DPN25: Day 2 – Monday, March 7, 1988
March 6th, 2013 at 11:59pm Joey Baer
Day 2: Monday, March 7, 1988
• By dawn, students blocked all gates and took full control of University.
• 4 demands were formed:
1) The Board must select one of the two deaf finalists as our seventh president of Gallaudet University
2) Ms. Jane Basset?Spilman must immediately resign from the Board as a Chairman and a member.
3) 51% of the Board members must be deaf.
4) There will be no reprisals against administrators, faculty, staff, and students involved in our historical movement.
• The Board met with 10 students, 2 faculty members, and 2 staff representatives for three hours.
• Board agreed to meet with protestors in the Field House in mid?afternoon.
• The Field House was full but it was emptied quickly after Board stated that its selection of Elizabeth Zinser was final.
• Dr. Harvey Goodstein, Gallaudet professor, walked onto the stage and announced that the Board will not agree to any of 4 demands.
• Protestors walked out almost immediately and marched to the U.S. Capitol and Lafayette Park.
• More television stations and newspapers are turning their attention to Gallaudet.
• Protestors met again in the Hughes Gym in the evening.
3 Comments Add your own
1. Sandra Goldstein | March 7th, 2013 at 5:55 am
Wowie!
I enjoy every moment of it. I wished I was there to witness. Joey, how lucky you and others were there to witness.
It is our rich history to preserve to share with our next generation.
Thanks so ever much for sharing with all of us, Joey!
Sandra
2. Brian Buckley | March 7th, 2013 at 8:12 am
I do remember DPN Protest in 1988. I wish I was there but I could not. Until then, We have first president of Gallaudet University Ivring Jordan King. I learned later when I was in Gally in 1998, that Ivring Jordan King was not born Deaf, but MotorCycle accident cause him to lose his Hearing at age 21 years old. I Preferred to have Deaf President who is born Deaf and Raise with Hearing Parent or Deaf Parent with Deaf Children. Now we have Alex Wertz is now the President of Gallaudet University, There is not alot about him. I only know that he has experience working with NAD and others. It hard to tell if Alex Wertz was born Deaf or partial of his hearing Loss at young age. that about surface that I know of him. I am hoping the next one is totally Deaf Born President of Gallaudet University. if we do have Deaf Born President, he shall be the first Deaf Born President in History. To me, Irving Jordan King is not the first Deaf President because of his History he was born hearing half of his life until 21 and he became Deaf therefore, He is not the First President until we have fully Deaf Born President of Gally will be the First Real Deaf President in History and that for sure….
3. Sandra Goldstein | March 8th, 2013 at 5:48 am
I would like to respond to Brian Buckley. When there was a DPN protest in 1988 and announced King Jordan as the first Deaf President, I was shocked because I never considered Jordan as the First Deaf president because he was not born Deaf and was not raised as a Deaf person. I happened to be a Silent News columnist under Mixed Bag column. I wrote the Big title called BDPN instead of DPN. I got a few comments. One reader said “Jordan is a DEAF person now”. I cannot accept the fact that Jordan became the first DEAF president who has a hearing mentality and spoke via a micophone. Actual Deaf people cannot talk through a microphone. I would call Jordan the first late deafened president of GU. The next Deaf President was Bob Davilla who was born hearing and became Deaf at the age of 8. His primary language is Spanish. Now our president of GU, Alan Hurwitz, was born Deaf and had Deaf parents. Pah!!!! But but but he did not graduate from GU. Gee!!! I would love to see the next GU president who was born DEAF and graduated from GU.
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