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BUFF AND BLUE
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Volume 106. Issue 15
GALIAUDET UNIVERSITY
Friday, Febuary 6, 1998
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ews
Before DPN Actually Began... A Fireside Chat
,[ason L a m b e r t o n
Buff II' Blue Staff
BUBFANDHDUE
Last
Wednesday
in
the
Peikoff . \ l u m a i House, e s t e e m e d
mcmber.s of the Gallaudet community
gathered for a "fireside chat" with
President [. King Jordan, and two
members of the B oard of Trustees
who ver\ed on the board during the
Deaf President
.Now
mo\ement.
Philip B ravin and Laurel Glass. The
purpose of this chat was to reflect on
e \ e n t s leading up to the DPN protest,
from the eyes of B ravin and Glass.
Phil Bravin (right) reflects. I.King
It all began when former
they went to an outside search firm,
President Dr. Jerry C. Lee resigned,
and ultimately decided on one located
and B ravin was asked by Jane
Spilman. chair of the board, while in Nantucket, an island off the coast
vacationing in Vermont, to serve as of Massachusetts.
At first, the firm was hesitant
chair of the committee for the search
to
take
the j o b as they refused to
and selection of Gallaudet"s new pres­
accept
any
assignments that already
ident.
was in progress. B ravin decided to
Bravin explained that despite
set up a meeting with
being deaf he took a firm stance of
the firm. He flew to Nantucket with­
making sure that everyone was repre­
out an interpreter and decided to give
sented on the c o m m i t t e e , and he
them a taste of deafness
"cold
v\anted to make sure that only the
turkey."
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with
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most qualified person would be
through
only
paper
and
pen
and
rudi­
appointed as Gallaudet's next presi­
mentary
gestures.
B
ravin's
purpose
dent. On the other hand. Glass, being
hearing, realized that it was lime for was to make the firm understand deaf­
Gallaudet to have a deaf president and ness firsthand, so they would know
took a stance that had a bias in favor what they should do when they looked
for deaf people. The irony was noted for applicants.
Bravin added a short humor­
as she was the only person on the
ous
anecdote
a b o u t his trip to
board to hold that belief, whereas the
other deaf people on the board held a Nantucket. When he was at the air­
port, getting ready to leave, he was
"fair" stance.
a s k e d how much
his
briefcase
,At first. 87 people applied for
w e i g h e d and then how much he
the position of president, but B ravin
weighed himself, without him know­
and the c o m m i t t e e felt that there
weren't enough deaf applicants, so ing why the questions were asked.
When he embarked the plane, a small
Student Wins ADA Lawsuit Against McDonald's
Kim Nichols
Buff n'Blue Sniff
A 32 year old Gallaudet student
was awarded SI .?00 in a lawsuit stemming
from events that transpired on May 21.
199."; at a .McDonald's franchise near
Gallaudet. on New York .Avenue. .Vlichael
Bunjer. according to the court documents
as well as his narrating, was in the drive­
thru lineup preparing to order a B ig .Mac.
trench fries, and a Sprite with a written
order.
The McDonald's attendant was a
young 16 year old lady who, according to
Bunjer. appeared perturbed and was agitat­
ed as she was not trained to handle situa­
tions like this. Thus she refused to serve
Bunjer. instead telling him to "Park your
car and walk inside." B unjer gestured to
the written order, only to face the same
response. B unjer refused to move, remov­
ing the kev from the ignition and placed it
in his pocket as a gesture of his determina­
tion.
The .ittendant suore. then called
the maiia^'cr The manager only stated.
"Park \(iur car and walk inside." B unjer
The
"scolded" the manager, pointing out that
the order has not been completed. The
drive­through traffic line grew longer as
the stand­off ensued.
Bunjer. according to court docu­
ments, noted that the manager and the
attendant were snickering uncontrollably,
but she got the order in to expedite the
problem. Snickering and giving incorrect
change to B unjer caused a chain of events
that would form the grounds for his law­
suit.
The #1 super sized value meal
costs $2.99 plus tax, yet with a S20 bill, he
received SI5.05 in return. Suspicious as
he was, he parked the car, then entered the
McDonald's to get the correct change. In
addition to the incorrect change, B unjer
received, in lieu of Sprite, a cup of warm
water with an unidentified white substance
floating atop of it.
Bunjer walked into ihe restaurant
with an intent to solve the situation by
placing his (irder on the counter, causing
the water to spiil r^n the counic" top.
according U' arjvstnig .i'' ..jr Wvirc!!,
Bunjer wanted a refund aitJ v.\av­t cii.ingc
BUNJER CONT ON PAGE 14
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Jordan and L aurel Glass look on.
