Reprisals Are Outrageous!
Jeff,
It is outrageous for me to know the reprisals are taking place there.
You gave a perfect analogy about the current BOTs.
During the 1988 DPN week, if my memory served correctly, the BOTs quickly returned to D.C. to reach a resolution which met our four demands. The BOTs showed their leadership to find a resolution at that time in short span of time.
Where are the leadership of current BOTS? They are completely failing us. No matter they are split over the ongoing situation, they MUST come to D.C. to find a resolution as soon as possible.
No wonder there have been a severe leadership crisis in the current BOT and Administration for a long while contrary to President I. King Jordan’s statement about no leadership crisis at Gallaudet University.
Darryl Hackett ‘90
Unity for Gallaudet! The Legacy of I., King Jordan is tarnished forever!
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The BOT has repeatedly said that their job is not to run the daily affairs of the university. If that is the case, then WHY are they on the board in the first place? Was this just to get some kind of GLORY or perhaps receive some type of COMPENSATION? Perhaps it was just so that IKJ could have a complete REIN of the board since these are people he chose? Whatever their reasons, they truly don’t know the meaning of “service”.
Thats Dr. Brenda Jo Brueggemann(BOT chair)’s words(BOT not to run the daily affairs of the university). The other BOT member have strong leadership history. I don’t see much of leadership on Brenda’s profile.
Charles Mingus’ version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
One day they came and they took the Communists
And I said nothing because I was not a Communist
Then one day they came and they took the people of the Jewish faith
And I said nothing because I had no faith left
One day they came and they took the unionists
And I said nothing because I was not a unionist
One day they burned the Catholic churches
And I said nothing because I was born a Protestant
Then one day they came and they took me
And I could say nothing because I was as guilty as they were
For not speaking out and saying that all men have a right to freedom
On any land
I was as guilty of genocide
As you
All of you
For you know when a man is free
And when to set him free from his slavery
So I charge you all with genocide
The same as I
One of the 18 million dead Jews
18 million dead people
now it’s the anti-egocentric Deaf opposition they are coming after?
The BOT and Gally administration has tried to compromise with protesters, but the protesters keep changing their minds. DPN had better goals and better purposes which is why the BOT met their demands.
There are and will continue to be reprisals for the protesters taking illegal actions and actions which break school rules. If there were not reprisals even more dangerous, and threatening behaviors would occur. The point of rules and laws is to keep society safe… if a person acting as a protester jeopardizes the safety of society s/he should be punished accordingly.
BoT only spent five minutes talking to the students. There were no negotiation at all.
The freedom of speech and assemble are not illegal under the Bill of Rights. It is very unfortunate that Jordan’s new policy, Restrictions of Students’ Expressions was drafted with the intention of silencing the voices of the students. The students aren’t jeopardizing the safety of the Gallaudet Community. However, this cannot be said about the campus security guards who brutalized the peaceful students at HMB
I got word that some of the BoT is waiting for Harvey Goodstein to return from Africa, because they know they need his presence n support to convince the majority to ask jane to resign. This is why they aren’t meeting or coming to campus.
Anyone have any idea when Harvey Goodstein is to return from Africa?
I believe the delivery of a moral message usurps any attempt at reprisals toward any individual for all but the most egregious of actions!
5 minutes?! Is that an accurate statement? Nothing more and nothing less. Very interesting. No negotiation? Did the protesters try presenting reasonable demands? Were the protesters willing to compromise? I didnt think so.
Freedom of Speech and assembly are not illegal under the bill of rights. True, but there are conditions and exceptions. And the restrictions on expressions would not have silenced anyone (were it to have ever been followed), it simply placed bounderies which were intended to prevent the chaos that is present today. But IKJ was kind enough to give the benefit of doubt to protesters and allow them to violate the regulations (which began when tents werent removed by the 11:00 deadline on the first monday the tents were set up in Oct.). Unfortunately the protesters took advantage of this and IKJ was already in too deep. Safety was jeopardized when the campus was closed by protesters. This is what caused the decision to arrest (after much warning). Safety is still jeopardized on campus NOW because of the protesters. There is one gate open and it is not a safe entrance without traffic signals and cars parked on the street blocking view. Cars are parked wrong on campus and no one is making them move. The peacefulness of the protest ceased with the takeover of HMB, so any brutalization was not against peaceful students. Taking over a building and refusing entry to individuals who need/want access is NOT peaceful. It also seams to me that refusing admittance to police and campus security would be even LESS peaceful.
Five minutes were all what the BoT was willing to give to the students. They weren’t interested in hearing what the students have to say
Double standards aren’t right. What is acceptable in 1988 should be acceptable in 2006. Both protests are about the wrongs in the system.
Safety was never compromised. When Fowler Hall got a small electrical fire, the protesters opened the gates and the fire trucks came promptly.
The protest is very peaceful, not matter how much you try to disagree. Calling them terrorists is a deep insult to the families of victims slaughtered by terrorists in 9/11.