Is it a Presidency or is it a Monarchy?
Bay Area Perspective on Gally Another hastily drawn sketch done last week. Enjoy.
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Thanks for your patience
GUAA News HI, As you can see, we are working on the website to make it more user friendly and nicer!  I’m still struggling with the email part of it.  I can’t seem to get the subscriber section to work smoothly. Please be patient while I work this through. I have someone helping me.  Hopefully it’ll be up [...]
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Our Thoughts & Prayers Are With Gallaudet
Marvin Miller (Laurent, SD) Last Friday, President I. King Jordan ordered arrests of the protesters. It was a sad chapter in Gallaudet’s history — the situation was allowed to escalate to this point, and unfortunately, the responsibility lies with the leadership. When a Board is not listening to the community, you can always guarantee there will be problems. Education is [...]
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Donations Galore!
AUSTIN for FSSA Thank you to those who have donated. We will continue collecting donations until Friday, October 20.Buff Donors ($100 and above):Texas Assoication of the DeafTexas Latino Council of the Deaf and Hard of HearingChris and Jody HamiltonAllen HamiltonMark Gobble and Leslie HusseyBlue Donors:Sandy KimballMarilyn NixonSheri MizeSally PorterBeth StrainMark PhillipsNote: [...]
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Donations Galore!
AUSTIN for FSSA Thank you to those who have donated. We will continue collecting donations until Friday, October 20.Buff Donors ($100 and above):Texas Assoication of the DeafTexas Latino Council of the Deaf and Hard of HearingChris and Jody HamiltonAllen HamiltonMark Gobble and Leslie HusseyBlue Donors:Sandy KimballMarilyn NixonSheri MizeSally PorterBeth StrainMark PhillipsNote: [...]
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Fundraising at Freddie's!
AUSTIN for FSSA AUSTINforFSSA will have a fundraising event at Freddie?s restaurant on South 1st Street tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 4pm. Freddie?s has agreed to donate 20% of everything we order (drinks and food) tomorrow afternoon.PLEASE come to support the FSSA?s efforts. Bring your family, friends, and co-workers and buy dinner at Freddie's! We will also be collecting [...]
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Austinites at Washington DC
AUSTIN for FSSA Austinites currently at Washington DC:Rosemary and Jerry McGaughAshley O?NiellAustinities en route to Washington DC:Rogelio FernandezAllen HamiltonWalt and Franna CamenischReggie BoydIris SandellNote: Many of us are at Washington DC in spirit.
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Deaf Advocate Blasts Arrests
Mishka Zena Deaf Advocate Blasts Arrests Protests Continue Against Incoming Gallaudet President By Daniel de Vise Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 16, 2006; B01 The president of the National Association of the Deaf weighed in yesterday on what she called the “totally unnecessary” arrests Friday night of 133 protesters at Gallaudet University in a dispute [...]
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Hunger Strike!
ASL Community Journal Let’s honor those who are on hunger strike, opposing the choice of JKF as the designated 9th President of Gallaudet University.  I’m listing the names, the dates and time they started on hunger strike.  Later on I will interview each of them. Jon Kessell - 13 October at 4:32 AM Nixo Lanning - 13 October at 2:00 PM David Simmons - [...]
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Odessa Presentation
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Last week I gave a presentation to the Texas Hearing Loss Assoc Conference at Odessa. This is only powerpoint so you miss out the meat of my presentation, but it may give you an idea of what the contents might be. [link] Van Scheppach who subbed for RG (both Sprint folks) co-presented with me, [...]
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Fernandes Doesn?t Care
Mishka Zena I read with interest this new letter published at FSSA (Gally FSSA News) where the mother of a KDES student described her experience dealing with Dr. Fernandes when Dr  Fernandes was the Vice President of Clerc Center. This echoes what another mother of a KDES student had.  Here is Jamie’s letter. She Doesn’t Care If it were [...]
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Alaska became our 40th! Picture from Alaska!
Deafeye Alaska Tent City happened yesterday, got email from Darrell Campbell, a Gallaudet Alumni, that it occured. Sent me this picture to show everyone that group from Alaska CARES!WoW! Inspiration right there! Unity for Gallaudet!