8­seater, he was asked to sit on one
side, along with everyone else, leav­
ing the other side empty. The riddle of
w e i g h i n g e v e r y t h i n g was finally
solved when one tall, obese woman
boarded the plane and sat on the other
side, thus equalizing the balance of
the plane.
J o r d a n first thought about
applying for the presidential position
after Glass cornered him at a formal
reception honoring Lee and asked him
t o apply. He, after deciding to apply.
formed a team n a m e d " J " which
assisted him with the application and
interview process. Glass mentioned
that Jordan was on the top of her
■'list" because she wanted someone
w h o was deaf, a scholar,
and
University­related, all of which crite­
ria Jordan met.
Bravin said that the number
of 87 was narrowed down to 25, then
finalized to 18. All 18 were inter­
viewed. He laughed and mentioned
that he was glad not to be an intervie­
DPN CONT ON PAGE 14
Double Arrest Made
From A Single Line­Up
Elise Kiholm
Buff n Blue Staff
An interesting twist occurred in the
Kendall robbery arrests made by DOSS
and the D.C. police last .semester.
In an article printed in the December 5th
issue of The B uff and B lue, it was report­
ed that a DOSS officer arrested an individ­
ual for breaking into a car, and since he tit
the description of the man who robbed two
Gallaudet students, he was placed in a
line­up arranged by cooperation between
DOSS, the D.C. police, and the U.S.
Attorney's office. An arrest was made as a
result of the line­up.
The head of DOSS. B ernard Holt, and
Officer Fleming, who made the arrest,
assumed that the same man they arrested
was the one picked out of the line­up.
Later, though, they learned the entire story.
"The U.S. .Attornev working on the case
came and we a^ked him what happened.
and he was kuigh:;ig and said. 'You gotta
hear this, it's funn).'" Holt said.
ARREST COST ON PAGE 14
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Febuary 6, 1998 • The Buff and Blue • Page 3
Field House Expansion Delayed
Dave Hunter
Buff n'Blue Staff
The construction for the additions
to the Field House is being delayed due to
red tape within the District of Columbia.
What should have been started last
November will ultimately begin in middle
to late March, according to Dan Kirby,
manager of Gallaudet Construction
Services.
The reason for the delay is that
Gallaudet has submitted a zoning application form to the D.C. Board of Zoning
Authority and gotten its approval but
clearance hasn't yet come from the
Regulatory Board. Clearance has to be
given before a building permit can be
granted to Gallaudet..
The Regulatory Board has stalled
the process, requiring certain modifications. The board oversees several aspects
of the engineering developments and they
have a code, a building code and city code
that each building being constructed must
meet. The problem is that there is no set
rule for several things, and it's up to the
whims of the people in charge of those
departments, such as sewer/water, fire,
mechanical engineering, etc., to decide if
A Productive Student Congress Session?
Christian Wojnar
Buff n Blue Staff
Black History Month
Black History Month (BHM)
at Gallaudet kicked off last February
2nd with a speech by George Curry,
the highly-regarded editor-in-chief of
Emerge magazine. "The purpose of
Black History Month," says Carol
McLaughlin, "is to educate the community at large about the accomplishments and the roles of AfricanAmericans in U.S. History." A member of Multicultural Student Programs
and the Special Assistant
for
Diversity Community Relations on
the Diversity Council, McLaughlin is
assisting the coordination of Black
History Month. She adds, "AfricanAmercian history is not taught much
in school... there are AfricanAmericans who don't know their own
history and role in developing the
Gallaudet will be holding a bidding contract on Feb. 19th to hear the
cases from five different construction
companies. After the bids have undergone
review and a decision reached, building
could then commence within two weeks.
Kirby stated that he hoped for construction
to being by mid-March and that it would
take about 9 to 11 months for the construction to be completed. After that, the
Hughes Gym complex is slated for razing.
The Field House additions will
include a new swimming pool, locker
rooms for the varsity football team and
other sports, a dance studio, and a new
weight room which will include both free
weights and cybex weights.
Anderson to Receive Honorary Degree
Hlibok to Speak at Commencement
complied from press releases
Braving the inclement weather, the Student Congress convened for
its first session of the spring semester
on Wednesday, February 4th in the
Merrill Learning Center. Several significant motions were passed, with
two other tabled until the next session.
Harvey
Nathanson
was
approved as the chairperson of the
Election Week Committee, and Karl
Ewan. representing the Kappa Gamma
Fraternity was selected as the
Auxiliary Service Representative.
