word. What was his noble intention in getting us educated in the first place? To make [...]
Mon, Nov 06 2006

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Mishka Zena from a reader who left this comment. She has some good suggestions about the interim president and what BoT can do for the time being until they are ready to appoint a new president. elizabeth I would be happy with Frank Turk, harvey goodstein, or bob davila as interim president. I agree, it seems sensible to [...]
Mon, Nov 06 2006