Ladies and Gentlemen?
Mosdeux We have a big announcement to make in a couple of days. Due to our current exciting developments, the online release of Resonare is postponed to November 14th, 2006. We promise you, it is worth the wait. On a different subject... If you are near or in Fremont, Califorina, we have a big Movie Night planned [...]
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Pictures of JK Out Day (Part II)
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Pictures of JK Out Day (Part I)
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
jeffcarlson's Xanga BACK TO NORMAL(Gallaudet)It is finally over from last Sunday when the BoT elected to rescind Doctor Jane's appointment as the next president of Gallaudet. It is finally over that the students can go back to school and teachers can now teach. All of that without distraction. It is really over now that I can get my life back to normal. For the past two months, the [...]
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Row The Boat
RidorLIVE Many years ago, my English teacher in high school, Rachel Bavister once said that history is like rowing the boat — you stare in the past while u row forward — in other words, you remember the history. This is what it is all about. Someone asked me what I think of the 28-day protest (Oct. 2 [...]
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Deaf Struggles
Bionic Ear Lots of great articles popping up regarding Gallaudet and the Deaf Culture. Alicia sent a link to a very powerful article [scanned version] written by the mother who has a deaf daughter. The article highlights the big picture for the...
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Zero Understanding...For "Deaf"
Kalalau's Korner Dear Readers:I took this liberty to publish the following email correspondence because I can understand this fellow alumnus when he mentioned that Gallaudet's Paul Kelly has "zero understanding...." I've deleted the names because I haven't requested their permission to disclose their names.CarlAloha, Bxx!I'm back from reading so many things in DeafRead. I was thrilled [...]
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379: Gallaudet Protest Succeeds: President-Select ...
Deaf in the City 379: Gallaudet Protest Succeeds: President-Select TerminatedThis post was put up on DailyKos. I'd appreciate any comments to improve it. I wanted to try to explain what I saw as clearly as possible to people who don't know the Deaf community.Sunday, October 29th will go down in history as the day the Gallaudet Board of Trustees terminated the President-Designate of [...]
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Tent City: Aftermath Part II
Mr. Sandman Last night I discussed some possible ideas for how to handle the transition, and what I thought the Board of Trustees should do next. Now I'd like to examine yet again each group involved in the protest, and where I think they might (or should) go from here (I previously examined the actors in Framing the Stalemate: Intermission, where I explored what each party had [...]
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Enrollment Increase? Skeptical Alumnus Doesn't Think So
Berke Outspoken A cyberfriend (SkepticalGraduate) messaged me to tell me of his doubts that Gallaudet's enrollment would increase as a result of the increased name recognition. SkepticalGraduate (not his real screen name) is a late '90s graduate, who works for a major retail chain and has struggled financially. He had a lot to say. Our AIM conversation is below:SkepticalGrad: i read [...]
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Hearing World Still Sides with Fernandes
Daniel Greene Thanks to my friend and colleague who tipped me off to this poll and its accompanying article: Gallaudet Dumps Incoming President - AOL News After my friend voted today shortly after noon, he wrote:What do you think of the school’s decision to fire its incoming president? It seems unfair 46% It seems fair 30% Not sure 24% Total Votes: 13,115 OK, so again, not [...]
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YOU HAVE TO BE DEAF TO UNDERSTAND!
Show Me Deaf Community Just this morning (October 31, 2006) Washington Post had an editorial "Gallaudet's Loss - The ouster of the university's incoming president defeats her vision of a more diverse institution. " (Tuesday, October 31, 2006; Page A20) It shows how dumb and dumber hearing people get everyday when it comes to Deaf issues! They still do not understand [...]
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Serenity_EM's Xanga ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE:"WE CONTACTED FERNANDES FOR A COMMENT, BUT SHE WAS UNAVAILABLE."Well, what did you expect? She didn't even send one e-mail to Noah Beckman, the SBG President, the whole time she was President-Designate, during the crisis at Gallaudet, 1 May - 29 October 2006.Daily Updates will resume tomorrow, since the story isn't over yet. - Earl
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Gathering for Central Floridians - Tent City of Orlando...
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And Now?
DeafDC.com Sunday night, I sat down to dinner at a Thai restaurant in Eastern Market with two of my friends. The waiter had just served my dinner, a vegetarian glass noodles dish, and I was about to dig in when I felt the vibration of my Sidekick. I’d been waiting for it all day, really [...]
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Need Help
Mishka Zena We need more people at kendall to move bleachers back to baseball field. Thank you. Unity for Gallaudet *Paul Sweeney Jr.
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Response to Gally Tent City Mayor Corrigan's Last Words
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What?s Next?
Elisa Abenchuchan Be sure to check out www.deafread.com for many discussions about what should happen now. This link sandman makes for good reading. Today the protestors cleaned up the campus and their deadline was 5 PM. I’m at McDaniel College, so I don’t know if the campus is all clean now.
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Gallaudet University: BE BOLD AGAIN!
Kalalau's Korner E-mail I recently received reads:I keep reading blogs... They will face the consequences. What can we do? I am worried about a few staff members I keep sending them the messages to fight for no reprisals?Paul Kelly will have field days to punish them. Carl, Paul Kelly is your best friend? If not, do something...I know you are 5000 miles away. I would love to see the [...]
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It?s Time To Move On?
DHH-CommUNITY By Vikee Waltrip Now that the decision of the Gallaudet Board of Trustees has been made in removing Jane Fernandes from being the 9th president, it’s time to move on? It’s time to get back into real life, and allow the healing process to start. Healing can be very, very painful. When you have a large wound, [...]
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Argus Leader: Laurent eyes small towns
Marvin Miller (Laurent, SD) Note: We are looking at Spencer, however, we are also looking at other locations including one in other state. Sign language community shifts plans to redevelopment by MELANIE BRANDERT The co-founders of a proposed McCook County town for sign language users have opted to discard their plan for a new town and look at redeveloping a small one. Spencer [...]
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Understanding the Protest - Part One
DeafDC.com The Spirituality of Gallaudet Okay folks, I’m coming out...out of the broom closet, that is. I am about to make a confession which while known to some of my friends and peers, isn’t exactly public information. I am a Deaf Pagan...a Deaf Witch (Perfect timing for such a confession, eh?). To be more precise, I am a Third [...]
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Upcoming event (ASL VLOG)
Jon Savage View This Video on GoogleGo to Video Google (ASL VLOG) Go to Rowdy Vision’s website [...]
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ABC news nightline tonight!!
The Deaf Sherlock I had to break the news! ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT did a fantastic job of a short but POWERFUL segment about the events on campus of Gallaudet University! It made me HOWL with praise! This was very powerful! How can the former PR machine of JKF spin it? No way, Jose! And get this, I'm hearing word that it will be on the ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE tonight! (at or about [...]
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Terps at Voting Booths
The Information Booth Interpreters, via video, will be placed near voting booths for Deaf voters in San Antonio, TX.See article here from San Antonio Express-News.This could be possibly be the first time anything like this has been done. This could also impact other voting booths across the nation.Can anyone tell me if there's been video relays placed in voting booths [...]
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