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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leala holcomb
People of the Eye “at any other university, with these actions, the students would have violently rioted by now. it really shows our restraint that we have not”
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protester on scene
People of the Eye tells his story, dps cars actually hit him in an attempt to make him move and they jammed a pipe in the gate to keep it open
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just saw
People of the Eye the pipe wow its actually WELDED on the gate, unbelievable!
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on way
People of the Eye to fowler hall and the rally at the front gates they need help assembling media kit, will continue to post as news becomes available
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
jeffcarlson's Xanga DR. PADDY LADD SPOKE(Gallaudet Protest)In Times Online, British newspaper, Dr. Paddy Ladd, the one who started the Deafhood firestorm, was asked about the on-going crisis in Gallaudet. He said, "In the USA this year, the presidents of nine mainstream universities, including Harvard, have either been fired or resigned as a result of staff-student concern. Deaf people [...]
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Breaking News
Mishka Zena BREAKING NEWS Gallaudet protesters locked down the College Hall administration building in the early morning hours, the building that houses I. King Jordan’s administration office.    Campus police (according to one source) later used bolt cutters to enter the building from a back door and it is now confirmed that the building is no longer blockaded or locked [...]
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Noon Emergency Meeting at Front Gate
Mishka Zena Emergency meeting for everyone today @ noon! Front gate!
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Students Injured At Brentwood Ave Gate
Mishka Zena The DPS tried to break in the gates at Brentwood Ave while the students were asleep inside the tents or away doing other activities around 9 AM. The students woke up and frantically tried to prevent the gate from being opened.  There wree some shoving by the DPS and several students were injured in the process. [...]
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Riot soon?
People of the Eye Resentment and fury are the major feelings right now. A riot will probably take place soon... they are talking about a full lockdown, among other things.
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Campus Status
Mishka Zena Subject: Campus Status Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:18:43 -0400 Campus community, College Hall has been taken over by the protesters. Employees who work in College Hall are encouraged to contact your Supervisor to determine an alternate work location. University status: Open MSSD status: Open KDES status: Open www.gallynet.org reprinted with permission by the listserv [...]
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College Hall Now Open?
Mishka Zena Reports are streaming in that the college hall is now open and the students have their gates back under their control.  Unable to verify them. elizabeth
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New vLog! Our Unified State of CA Gally Rally on Oct. 21st
Teri Sentelle There were quite a bunch of Californians getting together to show support for FSSA. They made a good deal of money for FSSA and GUAA. They had pizza and spaghetti for lunch, listened several speeches, cheered with Fremont and Riverside cheerleaders, as well as our famous pair signed, FSSA version Bison song. . . [...]
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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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