Gallaudet Students Protest Dr. Fernandes’s Selection
By Adam Stone on Mon 1 May 2006 |
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A student protest has unfolded this afternoon at Gallaudet University following the selection of their Provost as the next President to succeed I. King Jordan in December 2006.
Immediately after the announcement of Dr. Jane Fernandes’s selection as Gallaudet’s next president, Ryan Commerson, an outspoken Gallaudet alumnus, attempted to disrupt the event and was thrown out of the auditorium by two security personnel.
Many people left the auditorium in a state of shock. While the appointment of Dr. Fernandes was seen as a somewhat foregone conclusion given the strict qualifications (all of which Dr. Fernandes clearly met and exceeded), many had hoped that it would be somebody else.
A platform was quickly set up on Kendall Green where Student Body Government President Noah Beckham served as a homing beacon for approximately 200-300 students to gather. Once a sufficiently large group had been assembled, Beckham and others told them to head towards the main entrance/front gates on Florida Avenue and 8th St NE.
The main entrance was immediately blocked off by approximately 200 students. Signs were quickly drawn up that said, “Better President Now!” “Jane Fernandes Not Accept!” “No JK!” (Jane Fernandes’s sign name is “J.K.”)
Various student leaders, including Anthony Mowl, Tawny Holmes, and Ryan Commerson (speaking from outside the Gallaudet boundaries) expressed their deep displeasure at Dr. Fernandes’s selection, and coined the overarching slogan of this small protest, “Jane Fernandes Is Not Acceptable!”
In ASL, it is signed as, “J. K. Not Accept!”
Dr. Jane K. Fernandes has the unfortunate position of being both the most qualified candidate (as determined by the Board of Trustees) and the most divisive candidate (as determined by the student body).
Police vehicles are now lined up along Florida Avenue ostensibly keeping the students from spilling out into the streets, and news media (such as this Wash. Post article) are surely on their way.
As of post time, the protest continues at Gallaudet University’s front gates. There are no clear signs of what will happen next. It appears disorganized as the student leaders figure out who really are the leaders and decide on a plan.
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oh please. nothing is going to happen from this protest. jk is our president for real, and she’s going to stay that way.
amen.
Amen.
It is sad about the protest continues against a genuine Deaf and well educated woman embarrassing us the Deaf people of the world.
Shut up, Gallaudetin!!! the BOT did NOT listen to us. where is our voice?? shut up so the BOT can hear OUR voice!
BETTER PRESIDENT NOW!
BETTER PRESIDENT NOW!
BETTER PRESIDENT NOW!
iam a former gally student and i agree with ryan commerson about JK Fernandes.. whoever is gally prez is gonna have to deal with deaf culture, asl , a diverse student body and various groups. and that person whoever is prez has tobe able to sign to communicate.. i prefer steve weiner or Ron Stern.. as a jewish deaf alumni and gally graduates. jK fernandes is not gally graduate.. let them protest and hopefully we get what we want as alumni.. thanks for let me post this comment.
Thats a perfect example of the dichotomy at gallaudet right now. All 3 so-called student leaders couldn’t even name you the 8 parts of English speech, much less write a complete sentence. This protest is really about holding students accountible for their academics vs. Gallaudet just being the Washington, DC deaf club. Deaf people are so embarrasing.
I hope to God you are not Deaf. That comment was extremely rude and unnecessary. I think you better take a good look at your own writing before you start to judge others. You have a few errors as well. For starters you misspelled several words. This is how they are spelled.
1. embarrassing
2. accountable
3. That’s
4. Gallaudet
I am not judging you, just merely pointing out your wonderful English grammar since you brought it to our attention. I hope you think twice next time.
Juanita-
I hate to tell you this but a significant number of Gallaudet students are unable to write very clear and cohesively. Take a look at the numerous blog entries below ours.
Many of the blog entries have numerous misspellings and incorrect grammar structure. What does that say to you about their English knowledge? I think it all goes back to their prior educational years where they didn’t get much help with their English to begin with and it carries forward with horrible results.
I think it is kind of sad because a lot of employers would look at their job applications and decide that they wouldn’t fit in the job if the job requires writing reports and the like.
I cringe every time I see blogs that are badly written–whether the blogger is hearing or not.