But, reflecting the apathy so many
Ewan speaks to the Congress.
students complain about, two motions
Several
representatives,
were tabled until the next session: the
including
Kim
Nichols
of the Delta
selection of a vice speaker and a
Sigma
Phi
Fraternity,
questioned
the
chairperson for the Rules and
methods
Speaker
Douglas
Dickinson
Operations Committee.
used in his selection of Nathanson.
Nathanson, a junior, was
Dickinson countered by explaining
approved with a vote of 12-2. "I will
that he "formed a committee, and
try to bring back Election Week to its
interviewed several applicants who
glory days after a recent decline,"
replied to the e-mail announcing the
said Nathanson. He outlined what he
candidacy."
will do: "Election Week will be more
Ewan nominated himself for
noticeable, we will have flyers posted
the
position
of Auxiliary Service
at every building on campus."
Representative
after several individuHinting the theme for the week, he
als
declined
being
nominated, saying,
said there will be a great emphasis
"Let's
cut
the
bullshit.
We need a
"on teamwork. I do not want T' here
representative
there,
and
I
am willing
at Gallaudet. SBG needs teamwork."
to
do
it."
He also emphasized that the committee will be a diverse one.
SC COST ON PAGE 16
Kelly Short and Kim Nichols
Buff n' Blue Staff
they meet the code or not. This, of course,
will lead to numerous delays.
Kirby says that this is the norm
for the D.C. government; dragging its
heels on something like this. "We went
through the same process with the convention center as well as the [GUKCC] parking garage" said Kirby. "This is something
that occurs daily within the District [of
Columbia] government."
Gallaudet did, however, hire a
law firm to get Gallaudet through the red
tape involved with the Zoning Board, and
Gallaudet has also hired a consultant firm
to help expedite the problems within the
Regulatory Board. Both of these tlrms deal
strictly with these types of problems.
U.S.... integration of black history
with regular U.S. history is improving
but it is still not enough."
The kick-off was held at Ely
Auditorium, and Curry spoke on the
topic of Affirmative Action.
He
touched upon various issues, emphasizing the many myths that the
American public were fed with such
as preferential treatment that affirmative action supposed gave to the
minorities. Curry debunked the myth
by comparing the Harvard University
admission selection process. Harvard
University, in selecting their applicants, tends to select the children of
Harvard alumni and within that group
of selectees, the average SAT scores
were 30 points below that of nonalumni children.
Curry was emphatic in stressBIACK HISTORY COST ON PAGE 14
Gallaudet University's Board of
Trustees announced that the University
will award Honorary Doctorate degrees
during its 129th commencement exercises
on May 15. 1998 to Dr. Yerker Andersson
and Liisa Kauppinen. Professor Emeritus
honors will be given to Dr. Ronald
Nomeland and Dr. Anne SpraginsHarmuth.
The Board of Trustees also
announced that the commencement
address will be given by Greg Hlibok. a
1989 graduate of Gallaudet University.
Gallaudet University is celebrating the
10th anniversary of the Deaf President
Now movement which led to the appointment of Gallaudet's first deaf president.
Hlibok was the president of the Student
Body Government at the time of the DPN
movement, and served as a student leader
of the movement.
Dr. Yerker Andersson was bom in
Sweden, and came to the United States in
1955, to study at Gallaudet and received
his bachelor's degree in sociology in I960.
He then earned a master's degree at
Columbia University in 1962. In 1981. he
was awarded his Ph.D. in sociology from
the University of Maryland. Anderson
served on the Gallaudet faculty for 36
years and earned the Gallaudet University
Distinguished Faculty Award in 1992. He
also received the Powrie V. Doctor
Medallion in 1986, and when he retired in
1996. he was awarded Professor Emeritus
honors.
Andersson is being recognized
for his world leadership in serving deaf
people. He was vice president and then
president of the World Federation of the
Deaf In 1995. President Clinton appointed Andersson to the National Council on
Disability, where he currently chairs the
International Committee.
Liisa Kauppinen has given her
efforts to the deaf community in Finland.
She is recognized as an organizer for local
clubs for the deaf and also worked for
improved education and employment for
deaf children and adults. In 1973, she
became the full time professional executive director of the Finnish Association of
the Deaf. From that position she was
elected to the General Secretariat of the
Worid Federation of the Deaf in 1987. She
is currently president of the WFD and
executive director of the Finnish
Federation of the Deaf.
Dr. Ronald Nomeland, a
receiptent of Professor Emeritus honors, is
Grei^ Hlibok, DPN leader audi WH
commencenieni speaker
a 1958 graduate of Gallaudet whose service to the University spanned 35 years. He
has been a pioneer in media, materials
development,
instructional
systems
design, captioning, and computer assisted
instruction with deaf students. He is the
founder and chair of the Gallaudet
University Department of Educational
Technology.
