Brenda is sighted in St. Louis...
Show Me Deaf Community According to a source, Brenda Brueggemann is in St. Louis at the ALDA conference...she had a dinner with Heppner a while ago...what elz? not much going on?? Looks like BoT are not doing anything serious this weekend? What a way to make things worse at Gally! She needs to have her head smacked for shirking her responsibility....I got feedback moments ago [...]
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March to the Capitol
Elisa Abenchuchan Saturday, October 21, 2006 Meet at FRONT GATE - 8 AM, with banners and signs READY! Bring your Gally Spirit! Wear your “UNITY FOR GALLAUDET” T-shirt! If you don’t have one, at least wear buff and blue colors and/or face paint. Bring your families, friends, neighbors, even strangers!! -FSSA
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Bay Area Community Forum Saturday Night!! Come!
Bay Area Perspective on Gally Text of the flyer:Saturday, October 21, 20066:30pm ? 8:30pmA slide show presentation and reflections about the protest will be shared by our OWN Bay Area folks who flew there to support the cause!A discussion on what we, the Bay Area community, can do from now on, will follow.CSD Little Theater39350 Gallaudet DriveFremont, CA 94538$10 donation(ALL proceeds will go [...]
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Recap of Thursday's events from Karina who's there now
Bay Area Perspective on Gally From Karina Pedersen (published via Bay Area Yahoo group)Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:12:40Hi everyone,I'm currently in D.C. and yesterday was Parents' day. They had their meeting w/ Irv.... Then we had a press conference but only to discover that JKF/IKJ along with concerned students had theirs at the same time. Condience? You decide.The press conference led by Bobbie Beth [...]
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Getting Hearing Boyfriend to Learn ASL
Jamie Berke (About.com) An experienced About visitor shared her experience, posted on the forum, about how she got hearing boyfriends to learn ASL....
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West Coast: Deaf on "Extreme Makeover"
via link submit If you're on the west coast, there's still time to catch tonight's edition of ABC's Extreme Makeover. The show features a deaf man, Phillip Janes, of Los Angeles. The final scene was shot in GLAD's Eagle Rock headquarters.
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Gallaudet BoT meeting in St. Louis????
Show Me Deaf Community I got information from some sources that Gallaudet BoT is meeting in St. Louis. They have been doing that all day today?? Would it be at Marriot Pavilion Hotel by Busch Stadium? I wish to contact the army to go there and show them our concerns about Gallaudet. Geez whiz! It is in my backyard! Guess what? St. Louis is [...]
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Get Your Facts Right, Washington Post
Berke Outspoken Today the Washington Post had an editorial, "Backbone for the Board" that expressed the Post's support for the Board of Trustees. This editorial stated: "Contrary to the false claims of protesters, Ms. Fernandes was picked after a careful six-month search by a 17-member committee that included people of color as well as deaf and hard-of-hearing representatives."One [...]
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Message from the GU Homecoming Chairperson and the Committee
Riverside for FSSA Gallaudetians, Since we have secured a location and it is all paid for before the order made by the University administration to cancel all homecoming functions, the “Ballroom” is still on!  It’ll be held on Saturday, October 21 at ESPNzone, located in the easy accessible Chinatown Market in downtown. ESPNzone will meet all expectations of a [...]
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371: new dailykos posting
Deaf in the City 371: new dailykos postingJust posted my 370 diary on DailyKos, with the following change:If a group of gay people protested that a gay leader was doing terribly, and the leader said, "They think I'm not gay enough," what would happen?If a group of black people protested that a black leader was going terribly, and the leader said, "They think I'm not black enough," [...]
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Gallaudet University: The State of Shame
Kalalau's Korner Shock was first. Denial followed. Anger arrived. Numerous illegal labels were made out to media to describe the GUFSSA activists by the university administration at Gallaudet University who are suggesting that their education has been a kind of anarchy and terrorism. JKF qualified these labels by telling about an unwarranted threat of being shot, ?yes, by a gun? which [...]
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An Update from Our Frontline Reporter, Erin Land
Riverside for FSSA Reporting from her Sidekick. Pardon her typos. press conf today student leader tara holcomb wants to share the distributing news she got.... she wants to invite mr butch zein who was in the meeting... he wants to share one important thing.... the alumni had a meeting with BOT last week and it was a productive meeting and [...]
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Coming Soon: Riverside for FSSA eStore!
