Pro Fernandes Reader?s Complaint
Mishka Zena “Supporters of the protest and those who do not support the protest comments should be published to give readers a balanced press.  Those who use hateful words  are immature adults and I am speaking for both pro- and anti- protest.  Let’s focus on the issues and discuss them rather than atacking specific individuals and using [...]
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Why Not Give Fernandes A Chance?
Mishka Zena Asked a pro fernandes reader: “Why don?t we join the administration in changing the status quo and in one year we can revisit the issues that we were protesting. This way we can say the administration did listen or didn?t listen. We need to give Dr. Fernandes and the administration a chance. They do agree with [...]
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2 PM Fernanes?s Online Live Discussion on Washington Post
Mishka Zena Fernandes will be online Monday, Oct. 23, art 2 p.m. ET to discuss the reasons why she is not withdrawing her name despite growing opposition to her appointment as president. Submit your questions and comments before or during the discussion. Gallaudet: University Protests - washingtonpost.com Here is your chance to tell the audience the real issues and ask [...]
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Ken Levinson Really Thinks We?re Idiots
Buck Naked Bison I’ll let Ken speak for himself here: [link] from Board of Trustee Ken Levinson Sunday October 22, 2006 8:15 p.m. ?I want to reassure the Gallaudet Community that the recent negative statement attributed to me about deaf peoples’ abilities is totally inaccurate. As a long-time member of the University’s Board [...]
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Washington Post Getting It?
Berke Outspoken Susan kinzie has written what may be the best article yet on the Gallaudet situation. In one article she has captured just about all of the issues. She has clearly portrayed what is happening on both sides..even states that it was Fernandes who said "not deaf enough." [link]
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372: Monday Protest Tips
Deaf in the City 372: Monday Protest TipsUsually I look through the news for info about Deaf people but the news is full of Gallaudet today. I want to ask you a question. When you see an article that doesn't interview the GuFSSA side - that only talks to Fernandes - do you email the newspaper? Do you email the magazine? Are you contacting authors to point out they do not give a fair [...]
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Tent City T-Shirts For Sale! Pre-order now!
Mishka Zena Tent City T-Shirts For Sale! Pre-order now!  Just launched tent City World Map t-shirt sales. Promote it if possible; the profits will split between FSSA and GUAA. For example: 200 shirts get them both 400 dollars.  It is sellable; it?s beautiful and colorful design. See the design on deafeye.com, either on front page or top menu. [...]
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My Views
RidorLIVE Sunday the 22nd, it is evident that everyone, especially with Gallaudet students, is exhausted. But the momentum is still there. We are winning. I will explain why we are winning the protests. But nevertheless, we are tired. We are humans after all. Since the protest was resumed on October 2nd, it has been 20 days in [...]
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DMC Gala 2006
Grant Laird Jr. My daughter and I went 24th Annual Dallas Mayor’s Committee for the Employment of People with Disabilities Gala as part of fundraising (for scholarship) last weekend. We had good times and enjoyed listen to testimonies from other people during the presentation. I’ve been to DMC Gala like 10 times total in the past. All I [...] [...]
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Monday, October 23, 2006
jeffcarlson's Xanga NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU SHOULD GIVE UP YOUR LEADERSHIP POST(Gallaudet Protest)On March 31st, 1968, President Lyndon Baines Johnson, realizing that he was responsible for the division in the United States due to our participation to the Vietnam War, announced that he would not seek nor accept his party's nomination for the second term. President [...]
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GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION IN JEOPARDY?
DHH-CommUNITY A campus-wide memorandum was issued from I. King Jordan, President of Gallaudet University, on Sunday, October 22, 2006 regarding the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The contents of the memorandum is as follows: ________________ October 22, 2006 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Campus Community FR: I. King Jordan RE: [...]
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The power of Gallaudetian spirit
testing_the_truth Where is this power coming from? Where is this incredible faith, this smile on my face? I raise my hand with palm toward DC, toward Gallaudet University, and I feel an incredible channel formed in the air between my open palm and Tent City, and a flow of power accross the ocean entering my hand and fill my arm with joy radiating into my face. Yes, Gallaudetians, you [...]
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A PLEA FROM THE BAY AREA
DHH-CommUNITY Anonymously written & submitted There is a miniscule group of individuals speaking as ?Bay Area? whose goal is to overturn what has occurred at Gallaudet University. It is important to understand that this Bay Area ?coup? definitely does not represent the entire Deaf community in the Bay Area. This small group is [...]
