A Taste of Blood at Gallaudet
Kalalau's Korner There goes a saying, ?Once the team had tasted blood, there was no preventing them from winning by a wide margin.? It has been almost 43 years since I first learned about Gallaudet University, and I?d think that the riot would feature more than just a taste of blood. It is October 25, 2006, after all.Guess what? The world need to taste blood; it is symbolic. It is a [...]
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TIME TO RAISE OUR FISTS!
Show Me Deaf Community Time for action to fight back! The blood has spilled.... Watch for FSSA spokespersons to prepare for the next strategy! [...]
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JORDAN AND FERNANDES ARE TERRORISTS!
Show Me Deaf Community Lately, King Jordan and Jane Fernandes have been using improper tactics to hurt students. Starting with pepper spray and physical abuses at HMB few weeks ago to this morning's rude awakening are the plans drawn up by Jordan and Fernandes team. They are terrorists inside and outside! They are not upholding academic [...]
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WHY??????
Kansas4FSSA October 25, 2006Dr. Irving King JordanDr. Brenda BrueggemannDr. Jane K. FernandesWHY????WHY did you order the Department of Public Service (DPS) officers to bulldoze the blocked MSSD gate? Here, in Kansas City, I am sitting at my desk, shocked and appalled. I find it so hard to believe you would sic the DPS on the innocent, peaceful protestors. What on earth did they [...]
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Press Release - October 24, 2006
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition The sacrifices made by the hunger strikers have demonstrated to the world how committed they are to the University they love.   Their willingness to stop eating has inspired us, but  has also caused great concern.The FSSA coalition is deeply concerned by the lack of response from the administration and the ...
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Message from the Stakeholders regarding the petition
Bay Area Perspective on Gally Commentary by Site Manager: Yes, please, let's heed the calls to cease false accusations against individuals, groups, and communities. This is a time when unity is needed more than ever. Let's all unite for Gallaudet! Thank you, Tim, for the submission!Posted as requested by Tim Rarus:For all those in support for Unity for Gallaudet!:For Clarification Purposes [...]
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Call to Action: Letters to the Editor!
Bay Area Perspective on Gally From Karina Pedersen via Bay Area YahooWed, 25 Oct 2006 08:37:22Yeow! Here's the article from Time magazine. I don't like this! Write editorials! [link]
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Plea for Peace
Bay Area Perspective on Gally I'm very upset by what I'm hearing out of Kendall Green. I'm trying not to cry right now, but it's important to say this. This is a plea to the protesters to keep things nonviolent and not to damage property and objects. If you can prove to the world that you are able to remain nonviolent in the face of these acts of brutality, you will garner so so sosooooo much more [...]
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Ryan, Chris, and Delia Speak Out
Mishka Zena Ryan confirms what happened ay the mssd gate.  4 confirmed injuries.  8 pm rally at marketplace. Chris: the special police and dps physically abused the students by shoving them and kneeing them.  They don’t care what happens to this university.  We do.  We need to step up and say “enough is enough.”  They’ve broken agreements.  They are [...]
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noon rally
People of the Eye i missed most of it because i was taking pictures of other things going on dj kurs says that chris corrigan, ryan commerson shared with people about what happened. very emotional, some people are crying. media is swarming about. ryan says they need to regroup, will have a meeting at 8pm in the SAC
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Serenity_EM's Xanga **********************BREAKING NEWS***********************- PROTESTERS LOCK DOWN COLLEGE HALL UNTIL 8 AM- PPD, ON ADMINISTRATION'S ORDERS, CLEARS TENTS AND EVERYTHING FROM AROUND MSSD GATE- THEY USE BULLDOZERS TO DO IT- THEY DO NOT BOTHER TO CHECK IF STUDENTS ARE INSIDE THE TENTS- 4 STUDENTS ARE INJURED, TWO WERE SENT TO HOSPITAL- BRIAN MORRISON AMONG THE INJURED- [...]