What can be done about this at Gallaudet to improve this? Many employers sometimes do ask for writing samples. I have had several ask for mine. I’ve never had problems with my English.
In fact, when I approached the English lab at my alma mater, they pulled me aside and asked me who helped me with my writing. I responded that I did it all on my own. They were astounded and said that I needed not to come back because they didn’t see that I needed any help from them. They were incredulous because they had never experienced meeting a deaf student who wrote that well before. So instead they asked me if I would consider being an English tutor to other deaf students. I politely declined because I felt that I would be upstaging the deaf community if I did that. I felt that many other deaf students would resent me and feel that I am trying to be “better than the rest”, which is not what I am trying to do.
But yes, you are right that one should not judge others, which is very hard for people to do in this world. I am no exception here as well.
POWNED
Joe Dirt, you reflect what we argued all along: AUDISM.
Get it?
R-
Protest photos:
http://tinyurl.com/h635b
http://tinyurl.com/rh3rx
Joe Dirt,
Save the dichotomy statement, you are wrong in all aspects. The protest is not about accountability, it is about the future of Gallaudet and deaf people. Faculty, students, and alumni just dont have confidence in JKF, regardless of her credentials. This is not speculation, but a result of JKF’s reign in the last 6 years and the environment she has created.
Adam, Great job. I only wished you spent more time on the other side of the spectrum. I am confident you would understand the source of all of this anger for it transcends beyond JKF’s decisions, coldness, or strictness.
Ridor, thank you for being a force. Those derogatory remarks against you indicate that your detractors probably cant argue against your points but your lifestyle. I guess they dont really have anything to say.
A big middle finger salute to audism and those in the way of progress for equal access to us all.
I’m not convinced JKF should resign –she has all the qualifications and experiences for the position of Gally president. Can one of you explain specifics why you Gally students are against her..it seems to be rather personal. Please explain.
I agree with Betty, I don’t see any explanation other than so called “audism”…I feel there is the only explanation is…current students may be DPN wannabe!!
It’s really very simple. Deaf Culture is going the way of the dodo bird. Their numbers steadily decline every year. More deaf kids get implanted, better medical care, or go mainstreamed rather than just get shipped off to a deaf school k-12. And they know it. And they are scared to get left behind. Because Gallaudet has a horrible academic reputation. Students graduate who can’t even write a complete sentence. Jane wants to change that. And she won’t even bother with a phony show of “deaf power” spirit, because she has better things to do. The only knock against her, are her public gaffes. But if committing public gaffes was a federal offense, our 43rd POTUS would be in Fort Leavenworth. It’s personal with Jane, because Deaf Culture is in its death throes.
YOU THINK YOU’RE ALL THAT, DON’T EVEN BOTHER TO THINK SO. YOU JUDGED US, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THIS FAMOUS QUOTE– “NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER?” I THINK NOT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN’T READ THAT WELL, EVEN SOME OF YOUR GRAMMAR. THE HEARING WORLD DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE DEAF WORLD, PERIOD, THEY WILL NEVER DO. I GREW UP IN THE HEARING FAMILY, I KNOW HOW IT IS LIKE AND MY PARENTS ACCEPTED ME AS DEAF, CAN’T YOU TOO? OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ACCEPT US AS DEAF. DO YOU EVEN REALIZE, NOT ONLY DEAF PEOPLE, HEARING PEOPLE DO STRUGGLE WITH THEIR ENGLISH GRAMMAR? THINK, JOE, THINK ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT EDUCATION– YOU DO NOT KNOW JANE K.F. SO, SHUT UP, SHE SAYS SHE’S A QUIET LEADER… MY ASS, THAT IS NOT HOW A LEADER IS SUPPOSED TO BE. AND LASTLY, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROTEST IS ALL ABOUT, SO STOP JUDGING PEOPLE, GEEZ. GROW UP.
Hardly. From the days of Martha Vineyard some 100 years ago to now had Deaf culture grown from a several hundreds to around 900,000 Deaf people in the United States. And it continues to grow. Technology has helped Deaf culture than nobody has ever dreamed of before. They scream at every potential demise to their Deaf culture from cochlear implantation, cued speech to stem cells not realizing their culture is still growing and moving forward. And now they’re saying that Dr. Fernandes is going to ruin it all.
