the fake report of Jane Fernandez!!
The Deaf Sherlock This was alerted by Ridor (www.Ridorlive.com) which I saw on his site. And tonight.. a mass e-mail was going out to various people. I was among one of the unlucky people to get it. Here's what it looks like:Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:42 PMSubject: Former Gallaudet Provost Apparent Suicide ARP NEWSLINE ALERT: October 30, 2006 (Annapolis, MD) Anne Arundel [...]
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Ryan?s Appreciation
Save Gallaudet University Ryan’s AppreciationView the Video
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Deaf Political Candidate
via link submit Nice article on Deaf Candidate in the running to be in Minnesota's House of Representatives.
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WAS IT A "KING OF MOUNTAIN" GAME?
Show Me Deaf Community I find it interesting about a note from James Fernandes in Mishka Zena's Endless Pondering column posted yesterday. It was about his comments about Washington Post's article and how his wife was involved. I can undertand that we are all human beings and we can make mistakes from time to time. It can be forgiven or not forgiven. People [...]
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No Deaf Teens in Archie Comics?
Berke Outspoken Remember Archie and the gang? All perfectly normal hearing teenagers. I have never seen a recurring deaf teenage character in Archie comics. (One of the gang, Moose, does have dyslexia.) Aside from Moose, the only disabled teenage Archie characters I have seen have been in public service announcement comic strips. As far as deafness in Archie comics, I know of only [...]
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Jay Krieger on DeafRead
via link submit Jay Krieger talks about the impact DeafRead had on one of his blogs.
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The Reunification of Gallaudet: Healing Through Dialogue
Mishka Zena A new discussion board ( [link] has now been set up to promote the healing and reunification of the Gallaudet community through open, honest, respectful dialogue among people on ALL sides of the protests (for, against, ambivalent).  This discussion board, entitled “The Reunification of Gallaudet,” welcomes all members of the Gallaudet [...]
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Response to Office of Alumni Relations Letter
Central Floridians For FSSA
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Deaf Adoptable Teenagers
Jamie Berke (About.com) November is National Adoption Awareness Month, so I am spotlighting some waiting deaf/hearing teenage siblings in the United States who need families. All of these teens, and others, are...
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Contradictions, oh my, once again!
Central Floridians For FSSA
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Heroine Jeanne Fernandes de Gallaudet!
BiblioMarket James Fernandes, Jane’s husband, sent out this letter in which he compares his wife to the hero Joan of Arc, a national heroine of France and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. In the letter, he also refers to the Gallaudet protesters as “a mob that turn on a heroic leader.” whew [...]
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Friday?s the Unity Nite
Riverside for FSSA Thanks to MCI, Sprint and Verizon for offering their sponsorship to the Friday’s Riverside for FSSA event. Note the time change: Friday evening at Social Hall on Friday, Nov 3 starts at 6:00p to socialize then the guest speakers get to share personal experiences at 6:30p. Due to the CSDR football game playing that very night, we [...]
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Management by Intimidation at RSD
via link submit To the community of RSD who care about this deaf school. The protest at Gallaudet University did open our eyes to our problem with RSD. There are so many blogs on the internet to discuss the deep problems they have with Gallaudet University. Many of us are paying attention to this news reporting by the deaf bloggers on the new site, www.deafread.com. The deaf [...]
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Leave Jane Fernandes Alone?
Mishka Zena Well, actually, let me qualify that statement (from my previous post, where I said “I agree”). Even though IKJ has encouraged us to put down our “weapons of words” and begin healing, articles from the AP continue to roll in every day stating that the protestors ousted JKF because she’s not “deaf enough.”  It’s kind of [...]
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Biased Media Do Do?
Mishka Zena On reading news media reports and armchair analyses of the Gallaudet situation: 1. Most aren’t getting it right. A few are close, but still missing what we see as insiders. We need to formulate a policy, a sense of direction and disseminate it over and OVER again. It could be a GUFSSA statement, or a collaborative statement for all of [...]
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From James Fernandes
Mishka Zena Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:38:39 -0500 From: James Fernandes Subject: Gallaudet’s Loss To: Jim Verizon Fernandes Dear All, Sincere and deep thanks from all our family for the diverse ways you  have expressed your love, support and shared greiving for the loss we and Gallaudet have experienced.  Many–particularly those at Gallaudet–are not on this [...]
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RSD: Video Clips From the First Town Hall Meeting
via link submit Greetings ! I’m going to leave the links here for you to watch the video clips from the first town hall meeting. Some of the problems the speakers mentioned about were taken care of by the administration. There are some issues ongoing discussed by the committees and administration. The quality of some clips are not good but at least viewable. More clips will be [...]
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Transcript of Nightline on Protest
Mishka Zena American Broadcast Company (ABC) ABC News Nightline (National news program) Monday, October 30, 2006 When Students Revolt CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (anchor): We’re going to take a journey inside one of the most closed and insular communities in the country tonight, inside the world of the deaf.  This weekend, the trustees of Gallaudet (GOLL-uh-det, phonetic) University, [...]
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Inclusiveness without 100% ASL is ...
Kalalau's Korner Inclusiveness means ?all of us together.? It is the language of ?we,? and we are in this together. However, at Gallaudet University:How do you feel when someone tells you, ?We?re in this together if and only if we could match signs with words.? How do you feel when someone says, ?All deaf children can learn all languages and modes of communication.? How do you feel [...]
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From Director of Alumni Relations
DeafRead GUEST BLOGGERS The below was e-mailed to Gallaudet Alumnus today. Dear Alumnus, On October 29, the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees terminated Dr. Fernandes’ appointment as President-Designate (currently effective) and President (effective beginning January 1, 2007) at Gallaudet University. Four announcements were [...]
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Still In The Area: More Reflections
RidorLIVE I’m still in the area as I work to tie things up before I depart for Richmond.  But there are surprises in store for y’all in a short time.  Stay tuned. Otherwise, it is now Wednesday.  4 days after the terminaton of Fernandes by the Board of Trustees, the community literally broke the Axis of Evil’s [...]
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"Leave jkf Alone."
Deaf Tea Time There are posts on Ridor and Deafread where people ask others to stop talking about jkf and to leave her alone. Folks, how could we if we don't know what will become of her??We still wonder if she will remain at Gallaudet? What is BoT's intentions with her? Surely those at Gallaudet much rather she does NOT come back to Gallaudet at all. We all don't wish any ill upon [...]
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Job fairs and job fairs.. oh boy.
The Deaf Sherlock Howdy folks.. Well, as far as the Gallaudet Job Fair the past month of October fell victim to the protest ( you would not believe how many job seekers have THREATENED the protest leaders) at Gallaudet, it was very unfortunate that the Career Center at Gallaudet University did not bother to send out a Mass E-mail to inform every one who was going to [...]
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Are You a Bluffer?
Karen Have you ever been caught in a conversation where you weren't sure what was going on yet you nodded along, laughed along or excused yourself to head to the bathroom? Social bluffing. Everyone does it, my neighbors with hearing in the normal range have shared with me. "I'll be at a party," says my neighbor Denise, "and I'll miss something that's being said or my mind [...]
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How Do We Fix Gallaudet University?
DeafDC.com By Christopher Brown From May to October 2006, we witnessed the students, faculty, and alumni staging a campaign against the appointment of Fernandes to succeed Jordan as the next president for Gallaudet University. After Sunday’s decision by the Board of Trustees to abruptly terminate her appointment, the questions remain: Where does that leave Gallaudet? What [...]
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