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from nancy bloch
People of the Eye “My heart goes out to everyone involved in the protest effort. The injuries this morning were totally unneccesary and uncalled for.”
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Letter from Gallaudet University Department of Education...
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition October 25, 2006An open letter to Gallaudet University's community of faculty, students,parents, staff, alumni, administrators, trustees, and stakeholdersAcademic institutions in general, and the field of education specifically, are committed to core principles that include collaboration, integrity, flexibility, open-mindedness, reflection, and responsiveness to [...]
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Closed Gates: A Symbol Of No Communication
Mishka Zena  The outsiders see the closed gates. They see the attempts of the students when the gates were closed. What they haven’t seen is that the closed gates are the symbol of no communication practiced between the Gallaudet Administrations and its stakeholders. When Dr Fernandes was granted the position of the Provost, it was done without the permission [...]
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Chris Corrigan kicked in the groin area
Mishka Zena  A foot of a student was crushed and bleeding. A student reported almost a near hit from high speeding DPS vehicle, Now this: A student claimed a DPS made contact with him, forcing him to move. Now the student leader Chris Corrigan hit in the groin by a rental cop. People of the Eye The conduct of DPS and the [...]
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
jeffcarlson's Xanga CRAIG PLUNKETT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND(Gallaudet Protest)Craig Plunkett, step-father of Gallaudet murder victim from six years ago, Eric Plunkett, made the news on Washington Post last Sunday. He said in the article that he is well against our student movement. He believe the students, not FSSA as the whole, don't know what it take to run the university and that Doctor [...]
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Live Blogging from Kendall Green
Elisa Abenchuchan Check out [link] and reload every few minutes!
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Call for Cease Fire
Deaf Kitchen Let's step back from the brink for a moment, before someone is seriously injured or damage is done to our beloved campus. Board, please CONFIRM a meeting to occur TODAY or, at worst, by Friday. In return, protesters please agree to not take over any more buildings on campus. All gates would continue to be peacefully blocked except the 6th Street gate, which is open [...]
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DPS, Stop Hurting The Students
Mishka Zena At least four students, were reportedly injured during the scuffle when the DPS attempted to open the Brentland Ave Gate. An inside source claimed to me that DPS didn’t sign during their attempts to open the gates. Deja vu During the attempted HMB raid, DPS didn’t communicate with the students and injured them . We can see on the [...]
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the story from chris corrigan
People of the Eye most were sleeping and then they felt noise, vibrartions, some heard. came out of tents saw bulldozer, which dozed tent and tables etc without even checking to see if had students inside.... the protestors made a human chain, dps grabbed them left and right, brian morrison toe hurt dps very physical, more people arrived [...]
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Jordan, Where Are You?
Mishka Zena Jordan, where are you? Please talk with the students.  Please show up at the Hunger Strike Booth.  Please show your students you do care about them. Elizabeth
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commerson and beckman
People of the Eye discussing about dps’ use of force, beckman wishes that the protesters had gone limp when dps tried to get thru but commerson pointed out that they antagonized students and tired and scared students reacted as they did, there are no “shoulds” david reynolds says they pushed us too far. @ommerson says there was an agreement [...]
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Why Fire Department Called In?
Mishka Zena Since it has been pretty cold the last few days, the protesters have been warming themselves with various grills. This morning after the lockdown of College Hall during the wee hours and the attempts to break in the gates by the campus security guards, someone called the fire department to report a fire. The fire trucks arrived [...]
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Confusion and Blood at the MSSD Gate
Elisa Abenchuchan I missed everything but this is what other protestors have told me - Protestors took over College Hall last night and it was successful. The DPS sent out this email at 6 AM: “Campus community, College Hall has been taken over by the protestors. Employees who work in College Hall are encouraged to contact your Supervisor to [...]
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dps will be removed
People of the Eye mpd says that due to dps’ mishandling of the situation, based on evidence and observances, they will lose their license and etc....hearsay, unconfirmed (from the hands of chris corrigan)
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