Same M.O. but different story.
Ryan Commerson fan said:
“Shut up, Gallaudetin!!! the BOT did NOT listen to us. where is our voice?? shut up so the BOT can hear OUR voice!”
Sir, Gallaudet is a *university.* As with every other university and college in the United States, **you don’t get to pick the president of your university.** Please realize that this is not a democratic process here; you don’t have a voice in this decision. The BoT and selection committee listens to the student community and then makes the best decision for the university.
Please stop assuming that every decision to be made revolves around you.
The student mental health center must be closed too long.
Thank you so very much for saying that. It’s about time that some one said it. Oh, and to all of you people who say that hearing people don’t understand Deaf Culture and never will, That is because it is people like you who are predjudice of hearing peoplevand WON’T LET IT be accepted by hearing people. I meen there are many students taking ASL in schools wanting to learn about Deaf culture.
I think its great that hearing students are taking ASL classes, but its bad when they offer a job to the hearing student to teach ASL or become teachers for the deaf. It also save the school board money when they use them as intepreters…..
I guess this assumes that deaf folks are regularly denied deaf ed jobs and asl teaching jobs in favor hearing folk?
I think people of Gallaudet University happen to know Ron Stern or Stephen Weiner better– they’ve made connections with a lot of students at Gallaudet University, as well as a lot of deaf leaders and communities all over the world. It’s only natural to feel that they can be better for representing the deaf community. However, being a president of Gallaudet University is a responsibility, a skill of trying to improve the community at Gallaudet University.
I cannot claim to say that Stern, Weiner or Fernandes do not know how to do these things– (since I do not possess the knowledge of these individuals) but I would prefer to give the position to one who has the skill of innovation, initiation and better changes for the community, not thinking about maintenance of the university. Someone who’s willing to take risks for a better change.
hello,
sorry i hate JKF. SHE WAS STUIPD
BETTER PREIDENT NOW!
BETTER PRESIDENT NOW!
POWER OF THE PEOPLE WHOO!
JKF HAS NO IDEA HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS!
I AGREE WITH PATRICK, BETTER PRESIDENT NOW!
I DONT LIKE SUPPORT HER JKF
“Know Thy Enemy”?? I don’t get it!! Jane is our enemy?? Bin Ladin, Hamas or Iran President IS our enemy. Jane had a freedom to apply for the president position and went throught series of interview and eventually was selected.
The word “Jane had a freedom to apply for the president position” is not what I think. This is what I think.
The government told I. King Jordan, Jr. that it is time for him to retire. There may be some unfinished business and he needs someone to take care of this and tells “Jane, You would be a great president.” Jane may have responded “King, I don’t know if the Deaf community would react?”
King then says, “Jane I have the Board of Trustees in my hands now and they all are my friends.
Jane: Are you sure King?
King: Yes. I am very sure, Jane.
Hello,
I am the editor of the Bella Online Deafness site and I have written two articles on this situation. I am highly interested in interviewing you regarding your thoughts, opinions, and feelings on Dr. Fernandes being promoted to president of Gallaudet University. Please email me to let me know if you would be interested in doing an online interview. I look forward to hearing from you.
Kelli Deister
What I see as a PROUD Gallaudet Alumni of DPN (who actually stayed through the whole DPN protest .. meaning all 7 days back in 1988), this protest is a whole different era.
In my perspective, this protest is setting us back 20 years in the public eyes. The reason why I say this is because this is a beautiful example how “horizontal violence” or “crab theory” develops in a divided culture within a community. This protest is going for a long, long haul since the justifications does not serve its purpose of the American society. In reality, especially being in the ADA era, civil rights meaning all kinds of Deaf people have the same basic rights, not just the capital Ds of Deaf (Deaf families or early ASL users, who grew up in deaf schools are the minorities of the Deaf populations say about 3 - 5 % ). There are 100 thousands of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in the United States, who, may be scratching their heads thinking if Dr. Fernandez is obviously the most qualified, consistant, well prepped to step up, has the most distinguished accomplishments in both worlds, from a Deaf family (her mother and siblings), who uses ASL, took courses in ASL linguistics, Deaf culture, and I could go on 15 pages more within her resume, vitae, and letter of applications. This lady is a true Bilingual & Bicultural candidate. She does have the best of both worlds and the other canidates are more of monolingual and do not represent the true meaning of being a Bilingual and Bicultural Gallaudet Univeristy Deaf President.
