Men are Pigs
What matters deafness of the ears, An interesting read, to put it mildly. Oh, you ask - after reading the essay - what are my views? Erm, well, ah, see, I reserve comment. No girl has ever picked up sign language because of me anyway. (Alas! And.. oink!)Why am I annoyed with hearing members of my own gender, you ask? [...] [...]
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What about the BOT?
DeafDC.com Some of the comments recently posted on DeafDC.com have been making me think. Are the protesters misplacing their anger and objectives? There are some days when I think they are. Had they gone forward with a solidified agenda from the very beginning, I think that the rest of the world would be [...]
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Evidence of Assaults in HMB
ASL Community Journal Click on the image to enlarge, and click on the bottom right to expand further. The protestors seized Hall Memorial Building late Thursday night (Oct 5), and by 8 AM on Friday morning the campus officers damaged the door handle, stormed into the building and assaulted some students. [...]
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A simple poll: Do you support the protest at Gallaudet...
Mike McConnell Here's a simple poll you can take. There are 4 choices. If you not sure what's this is all about check out the many blogs and the news for more information.Do you support the Protest at Gallaudet UniversityYesNoI have not decidedI don't care Free polls from Pollhost.com
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Message from Interim Provost
Inside Gallaudet Yesterday, Dean of Student Affairs Carl Pramuk, Executive Director of Enrollment Services Debby DeStefano and I met for several hours with student leaders who have been in the Hall Memorial Building since last Friday.
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A Few Questions from an Alumna
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition To:       I. King Jordan              Jane K. Fernandes              Board of Trustees              Public Relations OfficeI have a few questions for you.When you chose not to respond to the letters and e-mails from the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), from the Gallaudet University Alumni Association (GUAA), from the Student Body Government (SBG),  ...
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Faculty Advisory: Summary of Friday?s Activities (from Mark...
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Here is a brief summary of Faculty Governance?s role in Friday's events on campus.1. Luncheon with the Board:The Board, through the President?s office, had earlier extended an invitation to lunch to a delegation of 20 faculty chosen by me. Senior administrators were also invited. This event, in lieu of the ...
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Copy of Letter to Cathy Sweet-Windham
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Dear Colleagues, Here's a copy of the correspondence with Cathy Sweet-Windham, Exec Director for Institutional Advancement.--------Dear Cathy:During Friday's luncheon between Faculty representatives and Administrators (absent the Trustees), two concerns (among others) were shared at our table:a) the denial of access to campus by the media and their broadcasting [...]
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Alumni
Deaf Bison Network We still need your support! Where are more alumni students to come to protect us? We need more people badly. There are still scared students out there.
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Buff And Blue Special Editions (#1 to #5)
Deaf Bison Network First Edition:Second Edition: Our Rationale Third Edition: No Remorse Fourth Edition: Is Gallaudet Telling the Truth?Fifth Edition: In For the Long Run  ———————– I had hard time getting these on my web site and I tried to talk to one of their staffs. All they did was giving me red tape. Anyway, good job on hosting them, [...]
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Websites
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition It has been brought to our attention that there are several websites that are paying close attention to the events occurring here at Gallaudet.  While we cannot control information posted on websites other than ours at www.gufssa.com, we wish to make it clear that we condemn any actions that are viewed as personal attacks ...
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Press Release - October 7, 2006
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Press Statement The Coalition of Faculty Students Staff and Alumni of Gallaudet University And Gallaudet University Student Body Government October 7, 2006Yesterday at approximately 8am a campus Department of Public Safety officer approached students standing in front of the entrance to the recently locked down Hall Memorial Building, the main academic building on ...
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Out of colonization: a new framework for the protest
testing_the_truth The status quo at Gallaudet University employs colonization techniques.The only way AOP (Agents of Oppression), as lead by Irving Jordan and Jane Fernandes, can stay in power is going back centuries into the Middle Ages and imitating the inhumane practices of the secretive and highly oppressive Byzantine empire. The enshrining of Irving Jordan as a president alive, [...]
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Come One, Come All!
AUSTIN for FSSA Come to the rally today to learn what's really happening at Gallaudet, to show support for the FSSA, and to exhibit the unity that needs to happen at Gallaudet.We will have our rally on the front (south) steps of the capitol.
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Congress WILL get involved! Kudos to Rep. Stark!
Bay Area Perspective on Gally
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Contact the ACLU, Please!
Bay Area Perspective on Gally
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The Buff and Blue: Gallaudet Students? Newspaper
Joey Baer Our beloved Gallaudet students have been writing updates on Gallaudet protest.  Below, you will find first five issues.  Please be patient to give it some time to open each file.  Note:  You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files.  If you do not have the software, click here to download the reader.    Special Edition [...]
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Gallaudet University on Sunday:
Kalalau's Korner Gallaudet University on Sunday:Good Reading Makes Good DiplomacyWhether you?re based in HMB or your dormitory or Tent City somewhere across the nation, I have a proposal to match our national intellectual movement. May the Gallaudet University FSSA protest generate ideas that we all should make every Sunday our Reading Time! Here are twenty tips about reading that I [...]
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Off the Charts - DeafRead
DeafRead Human Editor Monday through Thursday saw record breaking traffic at DeafRead–only to be overwhelmed by Friday’s numbers. Traffic doubled. On the below graph, each bar represents a day, and the bar on the right is obviously yesterday.
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Chris Heuer: What I Saw (DPS)
Mishka Zena That being said, I wish to inform you all that I was in HMB from approximately 7 a.m.-ish (might’ve been a half hour before or after... not sure).  I am a faculty member here.  I have been with the FSSA from the beginning.  Nonetheless in here and elsewhere I have tried to remain civil in [...]
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Washington Post: Gallaudet Students Talk With Officials,...
Mishka Zena By David A. Fahrenthold Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 8, 2006; Page C01 Gallaudet University students opposed to the school’s incoming president continued to occupy a classroom building yesterday, meeting with university officials but apparently making little progress toward a resolution. Hundreds of students took over Hall Memorial Building on [...]
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You Can Do Something to Help
Elisa Abenchuchan The PR office at Gallaudet has continued to send out misinformation to the public. First, they said no students were harmed and that no pepper spray was used. Then Mercy Coogan from the PR office told a newspaper reporter that the protest orginiated from an issue of Fernandes being “not deaf enough” (yesterday). And today the media [...]
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A Letter From a Gallaudet Alumna
Elisa Abenchuchan To whom it may concern, As an alumni of Gallaudet University, I am thankful for the many opportunities Gallaudet has given me, especially in the athletic department.  My experiences at Gallaudet have taught me so many lessons, and as a result, I have been fortunate enough to be able to work for the WNBA and the [...]
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My Contact Information
Elisa Abenchuchan Anytime you need to contact me for any reason - broken links, new information, pictures, or even insults, please email me at elizabethabenchuchan@yahoo.com.
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Another Letter from Alumni - Filled with Good Questions
Elisa Abenchuchan To:       I. King Jordan             Jane K. Fernandes             Board of Trustees             Public Relations Office I have a few questions for you. When you chose not to respond to the letters and e-mails from the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), from the Gallaudet University Alumni Association (GUAA), from the Student Body Government (SBG), from state [...]
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