Alumni Will Step In Tomorrow
Elisa Abenchuchan Tom Holcomb and Rory Osbrink have announced that the alumni will step in tomorrow at 5 PM and change “shifts” with students. They will provide enterainment, sit down at the gates, and much more. This will be a well-deserved break for the students who have worked so hard up to this point. Thanks, alumni!
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363: the great deluge
Deaf in the City 363: the great delugeI read with tears the amazing Letter from Clerc Center in which they detail the problems they have with Jane Fernandes. I wrote about many of these issues way back in May but it feels wonderful to see the faculty standing up for themselves. As a student who truly loved MSSD which was the MOST progressive Deaf school at the time (where they signed [...]
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STAMP OUT AUDISM!
Show Me Deaf Community Geez whiz! Jane said earlier today ?Young people can?t make their appointments to get their hearing aids and hearing tests.? What kind of person is she? She is the puppet of audists. Is Hearing and Speech Association behind this? Is AG Bell Association behind this? We have a message for audists! Your days are [...]
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Letter from a Faculty Member
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Dear Editor,I am a member of the Gallaudet University Faculty.  Like Jane Fernandes, I grew up attending public schools and learned sign language as an adult.  I am also a published author, having written about the experience of those of us who like myself, grew up ?Alone in the Mainstream.? I ...
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E-mail to Dr. Fernandes from an Alumnus
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Dr. Fernandes,I trust you have seen the letters authored by the Faculty Officers' Advisory Committee to you and the BoT Chair.I hope, too, you have read the the letter from the Clerc Center Staff.These letters indicate you are not the person to lead Gallaudet University. You do not have the ...
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Rally @ 6 PM
Elisa Abenchuchan At the front gate. See you there!
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WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL
Inside Gallaudet
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JKF, No Plan B? Tough Luck!
Kalalau's Korner JKF, No Plan B? Tough Luck!JKF recently made a public appearance and made a patronizing yet audistic (relating to an ability to hear) statement: ?Young people can?t make their appointments to get their hearing aids and hearing tests.? JKF is a sorry case.An effective leader has Plan B when Plan A fails. JKF apparently failed both plans.Ask why Gallaudet University is [...]
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President Jordan writes letter to Parents of GU students
I Bleed Buff and Blue (From [link] to ParentsDear Parents: You must be concerned about what you are hearing and reading about the Gallaudet University protest and I wanted to reassure you that we are doing everything in our power to reopen the campus in a peaceful manner.We have continued to negotiate in good faith only to have the protestors continue to hold the [...]
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Eric Holder to Lead Investigation into Alleged Use of...
Inside Gallaudet The investigation is expected to begin promptly and will be completed as soon as possible.
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Letter to Friends of Gallaudet
Inside Gallaudet Message from Dr. I. King Jordan
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Updates Through Pictures
Elisa Abenchuchan click on the pictures to make them bigger  Four students begin a hunger strike.  Things that the students are starving for...  A picture of the students who are on the hunger strike.  All ready to keep a fire going through the night to keep the protestors warm. It’s now at the front of Fowler Hall, near the kiosk. See [...]
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MSSD/Kendall Staff Ask For JKF?s Resignation
Mishka Zena The pressure is increasing for Dr. Fernandes to resign.  These courageous Clerc Center staff spoke out at the risk of their job security. It’s worthwhile reading this letter. It describes how these programs suffered under the Fernandes Administration. The complaints of the parents who took their kids out of these educational programs are validated by this [...]
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Clerc Center Calls for Fernarndes? Resignation!
RidorLIVE This can be found on FSSA Coalition’s website. Unity for Gallaudet! Cheers, R- * * * NOTE: The authors? names are withheld due to fear of reprisals. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2006 Contact: ClercCenterProtest@yahoo.com Teachers and Staff at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Call for the Resignation of Dr. Jane K. Fernandes from Gallaudet [...]
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Letter from a Parent of an Alumnus
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition As a parent of a Gallaudet alumni ('02,'05) I want to express my concern over the administration's use of confrontative, terse language that I believe is inflaming the current situation with protesting students and alienating those individuals who feel that Jane Fernandes is not the right choice for President of Gallaudet ...
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October 14 - Ethnic Food Day
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Tomorrow (Saturday, October 14) is Ethnic Food Day!  Please bring food from different cultures for lunch and dinner! 
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Letter from Clerc Center Staff
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2006Contact: ClercCenterProtest@yahoo.comTeachers and Staff at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Call for the Resignation of Dr. Jane K. Fernandes from Gallaudet University.Washington, DC ? October 13, 2006 ? Following a meeting yesterday morning, a group of teachers and staff currently [...]
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Jane Fernandes Makes an Appearance
Elisa Abenchuchan Jane Fernandes stood at the DPS kiosk and waited. Protestors walked up to the kiosk and watched her begin to speak... standing behind signs asking for her resignation.Fernandes said that she was there to invite a small group of students to meet with her, so she could listen to their concerns and issues and start [...]
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SBG Presidents from Other Universities Announce Their...
Elisa Abenchuchan The SBG president of George Washington University The SBG president of the University of D.C. The SBG president of George Mason University ...are all here on campus. ALSO - read this letter by a student from Duke.
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Broken Promises
Elisa Abenchuchan Thomas Koch?s Story Hello my fellow Gallaudetians! I am going to tell you a story about the Gallaudet Murders and Jane Fernandes. I was the Wild West Wing Resident Advisor (RA) of Cogswell Hall during the time of the murder tragic. I was the RA who discovered freshman Eric Plunkett who had been beaten to death in the [...]
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The World Shows Their Support
Elisa Abenchuchan click on the photo to make it bigger [...]
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Tim Rarus, Andy Lange, and Student from RIT Talks to...
Elisa Abenchuchan I arrived on campus just in time to see one of the DPN leaders, Tim Rarus, giving interviews to the media.Then he stood up on the gate (at the front gate) and said that the world is supporting the protest. “You are doing the right thing,” said Rarus. He said that Sioux Falls, South Dakota, [...]
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Fall Back and Regroup
DeafRead GUEST BLOGGERS Fall Back and Regroup Some may have read into my previous posts that I am ?for? the appointment of Dr. Fernandes and ?against? the protest. This is not the case. However, after some wonderful responses from people including an articulate education from Arthur Luhn, I have a better understanding of where people are coming from. That [...]
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Deafeye Vlog - New England? New York City! Dr. Brueggemann?
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Protest Update at 2:15 EST
Mishka Zena - STUDENTS COMPLETELY OWN THE CAMPUS - DPS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN EXCEPT HMB AND DPS OFFICE [HMB = Hall Memorial Building] - UNKNOWN IF FERNANDES IS STILL ON CAMPUS - ADMINISTRATION IS POWERLESS - METRO DC POLICE ARE NOT PRESENT - 6TH STREET GATES REMAIN BLOCKED MORE TO COME - EARL And If They Lay Us Down To Rest...
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