Therefore, Dr. Jane Fernandez is the best Bilingual and Bicultral candidate to lead Gallaudet University into the 21st century. She meets all the criterias and more (especially already being trained when terrorists strike in the backyard or disasters happen), qualifications, and requirements to be the Gallaudet New President. Heck !! no wonder the Board of Trustees voted for her.
Therefore, what is really wrong with this protest picture?? Even the National News have not yet picked up on this protest because of the controverties just does not justify and perhaps, they are doing us a big favor in the long run by saving our own diginity just being DEAF and being different by those who measure being DEAF in one way or another. What the protesters can do is belong into grass roots movement within our government to promote ASL, Deaf Culture, removing IDEA laws, and so forth. Since it is the taxpayers who keeps Gallaudet ALIVE and our congress can easily say… the Capital Ds of Deaf Community just do not get it!!! This is America. I say UNITED DIVERSITY & DEMOCRACY stand STRONG. Then I say.. pick Ronald Stern as Gallaudet Provost since it is the Provost that makes Gallaudet happen.
Best wishes to all of you and appreciate your freedom of speech and democracy.
Lastly, be sure to SUPPORT OUR TROOPS in perserving our rights, freedom, and democracy.
As an alumnus, and as a hearing person, I want what is best for the university-whatever that happens to be. Deafness has many “faces” now, and whomever can best represent each facet of deafness in a positive and strong manner, while doing all they can to make GU strong academically and socially-as a cultural center for ASL- should hold the position of president. I feel like I have to restrain my comments because of the fact that I am hearing,but (I’ll say this anyway…), while most colleges and universities’ student bodies are allowed to voice an opinion regarding a change in presidents, most do not get to control, or heavily influence the choice. Having said that, Gallaudet is not like “other colleges and universities”, by virtue of the fact that it is one of the few remaining vestiges of “Deaf culture”-because of the fact that more deaf are mainstreamed and are implanted, rather than attending a residential school. All I want is what is ultimately best for GU, and its future. My thoughts and prayers are with the protesters, and I hope no reprisals occur-whatever the final outcome is!!!!
BETTER PRESIDENT NOW!
JKF has no idea how to interact with the students of Gallaudet! Yeah, she may be deaf herself, but I still think Ron Stern or Steven Weiner would make better presidents! This protest is showing that Gallaudet has a voice, and at a time of action, they raise it! They aren’t afraid to stand up for what the believe in! GO GALLY! Gally made changes years ago when we wanted a deaf president, we got King Jordan. I admit, he rocked out loud! But now with him leaving, we get stuck with JKF?!? Give me a break! Gally will forevermore stand strong and fight back until we are satisfied with our president! JKF seemed awkward around the deaf, she may know what shes doing but we wanted a president like King Jordan, Intelligent and Interactive! Once again, I hope this protest brings results, I’m rooting for ya, guys! Go Gally! Bison Pride!
BETTER PRESIDENT NOW!
POWER OF THE PEOPLE!
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Dear the Board of Trustees,
WAKE UP!
I noticed many young student seemed not understand communication problem since time. They graduated from High School to Gallaudet. That is why. SBG did wrong idea to teach new young student protest against Dr. Fernandes. ” This is NOT hearing vs Deaf contest” You do not need listen from new young student and SBG now. It is up to you now.
OH MY GOODNESS WHAT! THIS IS HAPPENED TO DR. FERNANDES. I THOUGHT SHE IS GOOD SUPPORT TO GALLAUDET DEAF STUDENTS PEOPLE. I FIND OUT THIS IS NOT SUPPORT TO DEAF GALLAUDET STUDENTS.
I THINK, I NEED TO REMOVE FOR DR. JKF BE GALLAUDET PRESIDENT. I WANT A NEW DEAF PRESIDENT!
PLUS!
DEAR GALLAUDET DEAF PEOPLE KEEP UP FIGHT WITH DR JKF. DONT GIVE UP FOR HER!!
BETTER PRESIDENT NEW!!
