Well, here is my pov … I appreciate Weiner’s honesty that he did not know how to merge UG and Grad students at GU. “We’ll ask the community and find out” is actually a very good answer because it shows that if he were a president, he would include the community in the decision-making, which the IKJ/JKF administration lacks.

So far, the IKJ/JKF adminstration has the tendency of circumventing many important decisions, bypassed the Faculty Senate, etc and submitted to BoT for approval while everyone was out for the summer…

This looks like it was hastily written, but you get the point- 100 students held a protest. Complaining what? That Fernandes is not qualified? That Anderson did not make it as a finalist? Even though this represents only a small segment of the Gallaudet’s CURRENTLY enrolled population, the next Gallaudet President already has my deepest sympathy. It’s extremely difficult to lead against waves of irrationality built on misinformation. We do not know the full intentions behind the BoT, and nor do we know 100% of what went on behind these closed doors… but we do need to place our good faith in these members. I can understand setting up a protest should any of these candidates be outrageously unqualified (such as one never having heard of Gallaudet), but that is simply not the case here. However, if these students strongly feel that they have valid reasons, then I would like to know what other options they first exercised?

Like POTUS, what I find intriguing about the soon to be POGU is that he or she will become not only a university president - but Deaf America’s newest icon.

Now that’s what the real hoopla is all about, people.

I’m a rarity. I’m a supporter of Jane Fernandes. But, will she be seen as a Deaf icon? I can’t see that. Interesting. From what I’ve heard, Weiner’s presentation wasn’t good. I think Stern can be seen as an icon more so than JKF. Very interesting thought.

I guess you had to be there; many of Dr. Weiner’s answers weren’t dazzling or even satisfactory. A representative from Graduate Student Association asked how grad students could be more involved in the community.

Dr. Weiner’s fumbling answer was to create mixed-use dorms for undergraduate and graduates and get SBG and GSA to work closer together. Okay…but Dr. Weiner has years and years of experience in this field; I expected a much more detailed answer.

He also didn’t seem particularly confident in what he was saying. Don’t get me wrong. I like the guy; maybe he’s just not a good debater.

Nice to see you again after all those years. You might remember me. I used the nickname, the one Nietzsche made famous, in my Wassup discussions back in the days when VAX ruled. I just checked your bio at DeafDC and it brought a smile.

According to the blog title, I would have expected to see discussions about Stephen Weiner proclaiming a Superman (himself?) for the Gallaudet Presidency. :)

Hopefully there’ll be more indepth reports for the other two candidates when they have their own open forums on Gallaudet campus. I’ve read some comments on other blogging sites and have found it lacking in substance.