Riverside for FSSA If you are seeing an ad upright corner of the sidebar widgets says “Unity for Gallaudet” sweatshirts on sale? Don’t adjust your eyes. Your eyes are perfectly fine. Yes! It’s happening! I have put together a new Riverside for FSSA eStore to sell the sweatshirts. We are raising the money to help FSSA to buy [...]
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Tent BEACH in San Diego!
San Diego Deaf Community for FSSA On October 14, 2006 we all met to show our support for the Unity for Gallaudet movement! Here's the highlights: Here's some more vlogs from two locals:Jared Evans Jon Savage UNITY FOR GALLAUDET!
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Gallaudet Football and Soccer Games will be held off-campus...
Inside Gallaudet Gallaudet games take place in Maryland and Virginia
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Photos of the Main Entrance at Gallaudet!
Patty's Blog Photos taken at the main entrance at Gallaudet UniversityYou can see the photos of the protest banners, the table where food is being served, the students on hunger strike, the rally, the tent city, the Tower, College Hall and the statue in front of College Hall.More later! _\''/
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Agenda for Today and Tomorrow @ Gallaudet
Elisa Abenchuchan Friday, October 20, 2006 7 PM @ Kendall Mall; Faculty’s candlelight march (there will be a surprise)  8 PM @ Tent City; Rally   Saturday, October 21, 2006 Unity for Gallaudet March to Capitol Meet tomorrow morning 8 AM @ Tent City MORE INFO
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Indianapolis VR Counselor's Open Letter
Indy Deaf For FSSA! Dear Dr. Fernandes:I met you during the Vocational Rehabilitation Conference in April 2005. Staff members who ran the workshop will tell you that I wore orange every day. I also did not become used to Deaf culture until after the age of 14, so we have something in common; finding out about Deaf culture, deaf life and ASL later in life. When you were selected as the [...]
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NO THANKS TO HEARING PRESIDENT!
Show Me Deaf Community There was interesting posting by Tayler Mayer about "Would you prefer a hearing president?".......I would say, "NO THANKS TO HEARING PRESIDENT!".....We have had enough of audism going on for so many years! We need Deaf president!......We were fooled and Jordan must have been a Trojan Horse for audists back in 1988... He lied to us and he used us....so Jane Fernandes [...]
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MISSOURI VALLEY CHAPTER PITCHING UP TENT CITY!
Show Me Deaf Community For your information.... please pass this on..... October 19, 2006 Hello from the Missouri Valley Chapter of GUAA: The Missouri Valley Chapter is joining in the protest along with the Gallaudet students, staff, and alumni. We will have our Tent City in Fulton, Mo. Sunday, October 22 at 12:00pm. Rain or Shine, we will be [...]
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Gallaudet University Protesters True Patriots
Mishka Zena THE EXAMINER (DC) Letter to the editor Gallaudet University protesters are true patriots Re: “Enough is enough at Gallaudet,” Editorial, Oct. 16 Your editorial is in poor taste and very anti-American. Anyone paying $11,000-plus tuition has a right to address where their money is going and how those high-dollar funds will be used. Obviously, there [...]
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Response to Washington Post Article
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition The emails to Gallaudet University Board of Trustee members from president designate Jane K. Fernandes, excerpts printed on the front page of today?s Washington Post, threaten the Board members with the knowledge that Congress will investigate them for not performing their fiduciary duties.  In the same article, she states that ...
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MSSD official says school buses were blocked
Dan McClintock Hello, everyone, remember I told you earilier that I would investigate this on my own? I did and emailed Elizabeth Meynardie, who is in charge of Community Building at MSSD. Following is a copy of her response to my inquiry.I would like to clarify my role here at my blogsite. You all already know where I stand on this issue. As a cartoonist my job here is to provide [...]
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Former KDES Principal Asks For Fernandes? Resignation
Mishka Zena Open Letter to Dr. Jane K. Fernandes Filed under: General, * Alumni, FSSA ? gufssa @ 1:48 pm Dear Dr. Jane K. Fernandes, It is with our heavy heart to be writing this letter to you today.  We have been closely following unfortunate and shall we also say, unnecessary developments on Gallaudet University campus since May 2006 via [...]
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Declaration by Stakeholders of Gallaudet University
via link submit Petition: WE, the undersigned members of the deaf and hard of hearing community throughout the United States and around the world, hereinafter referred to as STAKEHOLDERS; declare that Gallaudet University is experiencing a crisis that threatens the integrity, credibility, image and safety of not only the University, but also the quality of education for students currently [...]
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