Various Links to Check Out
Elisa Abenchuchan I. King Jordan’s Open Letter to Alumni can be found here  Paul Singleton’s response to IKJ’s Open Letter to Alumni can be found here Other angry alumni responses by Delanne and Sonny can be found here JK’s surprised reaction to the protests, as told to Washington Post, can be found here Part Two of Michelle’s always beautiful photos can [...]
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(Possible?) Contractual Agreement between SBG and the...
Elisa Abenchuchan This contract is to serve as a set of agreed upon items in order to cease lock-down of HMB by the protestors. This contract replaces prior versions, which are null and void. The two original SBG demands still remain: 1) Re-open the Presidential search Process (which includes Jane K. Fernandes’ resignation as President-Select), and 2) No reprisals for faculty, [...]
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Monday Night Rally @ HMB
Elisa Abenchuchan The HMB atrium was crazy full today. There was no space anywere - people had to stand behind the stage, people stood on the second floor and looked down, people stood in the stairs... ASL “interpreters” everywhere, furiously resigning what the student leaders were signing on the stage. Media with video cameras were everywhere. To [...]
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BEWARE!
Kalalau's Korner BEWARE!The Gallaudet University Administration can be very bully! It's the economy that we lack!
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The Naked King
testing_the_truth Everyone can realize how double-faced Irving Jordan Gallaudet University President is. I would not shy away from going back in history and point out that his power structure at Gallaudet University is a 21th version of the old Byzantine empire of the Middle Ages. Lies, intimidation, deception, terror. These are the major tools he employs against any legitimate [...]
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Intensity of Gallaudet Unrest Surprised Incoming Leader
Tayler Mayer Intensity of Gallaudet Unrest Surprised Incoming Leader Washington Post Until about a week ago, incoming president Jane K. Fernandes thought things were going well at Gallaudet University. Since May, when protests erupted for two weeks after she was named the next leader of the school for the deaf, Fernandes said she has been trying to move forward, working [...]
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Paul Singleton?s Response to Jordan?s Open Ltr to Alumni
ASL Community Journal Dialogue from a Desperate Man Running His Marathon Mind by Paul Singleton When a man gets desperate, he will do anything possible- including a feeble attempt to gather the alumni in a pow-wow fashion in supporting the Administration that’s crumbling at this point. Big time crumble. Many signs in Dr. Jordan’s message explain his “marathon mind”. [...]
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St. Augustine for FSSA!
Elisa Abenchuchan Of course, I’m thrilled! My hometown, St. Augustine, has a blogsite up http://staugforfssa.blogspot.com/ and have shown their support for FSSA. They will have a tent city - near the St. Augustine Beach Pier, on the beach! Of course, it’s Florida. It will happen this saturday, October 14, from 1 PM to 5 PM.
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Open Letter from Nora Yates, Alumna
Bay Area Perspective on Gally
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A Centuries-Old Parallel to the Gallaudet Protest
DeafDC.com As the former SBG president at Gallaudet, I have been frustrated at times by the lack of support and understanding I received from administrators at Gallaudet. I have had my triumphs with them, and my frustrations as well. My biggest gripe was never being able to understand why the higher-ups at Gallaudet did not want [...]
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IKJ's Letter to Alumni Rejected
Kalalau's Korner IKJ's Letter to Alumni RejectedIn a dizzying tumble of words about campus protest that has left the Gallaudet University community little uncovered. IKJ has something new to say about JKF. He does not rationalize, analyze, cheerlead or scold, but presents simply one more lie too many. By writing as purely from the heart as he does, IKJ places a simple order that we [...]
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Silent No More!! - Round 2. Students Want to Learn!
Mike McConnell Hear ye, hear ye, here ye! *Hands waving, feet stomping of the floor and shouts of voices to get your attention with an extra large megaphone* Are you a student at Gallaudet University? An undergrad perhaps? A graduate or even a doctoral student? Or perhaps you are a professor or teacher at Gallaudet University or work as a staff member? How do you feel about the [...]