BETTER PRESIDENT NEW!!
BETTER PRESIDENT NEW!!
DEAF POWER SPIRIT!!
POWER OF THE DEAF PEOPLE!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
DO NOT GIVE UP!! KEEP UP!! FIGHT!!
I do not need fight against to Dr. JFK this fall. I said Some deaf new Student seemed idiot. I support DR. JFK president this fall. Why not you can against hearing vs deaf candidate president of GU. I will support you. But Why did deaf people against deaf lady president. Make no sense. That is waste your time. I am not interenest some deaf student’s opinio.
I do not need support the gallaudet student and some staff. I know that many new student seemed not enough smart and they are still idiot. I am very strong support DR. JFK this fall. Many student look very baby cry complaint against to DR. JFK. I can understand now. Stop it the student activites against to JFK president now. The SBG new student leader are very big stupid. I hope so JFK must keep her new president this fall.
As a parent of a deaf son and daughter in law.. I am so disappointed at the lack of input from students, faculty and other deaf communty leaders in Wash DC, whom are a part of the protest that is taking place. There are ample places for those who are hard of hearing, hearing, and who have philosophies that are not in support of the deaf culture to work. It is wrong to take any positions that are minimal and not so readily available away from deaf people. I call on King Jordan to resind his directives of arresting students for voicing their opinions,and to authorize thier arrests. How dare you King Jordan , how hypocritical can you be when you Mr Jordan did all you could to support protesting students when it was something that would benefit you Have you forgotten, as a parent and a hearing parent at that, I call on you King Jordan to stand up and be counted by the very people who put you into the position of President of the college. It should be you hearing the crys of these students and faculty and not suppressing their freedoms. How times have changed . Mr Jordan, listen to the students and faculty. Ask for the resignation of Jane Fernandez, anyone who is cold enough to not allow a person one week to entitle them to retirement monies, anyone who uses the excuse she is quiet in order to be excused for apathy towards the deaf students, anyone not willing to promote the deaf world , anyone the students and faculty feel this strongly about NOT having in this seat should not be there. I call on all parents to take a stand. How dare they arrest our kids for speaking out and using their freedoms in peaceful demonstrations. How dare they oppress our children. How dare you give such an order King Jordan
In addition, the kids now has a criminal record.
A double-whammy for those who wants to work for the US federal government to obtain security clearance.
Jordan should exhaust all avenues first before those kids becomes arrested. He said he has and I am not sure if he is telling the truth. Where are the meditators?
I am not sure why he called the police and no one was in danger and whats more the faculty was with the students and no classes. Jordan was not thinking straight in my humble opinion.
i think that the presiednt of a deaf school should be deaf, it only makes sense.
she is deaf.
i agree with someone.
ya it’s only comen sense.
I think an earlier poster noted that this protest would look bad to the outside world. . .
I am an “outsider” — I won’t define that, but you can judge as you like. I couldn’t figure out why no Washington Post article on the Gallaudet protests mentioned the REASON why the students were against Dr. Fernandes. After looking at this blog and a few others, I can now see why. There is no stated reason. The only “argument” I can find is that Dr. Fernandes has poor social skills. I am sorry, but that’s hardly enough reason to ask a qualified candidate to resign.
I think you are lucky that the media isn’t covering the Gallaudet protests in more detail. From what I have read from the students themselves, coverage would only serve to embarass your community.
Black sheep,
You would have gathered more information about the reasons behind the protest and the dislike of Jane Fernandes as president, if you had done your research.
The fact that the Washington Post failed in it’s journalistic duty to provide information, which seems to be quite the norm lately, does not mean there are no reasons behind the protest and rejection of Jane Fernandes.
Here’s a link to better written article on the protest.
http://www.insidehighered.com/...../gallaudet
Silver Owl — thank you for that link. It is a shame, however, that the students aren’t doing a better job of putting their message out there in a clear way. I did a number of searches (probably more than the average person would do) and couldn’t find anything. My guess is that the Post, as a top newspaper, did their research but didn’t find anyone with a clear message either. Instead, they were left with vague statements about this being about shifts in the deaf community and deaf culture, which is a message that will not win much sympathy (and sounds like it doesn’t represent the students’ views either). I don’t think the arguments presented are particularly strong, either, but at least it’s an argument — and I think one can fairly say that perhaps someone outside of the deaf community can’t understand why people are so unhappy about this choice (such as the point that this person is a figurehead for the deaf community, not just a university president).