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GUKCC--Something Fishy?
Deaf Kitchen Campus is relatively quiet right now, awaiting the faculty meeting at 4pm. Staff, the long-silent group (for fear of reprisals) finally seems to be stirring--the Friday night arrests were the trigger. Last night and at lunchtime today, the staff I talked with were ready to break their silence and come out in favor of the protest. Looks like this sleeping giant is [...]
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Parents/King to Meet
Deaf Kitchen Thursday at 915 am. But, enough already! Resolve this crisis NOW!
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The 6th St. Entrance drama
Bay Area Perspective on Gally From Roberta DanielsMon, 16 Oct 2006 10:23:03This morning the protestors stood in a tunnel at the 6th st entrance with signs and chants from 5am to 9am. The students stood by the gate and the alumni down the road near ole jim pleading fac n staff arriving to vote against JK's presidency this aftn at a scheduled fac mtg. Guess who drove by among hundreds, Jane [...]
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In the News - Thomas & Alice Arrested!!
via link submit This is my temporary blogsite. I couldn't access my original blogsite to upload my cartoons. Look forward to my second cartoon coming soon!
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Dean of NTID/VP of RIT?s Open Letter to the NTID Community
Elisa Abenchuchan I have been approached by a number of student leaders, faculty and staff at NTID about my official position on the issues and challenges that face Gallaudet University. Attached to my open letter is a copy of a letter to the NTID community from the NTID Student Congress including a copy of NSC President Sarah [...]
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More Pictures
Elisa Abenchuchan Hodgson Tamara and many postings @ www.xanga.com/ladymuck
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Who to Contact
Elisa Abenchuchan Committee Chair - Erin Moran (emoran@tmail.com) Media - Alison Aubrecht (alisonaubrecht@tmail.com) Flyers/Banners - Jeanine Wiesblatt (bluesun@tmail.com) Newsflash - Rachelle Settambrino (brightearth@tmail.com) Finances/Donations - Andres Piedrahita (ahp22@tmail.com) Supplies - Jeanine Wiesblatt (bluesun@tmail.com) T-Shirts - Latoya Plummer [...]
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Letter to IKJ fromDonald A. Grushkin, Ph.D.
Frederick United For FSSA To Dr. I.K. Jordan:In Honor of Your 18-Year LegacyDr. Jordan:I am writing to you with much sadness for you and Gallaudet University in the aftermath of your arrests, with the concurrence of the Board of Trustees, of the student protestors. In 1988, 18 years ago, you were swept into office on a wave of student and alumni protest much like the one occurring at this [...]
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Wikipedia Entry on Gallaudet Protest
Elisa Abenchuchan [link] Go there and add more information to the entry. Add more links to letters, etc, tell the wikipedia world about our side.
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Factual Sheet/Media Contacts: Tell Them The Truth!
Mishka Zena What you can do, contact the media both in DC area and also in your local cities. Use the factual sheet to demonstrate the real issues. This factual sheet is still being worked and not completed yet.  Any feedback from the readers how to improve the factual sheet would be appreciated. Thanks. Elizabeth -44 faculty members, [...]
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1 PM Update
Mishka Zena 33 hours and counting! Doing good! We just had a rally w visitors from the UK for See/Hear TV BBC and Hawai’I. We will go to fac senate mtg outside foster w black and just stand there while fac get in. Then we leave n wait for their press conference at 6 45. sent via pager of Coco
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Letter from Dr. Carol Erting
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition October 16, 2006Dear Faculty colleagues,On Saturday, President Jordan appealed to the campus community to ??give Jane Fernandes the respect that is due her and the opportunity to bring us all together?? Last night, in a statement from the Board of Trustees, Chair Dr. Brenda Jo Brueggemann wrote that Dr. Fernandes ...
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Letter to Faculty
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Dear Colleagues,Today, for most if not all of us, is a sad day.  We are faced with a crisis the likes of which Gallaudet has never known and we pray will never know again.At least 60 faculty members were here over the weekend and witnessed the arrests that no doubt ...
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