Good Night
Elisa Abenchuchan Because so much was happening the past two days, I’ve gotten behind with all of your requests and links and letters for me to post up. I think I’ve caught up, but if I missed something, please let me know and I’ll try to post it up as soon as possible (tomorrow). Signing off for tonight... [...]
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Thanks Donna Frank!!
Frederick United For FSSA Donna Frank took a lot of pictures when she was there at Gallaudet. View the pictures here.
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My letter to Jordan and Fernandes:
Deaf Bison Network      I have tried to send letters to different organizations like Buff-n-Blue, FSSA, SBG/Noah Beckman, including Jordan and Fernandes.  I have realized that Gallaudet campus is closed.  I have asked my buddy and creator for this site, Aaron Valentine.  He told me that the post office might not open and recieve any mails.  I found and sent them an email.  I want to [...]
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Want to donate via check?
Frederick United For FSSA Write down Friends Of Tent City and mail it to PO Box 560 Middletown, MD 21769. Thanks!
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See how much Jordan lied?
Deaf Bison Network      My eldest brother, Brian have sent me that message.  He wanted me to inform Aaron about it, but he have me to register on here.  I am more than happy to write anything I want to speak it out for Gallaudet University’s community for alumni’s, students, and these faculty/staffs who support us.       I want [...]
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IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE - October 13, 2006
Canucks for FSSA Canadian Gallaudet Alumnus Hosts Toronto Tent City to support the demands of Faculty, Students, Staff and Alumni of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.  On Sunday October 15, 2006 at 12.00pm at Riverdale Park on Broadview & Gerrard Ave East, over hundreds of Canadian Gallaudet Alumni students stage a demonstration to call upon Gallaudet University Board of [...]
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Suspensions Of Three DPS Demanded By Students
Mishka Zena Student Protests Shut Gallaudet for 2nd Day By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO Published: October 13, 2006 WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 - Students at Gallaudet University, the nation’s only liberal arts university for the deaf, formed a human blockade across the front gates of the campus here Thursday, shutting down classes for the second day in a renewal of protests that began last [...]
Thu, Oct 12 2006 hide this blog

RIT/NTID Students and Alumni Show Their Support
Elisa Abenchuchan Two days ago, a group of RIT/NTID students and staff came together to show and give their support with their blue and orange ribbons as a symbol of unity and support. See the vlog about this here. RIT/NTID alumni in the DC metro area came together to show their support as well. They came to Gallaudet [...]
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Sioux Falls Is Going To DC!
Deaf Kitchen Two Sioux Falls residents will be en route to DC by the time most of you read this! Tim Rarus, SBG President at Gallaudet in 1987-88 and one of the 4 DPN student leaders, will arrive on campus around midday Friday. Andy Lange, president of the GUAA, will arrive in DC around the same time--courtesy of a donor. How nice!For those of us here in Sioux Falls who can't [...]
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Today?s Media Update on Gallaudet Protest
Deaf Bison Network Hi everyone, What a day. I’m glad there are no arrests yet. my emotions are mixed- worried, scared, but hopeful, and happy. that is all because I do care about you guys. I do care about Gallaudet. I think we’re getting stronger and stronger everyday. I have great faith in you guys—keep it up. Anyway, [...]
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Truly National News? Yes! Here's the Proof!
Indy Deaf For FSSA! While waiting for my flight at the Indianapolis airport, I noticed on the opposite side from my gate a news bar with a lot of news monitors displaying different stuff. Beneath these monitors was a huge scrolling news ticker board.To my surprise, it scrolled "Gallaudet U. students continue their blockade to protest their new incoming president."Whoa, news of our stand [...]
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All the Way from Denmark?
Elisa Abenchuchan [link] And know what? Yassine Nauta and Ben Lewis have flown all the way from Denmark to support the protest! Alumni from California, alumni from Denmark have flown in to help out. They ask all the alumni who’s reading this to come, too. If they can, you can too [...]