I’d still like your input on another issue, though. I am left wondering what room for negotiation the students are leaving the BOT, the existing president, and Fernandes. It sounds like they are demanding she resign — no middle ground. Having attended a number of universities for different degrees, the idea that the students should dictate who is president seems absurd to me. They should be consulted, yes, but I doubt that they have the perspective or experience to make decisions about the university for the future. And there’s a power issue here, anyway. If the BOT backs down, the students can protest any president ever elected just to get their way — so it seems unlikely they would back down if only to keep the students and alumni from thinking that they have total control.
first of all, it’s always nice to see students standing up for themselves. i’m a hearing person from the dc area, and this is the first i’ve heard about this protest.
i agree with ba ba black sheep that it’s difficult to figure out what the issue is, although i believe i’ve sort of found an answer. students should demand that their opinions count, we students aren’t experts in university affairs, but we are affected by them, no matter where we are.
according to http://www.gallyprotest.org the protesters disagree with the basic structure of the administration. does everyone here feel that the administration is corrupt?
There are issues of secrecy for years. The Faculty had an issue with the administration. Provost position was not announced and one day they appointed Jane Fernandes. The faculty was stunned by that move.
Prior to the provost position, she was granted tenure within the American Sign Language Department without a committee to review. There are several people who would like to apply for the provost position but Jordan handpicked Fernandes.
Fernandes does not bode well with students. During the murders and students planned a scholarship program along with the deceased’s parents. Fernandes took that program and publicized that she was the one who established that scholarship.
Under Fernandes/Jordan’s watch they got a bad report from the government that they were not performing towards academic standard.
The accreditation people knew the standard was low and professors were passing students that they should not. Professors were pressured to give grades that allow the low performing students to graduate in order to make their statistics look good.
Jordan did everything to make sure that Fernandes replaces him. The interview and selection committee is flawed based on bias and favoritism. The people on campus were very furious by that move.
There were issues of $4 million dollars that were mismanaged and people on campus has not yet gotten a straight answer.
There are too many to list.
During that time of well noticed mismanagement, who’s Fernandes’ supervisor? And who reports to the BoT?
The bottom line, do we see checks and balances at Gallaudet University?
Jordan was her supervisor and Jordan reports to the Board of Trustees.
Ok, one more question: who is the right person the whistle blower should contact?
I SUPPORT DEAF BECOME A PRESIDENT PEROID….. WE ARE EQUAL AS HUMAN!!! I AM TIRED SEEING ALOT STUDENT UPSET PUBLIC OF GALLUDET UNVIERSTY THEY NEED BE RESPESTFUL TO OTHER PEOPLES RIGHT OF POWDER DEAF..
GALLUDET UNIVERISTY IS IMPORANT FOR DEAF BECOME PRESIDENT VALUE FUTURE THINK THEIR EDUCATION BETTER PLEASE STAY POSTIVE ABOUYT GALLUDET UNVIRSITY KEEP SUPPORT TO DEAF POWDER !!!!! PRAY HARD!!!
So — what are people thinking now that Fernandes is out of the picture? Personally, it strikes me as a really bad move on the part of the BOT. Who has control of this school at this point? The students?
And what’s with the protesters burning effigies (is that the plural?) of Fernandes? It’s no wonder she didn’t want to talk with them!
The real struggle is going to be the next person selected as president. The students of color are going to plump for Glenn Anderson while Noah and others will want to push for Ron Stern. Others may or may not want Stephen Weiner, the third candidate, but others will want to look further abroad such as Davila and other notable Deaf educators.
And, of course, there is the dark horse, Roz Rosen. Is it any surprise that her two children, Jeffrey and Susan, were involved in the protests? I mean, seriously?
I lost interest in Gallaudet and shall not have anything to do with it EVER AGAIN.
Deaf Against Deaf Power, not power for Education.
Protest was too barbariac by calling both King Jordan and Jane Fernandes all the names from book.
I can see the corrosion at Gallaudet which started yesterday….the first time in history now.
THE END OF GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY for me…FAREWELL!