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My Freudian Slip at Work
Jamie Berke (About.com) Last week at the office, I made a freudian slip during a staff meeting. The meeting had gone on for more than an hour and a half, and I was...
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The Canadian Flag will be coming to Gallaudet soon!
Canucks for FSSA Fellow Canadian alumni and friends,  Canucks For FSSA is organizing to have a large Canadian flag signed by deaf Canadian alumni and friends across the country and have it sent to Washington, D.C. hopefully in time for Homecoming week to show our support in the cause down there.  Please get in touch with Megan or Christine at [...]
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Stop That, IKJ!
Kalalau's Korner Stop That, IKJ!Inside Gallaudet features President IKJ's declaration: "I was looking forward to announcing a peaceful resolution today to the campus building takeover. We actually had a signed agreement this afternoon with the president of the Student Body Government. He has since rescinded his signature." Stop that, IKJ!In his announcement to campus, IKJ has [...]
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Open Letter to Alumni
Inside Gallaudet I want to take this opportunity to let you know what is happening on campus and to ask your support. We all have an important role to play.
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We Are The Gallaudet University Community!
Kalalau's Korner We Are The Gallaudet University Community!After nearly two decades that saw the oppressive IKJ administration denying and neglecting our language and cultural heritage, today?s campus protest at Gallaudet University brought a renewal of interest in higher education that addresses ASL and Deaf Culture. The wrong selection of JKF is now more than ever credited with [...]
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Dr. Jordan gives campus update
Inside Gallaudet I was looking forward to announcing a peaceful resolution today to the campus building takeover.
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Letter from Bernard Bragg
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Friends of Gallaudet University and the Board of Trustees:I love Gallaudet University and have considered it as my academic home since 1947.I created the Bernard Bragg Chair so I could demonstrate my appreciation to the University.  I have decided it best to put the bequest on hold until this crisis ...
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Unrelated to Fire Service...
Deaf Firefighter's Blog Digital hearing aids really rock! I'm sitting at my kitchen table, the kids are having their midday nap and I've got my brand new Sony CD Walkman (thanks for the gift certificates to B&N, mom and dad!)playing some Louis Amstrong. A few months ago, I made the plunge and bought a new hearing aid. Not just any hearing aid but a Siemens Triano SP digital hearing aid. [...]
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?Sign-Chi-Do? Butchers ASL, Excludes Deaf People
Daniel Greene A fellow interpreter tipped me off to a bizarre website the other day called signchido.com. The website is a sort of “infomercial” for an inspirational form of “moving prayer” that attempts to incorporate ASL into Tai Kwan Do. The woman who invented it says she is a doctor who designed Sign Chi Do to help [...]
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Rally Tonight @ 10 PM
Elisa Abenchuchan Artium. I’m taking a much-needed break... But I will be there at 10 PM, taking notes as usual. :-)
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Ensuring the Freedom to Communicate
DeafDC.com I may be coming late, and others have covered events at Gallaudet better than I, but I’d still like to take a moment to share my thoughts. I’ve shared my opinions and commented elsewhere extensively on Gallaudet, but the last few days have instilled in me a new concern– or rather, an ongoing concern. One of [...]
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Whither the Buff and Blue?
Deaf Firefighter's Blog Check out the links on Joey Baer's page: http://www.joeybaer.com/buffandblue/When I was an editor there, we often chose our stories with the intent of effecting change, whether it be a deeper analysis of (then) DOSS's disarming, Kappa Gamma's hazing practices, and other forms of general idiocy on campus. But we always tried our best to make sure we were presenting [...]
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Response to Dr. Jordan from Diane Gutierrez
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Dear Dr. Jordan,Thanks for representing your side of the situation. I have followed all the blogs and all the news carefully, including the Gallaudet, yours and Dr. Fernandes' websites.  Unfortunately, credibility is an issue and the opposing side seems to have more than does your side. This evaluation is based ...
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