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9:30 PM Rally
Elisa Abenchuchan Student Latoya Plummer explained to everyone about what has been happening at the 6th street gate. Student Matt Malzkuhn said that he was impressed by the protestors at the 6th street gate - they were actually arguing about who would get arrested first. Everyone wanted to be the first to get arrested. Malzkuhn also said that, [...]
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Protestors, know your rights
DHH-CommUNITY Although the right to peacefully protest is constitutionally protected, the definition of ?peaceful protest? may differ from person to person. Here are some valuable tips on what to do if you are confronted by a police officer or another public official during a protest.  If you believe your rights have been violated please contact an [...]
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Sound and Peace...When Heather Artinian Speaks.
Mike McConnell Incredible. Remember the show Sound and Fury? And how one Deaf family pitted itself against each other and even their families and friends on the decision of a cochlear implant for their young daughter who was 9 years old at the time and her name is Heather? Well, today on NPR they were going to have Dr. I. King Jordan on the air but he had to back out of the show in [...]
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Pictures, Pictures, and Pictures
Elisa Abenchuchan Tamara’s site: Yesterday and Today Michelle (Muck)’s site: Monday and Wednesday
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Cold Protestors Need Your Help
Elisa Abenchuchan Urgent... The protestors at the gates are in desperate need of sleeping bags, tarps, lawn chairs, especially hot drinks such as hot chocolate and coffee. Need big industrial urns and syrofoam cups. Extra food for the grill needed as well! Email Jeanine Wiesblatt at bluesun@tmail.com. We need your support so that it will be impossible to [...]
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No Arrests Yet?
Elisa Abenchuchan All day the protestors have been threatened with arrests and all day the protestors have stayed at the gates anyway. The 6th street gate has been a big concern all day. The protestors are determined to block it even though the police have told them that they would get arrested if they block the way into [...]
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If IKJ Resigns, Who Takes Over? Certainly Not JKF!
RidorLIVE Assault On Two Students: As tensions built all day long, the DC cops assaulted two students at the entrance of MSSD-Transportation Department to a point where an ambulance was brought in to tend to the female student’s injury. The assault on two students were captured on the video and will be provided on the internet [...]
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A Call for Volunteer Interpreters
Elisa Abenchuchan [link]
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Seattle! St. Louis! Rochester!
Deafeye Yes! They are working on it, Seattle finally have its own Tent City at the Laurent Clerc Hall (formerly CSCDHH) this Sunday. A leader from St. Louis, MO contacted me recently that he is working on three major locations, Lake of Ozark, Fulton (where Deaf school is), and St. Louis. I got a reply from NSC President at RIT/NTID. [...]
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Sisyphean Rejoice at Gallaudet
Kalalau's Korner Sisyphean Rejoice at GallaudetMake no mistake:It will continue to be messyAnd difficult to shape.__Alani Apio, Hawai?ian writerI would like to use the Greek myth of Sisyphus to point out the roller coaster situation at Gallaudet University. Sisyphus is condemned by the gods to roll up a boulder up a hill for eternity. When he rolls up the boulder to a summit, it [...]
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Open Letter From Canadian Alumni, Darryl Hackett
DeafRead GUEST BLOGGERS Dear President I. King Jordan, I am writing this letter to express my feelings about the ongoing situation on Kendall Green. Last year, you announced your retirement and the President Search Committee (PSC) was set up in order to seek a new leader. As one of many Gallaudet University alumni, I became keenly interested in watching the [...]
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Register To Vote!
Sonny James There are 26 days remaining until election day on November 7th.To vote is your privilege as a citizen of this country. Anytime you send out an e-mail or a letter to a politician, you should always start or end with, "I am a registered voter."Links:Register To Vote! Join The Republican PartyJoin The Democratic PartyLet us never forget that government is ourselves and [...]
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Transcript of GIS Speaks Out
Mishka Zena Please share this with your friends, family and the public so they will understand the severity of oppression practiced by the university officials on the freedom of the students to speak out, taking advantage of the their deafness.  The public would be flabbergasted when they realize that an university for the deaf practices systematic discrimination against its deaf [...]
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