Diary of A Hunger Striker, Christine R ?Coco?
Mishka Zena From a friend who was one of the student leaders last May.Over the years Christine R, known as Coco to her Canadian friends, has been very active in promoting the civil rights of deaf-blind students and frequently tried to get the administrators to improve the accessibility of the facilities and programs for the multi-handicapped students. [...]
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How Long Can You Go Without Food?
Mishka Zena How Long Can You Go Without Food? Hunger strikes 101. By Brendan I. Koerner Posted Thursday, June 10, 2004, at 5:31 PM ET Despondent over the injuries he allegedly caused his stepdaughter while setting his estranged wife’s house ablaze, Charles Robert McNabb is on a hunger strike at the Spokane County Jail. He has lasted 123 days so far, subsisting on water [...]
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Live Blogging
People of the Eye I am now blogging from my Sidekick- technology rocks! I just walked out of work and am on the way to Gally. Will keep y’all posted.
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Tent City-Cook Out Event in Knoxville, TN !
Deaf Tennessean for FSSA and GUAA Hello for everyone! I want to inform all of you that we will have a Tent City-Cook Out event in Knoxville, TN again! The event will be held at Knoxville Center of the Deaf from 12noon thru 3pm on October 28 at 3731 Martin Mill Pike in South Knoxville. Tennessee Association of the Deaf (TAD) will provide the hamburgers and hot dogs with sided dishes. We would like [...]
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A Frustrated Alumnus
Mishka Zena Peggy is not the only person to feel this way. Many alumni, including me, feel the same way. We all don’t understand the actions of I.K. Jordan, especially the last few weeks.  Alumni readers, what are your current feelings about Jordan’s actions this year? elizabeth Thursday, October 19, 2006As a frustrated alumna, I wanted to send this [...]
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Transcript: Failed Leadership at Gallaudet
Mishka Zena  ?Failed Leadership at Gallaudet? ASL Vlog by Joey Baer English Translation by Rob Voreck October 24, 2006 (Begin ASL Vlog) Hello, I?m Joey. Many of you are aware of the turmoil at Gallaudet which has gotten only worse in the past few days. The crisis has now reached severe proportions. I?ve noted that there is one crucial factor missing with the [...]
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The Protest that Galvanized the Deaf Community
BiblioMarket A comment left on InsideHigherEd.com’s website in response to today’s Searching for Answers at Gallaudet article reaffirms what I have been witnessing myself on the ground at Gallaudet and in blogs across the Internet. This protest, in a few short weeks, has done more to galvanize the WHOLE deaf community than anything the Gallaudet administration [...]
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Letter to Board of Trustees from GUAA
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition October 24, 2006Dr. Brenda Bruegemann, Chair Board of TrusteesDr. I. King Jordan, President, Gallaudet UniversityThe Gallaudet University Alumni Association Board of Directors met on campus this recent weekend. Additionally, thousands of alumni from all over the world also arrived on campus for what was supposed to be our Homecoming.We were ...
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Letter from Dolores Huerta, co-founder of UFW
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition October 19, 2006Dear Dr. Jordan, Dr. Fernandes, and members of the Board of Trustees at Gallaudet University,     I am sending this letter to inform you that I am joining the many concerned people and organizations that are calling for social justice and change at Gallaudet University.  It has been my life?s ...
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Students Hurt!
People of the Eye MSSD gate was recently forced open by DPS. They bulldozed the gate open. There were NO INTERPRETERS on the scene. Students were seriously injured. They also dumped massive heaps of “trash” by the front gates, mostly consisting of tents and students’ possessions. Students are very angry. More to come.
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Pagers During College Hall LockDown Process
Mishka Zena 10/25/2006 12:32:01 A.M. College hall is locked down, my sources tell me. -Jennie 10/25/2006 12:37:44 A.M. Lock down college hall now!   Do it now.. Go for it!  We are doing it now. –xxxx 10/25/2006 12:38:50 A.MI guess so.  There was a lot of confusion, but it appears they’ve locked down college hall... Again. As for me, I’m off to bed.  [...]
