Why HMB Lockdown Is Necssary
ASL Community Journal When the SBG President, Noah Beckman, gave his presentation outlining why there is ineed a crisis unlike the claim IKJ made at the NAD Conference in Palm Spring last July, “There is no crisis at Gallaudet University.”   After Beckman completed his eloquent presentation, a few trustees shook their heads and spelled “stalemate” and they kept [...]
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Saturday Update
Inside Gallaudet Administration officials continue to seek a peaceful resolution of the occupation of HMB.
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Old God With New Tricks at Gallaudet:
Kalalau's Korner Old God With New Tricks at Gallaudet:Random, Out of Control, Inexplicable ActsA story reads: In the ancient Egyptian myth, Sobek was a crocodile god born to be flexible. He had improvised and took on a new job to listen to the complaints of man?s modern moans. He was a symbol of the physical strength of the pharaoh, and he was bodyguard for other colleagues protecting [...]
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Breaking the Stalemate at Gallaudet
DeafDC.com At a recent Gallaudet Board of Trustee meeting, a Board member informed the protesters that they have reached a “stalemate.” The protest position: Re-open the Presidential Search Process with the removal of the current President-Select The Board’s position: We cannot ask Dr. Jane Fernandes to step down as President-Select Both sides have dug in for [...]
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More Information
RidorLIVE Canucks For FSSA has spoken! Megan Youngs, ‘03 and Christine Roschaert, ‘06 have collaborated to bring to the Canadian front a new group in efforts to support the Gallaudet University FSSA. If you live in Canada, care deeply for Gallaudet University and its impact on the international Deaf community, email us at: CanucksForFSSA@gmail.com Alumni and [...]
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Videoclips Of Students & DPS by Melissa Malzkuhn
Mishka Zena Click on each picture to play the tapeMore from Melissa MalzkuhnEpisodes Friends PlaylistCommunication Breakdown with DPS Melissa Malzkuhn In this clip, students were trying to communicate with DPS, telling them that this is a peaceful protest and yes, HMB is in a lockdown. DPS was not directly clear and it was not till much later students found out about the [...]
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Update: Take-over of Hall Memorial Building
Inside Gallaudet Students who are illegally occupying Hall Memorial Building , have been repeatedly asked to leave by the University’s Department of Public Safety. The dissenters are disrupting classes and the offices in the building.
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From A Protester Inside HMB
Mishka Zena As now, we are working hard to lock up the HMB building. As they suspect that DPS and the DC police will come to HMB and try to find a way to break in, they expect us to clean up and get ready for school. I have to give a big thanks to the alumnis, staffs and faculties [...]
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Another Video
Elisa Abenchuchan A student tells how he was hurt by a DPS officer - with his shirt stretched and his neck red. This was taken yesterday morning right after the DPS officers barged into HMB. View it at http://mirror.video.blip.tv/MelissaMalzkuhn-DPSAssaultsStudent539.mov.
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October 6: Lock Down Night!
Deaf Bison Network I kept my promise at least. Now I have to go attend 7PM Rally. Warning: Around 60 Pictures on same page. Didn’t have time to divide. I am thinking of downloadable of zipped folder to save a lot of time or just continue the same thing as I did. Please leave comment which one [...]
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From Suzy Rosen Singleton
Mishka Zena I wasn’t there when the violence occurred this morning, but I was given this photo which was taken by Steve Vollmar during the episode of the Gallaudet security’s unreasonable use of excessive force with the campus protesters.                                     I was told that this intimidating threat of using the pepper spray was done to a number of [...]
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David King?s Letter
Deaf Bison Network After reading the letter of David King, I know his background which I personally don’t like but as you all know that he had verbal abuse toward Zoltan and it’s all in GallyNet-L and there are other things that I have heard about him but I am not comfortable in saying this so I won’t [...]
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Do Your Homework @ HMB
Elisa Abenchuchan Room #A107 is reserved for students who need to do their homework.
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Rally Tonight
Elisa Abenchuchan There will be another rally tonight at 7 PM.
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Media Not Allowed Into Gallaudet
Elisa Abenchuchan Today, a lot of media outlets tried to get into the campus to do more stories on the protest, but they weren’t allowed by DPS.
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A Question from John Lee Clark
Elisa Abenchuchan Jane, Do You Love Us Enough? John Lee Clark In her refusal to resign as the president-designate of Gallaudet University, do you know of whom Jane K. Fernandes reminds me? Me. She reminds me of myself when I was five years old.  We had recently celebrated my birthday, and among my gifts was a toy sheriff’s set: wide-brimmed hat, [...]
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Quick Updates
Deaf Bison Network I want to say something. Ridor and Elisa Abenchucan for their excellent job on reporting on Gallaudet Protest. I’m trying my best to catch up with this. To be honest, I had to resign as Team Leader because I have so many conflicting reasons. But I still support Gallaudet Protest because I believe it is [...]
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Photos from Indianapolis, IN & Faribault, MN
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Indianapolis, INFaribault, MNSoaring high [...]
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Symbols and Identification
Jamie Berke (About.com) What is there about this current Gallaudet protest that all deaf people can identify with? Unlike what happened in 1988, that seems to be missing this time around. In 1988,...
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Gallaudet Internet Down
Elisa Abenchuchan Internet down...all over campus. I can’t blog, students @ the computer lab can’t do their homework, the only website we have access to is the Gallaudet website.
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Oct 12. Jordan on NPR Please Call NPR During Show
Mishka Zena I don’t know what time this will be held. Also the phone number so I can post it.  We need to confront Jordan regarding his lies to the media about Fernandes ‘Not Deaf Enough’, Gally Students not injured, and Mace not used. The world needs to hear the TRUTH. October 12, 2006  NPR Program Featuring [...]
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Letter from GUAA #4
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition October 4, 2006 Gallaudet Board of Trustees Gallaudet University 800 Florida Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Dear Board of Trustees: The Gallaudet University Alumni Association is increasingly becoming alarmed at the current state of affairs on campus. We have many disturbing incidents that are happening on campus, many people from faculty, staff, students and most [...]
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Letter from GUAA #3
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition October 3, 2006 Gallaudet Board of Trustees Gallaudet University 800 Florida Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002Dear Board of Trustees:In our research of Board of Trustees at other colleges and universities of comparable sizes, we notice that in many of the Board of Trustees, they have a good number of alumni as board members. ...
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Reclaiming the Art Building at Gallaudet
Kalalau's Korner Reclaiming the Art Building at GallaudetThe name of the Art Building at Gallaudet University was replaced from the Cadwallader Washburn Art Building to the Linda Jordan Art Building. Why? Cadwallader Washburn was a well known Gallaudet alumnus whose art work can be found in different museums around the world. Washburn was DEAF. He once wrote a letter to Dr. Ben [...]
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Sister of Pepper Spray Victim Speaks Out
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition I never wanted to be writing this. I wanted to stay anonymous, a mere addition to the circle of protesting students. But after seeing my brother?s story signed, and viewing the now infamous photo of the DPS officer with his sickening pepper spray can, I have to come out of ...
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