Come and Bring Breakfast!
Elisa Abenchuchan Student protestors have been guarding the gates all night since 3 AM. They would greatly appreciate it if you could come and serve them food and drinks for their first meal of the day and show your support. [...]
Wed, Oct 11 2006 hide this blog

The Lockdown
Elisa Abenchuchan At 3 AM, over 280 students swarmed into the HMB atrium because word was going around that something drastic was going to happen.A couple of students got up on the stage and announced themselves as team leaders. Each team leader was assigned to a gate on campus. “Refer all media to the student leaders. Our [...]
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Jordan and Protestors Have a Discussion
Elisa Abenchuchan After the campus lock-down, President Jordan was seen walking by HMB, looking as if he had just gotten up from bed. Some students approached him to have a talk with him, and naturally other students gathered around them to watch what was being said. A lot of students vented their frustrations that had increased over the [...]
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Campus Lock-Down
Elisa Abenchuchan Letter to Campus Community: Until further notice, Gallaudet University is closed and all gates are blocked. This includes MSSD and KDES and this letter is out of courtesy to communicate with them. Students who need to leave or enter the campus will be allowed to. For more information, meet the students at the front gates. We strongly [...]
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Calm down, Gallaudet
Mishka Zena Calm down, Gallaudet TODAY’S EDITORIAL October 11, 2006 The story of Elisabeth Zinser may not be particularly well known, but a group of students at Gallaudet University would like incoming President Jane K. Fernandes to repeat it. In 1988, the University of North Carolina administrator was selected as the new Gallaudet president by the board of trustees. Of [...]
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Books Are Old News! So Is DPN!
Kalalau's Korner Books Are Old News! So Is DPN!There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is educational ignorance. Whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories, games are to be played, ASL does not include voicing?one must first answer!While a graduate student at American University in Washington, D.C., I got lost [...]
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Campus is Alive! My Daughter Told Me!
Kalalau's Korner Campus is Alive! My Daughter Told Me!HonuGuy: You still up and about?Vivacious62: heyyVivacious62: yessHonuGuy: coolVivacious62: things are CRAZY hereHonuGuy: I suppose soHonuGuy: have you followed my posts?Vivacious62: havent been on the internet in a whileHonuGuy: I just hope they do not escalate any level of craziness...Vivacious62: we just locked down [...]
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More Information about Jordan?s Statement to the Media...
Elisa Abenchuchan http://news.gufssa.com/2006/10/11/press-release-from-sbg/
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Deafeye Vlog - Tent City USA Map Added!
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Deaf Riverside Cubbies' Support of Gallaudet Protests!
via link submit A video message from the future Gallaudetians in Riverside!
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Midnight Rally
Elisa Abenchuchan The rally was supposed to begin at midnight, but SBG president Noah Beckman and other student leaders were still in the meeting with the adminstration, so to pass the time, several students came up on the stage to tell ABC stories, ASL poetry, jokes, short stories, etc. Student Jeanine Wiesblatt showed the crowd the stack of flyers with RESIGN JANE [...]
Tue, Oct 10 2006 hide this blog

Failed Negotiations?
DeafRead GUEST BLOGGERS I have just been informed through various sources that Administration has just announced that negotiations with the students have failed.  Such a statement is a subjective perception and not a fact.  Our perceptions are influenced by what we believe, and our beliefs are influenced by the messages we receive, the words we read, the signs [...]
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Stop Blaming The Students!!
Mishka Zena “If the protesters really care about Gallaudet, they will open up the halls to learning and work toward reaching a middle ground. ” Standoff at Gallaudet - washingtonpost.com Stop using the students as scapegoats.  Jordan and Fernandes hurt Gallaudet by their refusal to follow up their words with actions over the years, their failure to work with Gallaudet [...]
Tue, Oct 10 2006 hide this blog

President?s parking space
Save Gallaudet University President’s parking spaceView the Video
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Pictures and a VLOG
Elisa Abenchuchan For great photos with an emphasis on portraits of people, check out HodgsonPhotoXanga. He’s really captured the people in his photos... For a heartbreaking vlog that’s directed towards BOT member Tom Humphries by one of his former students, check out Earth2AK.  
Tue, Oct 10 2006 hide this blog

Communication is very, very, very un-well at this campus
Mishka Zena News4 at 5 p.m.–WRC-TV, Washington, DC, Tuesday, October 10, 2006, segment begins at 5:01 p.m. WENDY RIEGER (anchor): A list of demands from students to school administrators as the protest at Gallaudet University is now in its fifth day.  Students have occupied the university’s main administration building since last Thursday.  They are protesting the [...]
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Joint Press Release by the University and the Student Body
Mishka Zena From: Interim Provost To: interim.provost@gallaudet.edu Subject: Joint Press Release by the University and the Student Body Government Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Below is a joint press release by the University and the Student Body Government. The team will begin its actual task later today. In a separate email, [...]
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Mike Moore
Save Gallaudet University Mike MooreView the Video
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ADMINISTRATION TURNS DOWN DEMANDS
Mishka Zena - ADMINISTRATION TURNS DOWN DEMANDS - THEY TOLD THE MEDIA BUT DID NOT TELL THE PROTESTERS - WENT A LONG WAY PAST THE DEADLINE BEFORE THEY FINALLY DECIDED - BAD MOVE ON ADMINISTRATION’S PART; GUARANTEED TO ANGER PROTESTERS MORE - UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT WHAT FSSA/SBG’S NEXT MOVE WILL BE MORE TO COME - EARL MIKELL http://www.xanga.com/serenity_EM
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Call Ourselves Gallaudetian Warriors!
Kalalau's Korner Call Ourselves Gallaudetian Warriors!Warriors,Warriors we call ourselves.We fight for splendid virtue,For high endeavor,For sublime wisdom,Therefore We call ourselves warriors. __Aunguttara NikayaLast month I wrote a post proclaiming Ryan Commerson a warrior. To him, a new philosophy begins to develop as a weapon. Ryan is surely the most gifted of what becomes of [...]
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Press Release from SBG
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Press Release Gallaudet University Student Body Government October 11, 2006 1:00 amThe Gallaudet University Student Body Government and students supporting the protest and the lockdown of the Hall Memorial Building have been effectively thwarted in their efforts towards resolution of the many critical issues of oppression their protest is addressing.  SBG President [...]
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Continuing Lack of Communication from the Administration
Elisa Abenchuchan Remember the 24 demands that were proposed by the protestors (see message_from_SBG_president) that would result them letting go of HMB? They had waited and waited to hear from the administration since last night, ever since Moore told the protestors that they would have a response by 10 PM. 10 PM turned into 12 AM and [...]
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The PR Office Did It Again Today
Elisa Abenchuchan They sent out an editorial by Washington Post through an email to the campus community. The editorial was on the side of the university, naturally, but it was also filled with erroneous information. You can read it HERE. This angered a lot of people. Robert E. Johnson, a professor in the Department of Linguistics, wrote the [...]
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Rally Tonight At Midnight In HMB Atrium
Mishka Zena There’s a protest rally at midnight tonight in the atrium of HMB (Tuesday night, Oct. 10, 2006) UNITY!
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Buck Naked Bison Back in Business
Elisa Abenchuchan They are looking for vlogs, pictures, poems, writers, and more. If you want to join the Buck Naked Bison team, email Jane Jonas at bucknakedbison@aol.com!
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