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College Hall lockdown
ayala920's Xanga College Hall was locked down once again last night at approximately 12:30 am. But it appears that the lockdown has already ended.Personally, I didn't support the lockdown of College Hall. I understand the frustrations many students have because of the lack of concern from the administration, but locking down College Hall was not the answer. Protestors have been [...]
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Updates about College Hall Lockdown
People of the Eye Students locked College Hall at midnight, and stayed there until approximately 8 AM this morning, when they vacated the building, due to a shortage of people to keep it locked down. They only locked the first floor. The building is still closed as of right now, and is secured from the inside. DPS has yellow [...]
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Blood by MSSD gates
People of the Eye A lot of blood is by the MSSD gates. Brian Morrison’s foot was injured, among others. More to come.
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Names of the Injured
People of the Eye Brian Morrison Dexter Jones Gabe Green Trevor Baldwin My informant, Megan Malzkuhn, was recently almost hit by a speeding DPS SUV. More to come.
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Our Open Letter sent May 2006
Kansas4FSSA OPEN LETTER TO THE GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESSUBJECT: Gallaudet University Protest May 1, 2006 to presentFROM: Concerned Gallaudetians Olathe/Overland Park, KansasTO: Brenda Brueggerman, Interim Chair Gallaudet University Board of Trustees (BoT)On May 1, 2006, the announcement of Dr. Jane K. [...]
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Gallaudet Parents Continue to Support our Students
Gallaudet Parents United GALLY PARENTS, What can I say. It is still very difficult here. A real critical time. Even though many parents have gone, we are still here (David and myself) and are working hard staying involved in this protest. We have set up systems for parents to help from their homes as well. If you have any skills that you think will help us, please let us know. There [...]
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Will ye submit your necks?
testing_the_truth Will ye submit your necks, and choose to bend The supple knee? Ye will not, if I trust To know ye right, or if ye know yourselves Natives and sons of Heaven possessed before By none; and if not equal all, yet free, Equally free; for orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist. Who can in reason then, or right, assume Monarchy over such as live by right [...]
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College Hall Lockdown Success!
Deaf Bison Network We had two days discussion about strategies of lockdown and we had talked about cons and pros. Ladies and Gentlemen, they have decided to lockdown College Hall. At first, I thought it was 4am plan, but instead, they decided to do it at midnight. I talked to few of my friends and they said that [...]
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Gally Hellraisers Has Taken College Hell
RidorLIVE Today, my friend and I loitered at a bar in DuPont Circle and we were alerted by his pager vibrating. It was a message to tell us that it is time. It was at 1 AM. Meanwhile, there was this hearing patron who saw my Gallaudet t-shirt and said , “You are Hellraisers!” with a [...]
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Wanna help with the gates at Gallaudet
Frederick United For FSSA If you are able to help with the front gate at Gallaudet, please feel free to sign up here.
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WE MUST BE TRUE ROLE-MODELS
Columbia, South Carolina for FSSA Again, we MUST be TRUE role-models for those deaf and hard of hearing children. Why did I (the author) say this?It is because I had been following the blogs, vlogs, webclips, and all other information off the Internet...one thing disappoints me greatly. I notice that the journalism among a few "reporters" are not very good because I notice that most did not do their [...]
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TENT CITY in SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia, South Carolina for FSSA We had around 15 people including children at the TENT CITY. We could have more people at this "city," but rain and cool weather kept most at bay. However, we all had a good time together as one of FSSA family.We believed that we , South Carolina, should host a tent city to show our support particularly toward the deaf and hard of hearing children. We decided to [...]
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Welcome to our Tent City!
Columbia, South Carolina for FSSA
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If Jane Cannot Control These 15, Then What?
RidorLIVE One freshman from Michigan told me a tale that he took First Year Seminar course under Jane K. Fernandes. She lost control of the class as the students kept on bombarding her with things about her performances. Then there was a vote which Fernandes suggested the students to vote, the vote was to eject her [...]
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