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Thoughts on ?Pre-Screening? ITP Candidates
Daniel Greene The “attitude” of an interpreter toward ASL and Deaf Culture is highly valued by the deaf consumers we serve. Hence, an ASL ITP should teach the attitudes and cultural values that are desired by deaf consumers. Some say that one way to weed out “unsuitable types” from ITP’s and from the interpreting field is to [...]
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Reflections on the CIT Conference
Daniel Greene Here are some of the things I learned, was reminded of, or thought about during the CIT conference I attended this past week:I was reminded that people remember most what they learn first and last (primacy and recency). In the future, when I teach a class or a workshop, I will begin and end with [...]
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Letter from Gertrude S. Galloway
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition October 21, 2006Dr. Jane K. Fernandes Gallaudet University.Dear Dr. Jane K. Fernandes:I have started to write this letter several times during the past two weeks but stopped short of e-mailing it because I earnestly believed that you would resign.  It has not happened and in fact, you have announced your intention ...
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MISSOURI VALLEY CHAPTER PITCHING UP TENT CITY!
Show Me Deaf Community Missouri Valley Chapter of GUAA set up tent city in Fulton, MIssouri. There were average of 50 people in attendance. We gathered together to exchange stories and reminscised about Gallaudet. We pitched up tents and took videos and pictures. We raised up to $253.88 to donate to GUFSSA. We had a grand time. It was lovely weather despite [...]
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Tent City T-Shirts For Sale! Pre-order now!
Deafeye Colorful Tent City World Map T-Shirts for sale at $20 including Shipping & Handling!How to pay, can use PayPal button on right saying Tent City T-Shirt. If don’t have PayPal, you can sign up easily. If preferred to mail money, please issue money order or cashier’s check to Eric Hamlow. 938 Wrangler Circle Stockton, CA 95210 The profits [...]
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Monday, October 23, 2006
Serenity_EM's Xanga FROM THE WASHINGTON POST:SUSAN KINZIE ON THE SOURCE OF TURMOIL AT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY - [link] EVEN-HANDED, OUTSTANDING ARTICLE
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At MSSD Rally, A Scarecrow Burned
Mishka Zena A scarecrow with words “Oppression” and “Fear” Burned  Pictures of Fear and Oppression ?Scarecrow? October 22nd, 2006 by Aaron Valentine I just got back to dorm. As you can see my first live from my girlfriend?s pager. There is a paper on ?scarecrow? and it read, ?FEAR AND OPPRESSION?. So I have pictures for you to see: [link]
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Go There & Ask the Hard Questions Tomorrow!
Riverside for FSSA Fernandes will be online Monday, Oct. 23 at 2 pm to answer questions regarding the Gallaudet protest. Gallaudet Protest: Fernandes Live Q & A [link] 2006/10/20/DI2006102001223.html?nav=nscDr.
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Dear Mr. Craig Plunkett
Kalalau's Korner October 22, 2006Dear Mr. Craig Plunkett,We did not know your son Eric before. We were very sorry that his death was untimely. We became even more upset when we discovered that Joseph M. Mesa, Jr., was his killer. We got very embarrassed for many different reasons.Joseph M. Mesa, Jr., came from Guam for education at Hawaii Center for the Deaf and the Blind in Honolulu. [...]
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Message from FSSA
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Help Jane or help FSSA?We need your help setting records straight!As all of you know, the media has been focusing on Jane Fernandes? false claim that the protest is about her not being deaf enough.  As all of us know, this is not about the ?deaf card.?  Do not let ...
Sun, Oct 22 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Turn One?s Stomach!
Riverside for FSSA Written by Tina Jo Breindal via Sidekick . . . In today’s Washington Post, “Week in Review” section, one part got me disgusted once again.... (10/22) Fernandes said she’s a lightning rod for changes in deaf culture...heightened by cochlear implants, enabling many to attend mainstream schools and speak.... Damn it, it doesn’t even make any [...]
Sun, Oct 22 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Inside Gallaudet's Kevin Levinson Refuted
Kalalau's Korner Kevin Levinson's statement posted in the Inside Gallaudet propaganda is yet another university PR effort to dismantle the Deaf community. Levinson asserts that he knows ?better than most? about what Deaf people are capable of doing but he clearly indicates in his statement that he's nothing but all talking. To date, we have yet to understand his work ?toward our [...]
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