Anne Spragins-Harmuth. the
other receiptent. is a nationally recognized
school psychologist who came to
Gallaudet in 1977 to design and establish
the Gallaudet University graduate program in School Psychology. No other
graduate program in school psychology
specializes in training well qualified deaf
and hearing school psychologists to work
with deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind
students. She has eamed the distinguished
"Fellow" rank in the American
Psychological
Association
School
Psychologist Division. In 1996. she
received the Gallaudet University
Outstanding Graduate Faculty award.
Yerker Andersson, Honorary Doctorate
Recepient.
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The Opinion of the Buff and Blue
Washington Post on Sundays?
One of the ser\ ices students can get here at Gallaudet is
the deli\er\ of the Washington Post. We recogni/e the
need for being aware of what's going on out there. For
that, we commend the delivery. Alas, as we w ish it would
be. nothing is perfect.
The Wa.shington Post is delivered to the students via the
Post Office. They pick up the newspapers at their PO
boxes. This is effective Mondays through Friday. On
-Saturdays, sub.scribers have to wait until 10 am. and go to
the Post Office to pick up the newspapers. This is acceptable to us. but we believe that the students could be served
better
On Sundays, it's a whole different story. As the Post
Office is not open on Sundays, subscribers have to wait
until Monday to pick up their new.spapers. This deprives
the students of the comfort of reading the jam-packed
Sunday new spaper at their leisure. On Monday, students
generally will not have the time to read the newspaper, let
alone two. But. we are not here to criticize without giving
a solution.
Our solution is that The Washington Post should be delivered to each student's dorm room. We realize the effort
that it will take, and to rectify this, each dorm could have
a representative who would deliver the newspaper to their
rooms. If this is followed upon, everyone will have the
privilege of reading their newspapers on Sunday, one of
the time-honored traditions.
Library's "Turn A Page" Turns Us On
Yoti are what you read. And. we now know our professors, deans, and staff better, largely in thanks to
the Library's efforts to bring the academic community closer to each other with their "Turn A Page"
campaign.
Since the project started last fall, there has been a
new Gallaudet personality's own select collection of
intluential books displayed weekly for all to .see. to
gape 'at. or to snicker at. It is exhibited in the eastern
entrance wing exhibition case.
Now we know Dr. Johanson of the Business
Administration Department likes some of the philosophy of objectivism espoused in Ayn Rand's works
and that Dr. O'Connor of the English Department
likes the works of Jane Austen, a notable feminist
author. Insights into the lives of Dr. Epstein, Dr.
Hardaway, Dean Moses, and others have been given.
If there is truly to be a positive learning environment,
the faculty and staff will be called upon to not only
teach, but to also be scholars in example. The
Library has done a good bit in the facilitation of that.
And. now. wouldn't you think it nice if we could also
find out the favorite movies, magazines, and music
of our faculty and staff? And what about having all
dissertations and book publications on call?
Wouldn't that be cool?
Student Congress No Longer Effective?
Perhaps it is just a trend, but it appears that Student
Congress has been losing its effectiveness as of late.
Nothing productive seems to come out of the sessions, reflecting the apathy that is looming large on
campus.
The ineffectiveness has been exacerbated with the
decision of Speaker Douglas Dickinson to have
office hours by appointment only. Judging by
appearances only, the decision could reflect
Dickinson's lack of commitment to Student
Congress, and to the SBG as a whole. Also, his decision to be an resident advisor for Krug Hall does not
make the situation better, in our opinion. If he is
able to balance the two positions successfully, we
would like to applaud him beforehand for his balancing act.
The representatives are not faring any better. Except
for a few and sporadic signs of action, they are basically doing nothing. For example, in the last session
of the fall semester, they had great difficulty in
selecting a Rules and Operations Committee chairperson, vacant since November. Also, a motion was
passed to begin nominations and approval for six
representatives to serve on the Election Week committee. Out of approximately 25 representatives,
they could only find three. Some of the reasons cited
by the representatives were that they did not have the
time.
This leads to our next question, if they do not have
the time to serve on committees, why are they representatives in the first place? If any of the representatives are not committed, they should be replaced
with those who are. We believe that commitment is
the key here.
This will become very important this semester as
Election Week, an event sponsored by Student
Congress, is coming. In order to make things run
smoothly, we need qualified and committed individuals in Student Congress.
Letters to
d 11 o r
Weston In A ''Coloriess Worid?"
Dear Editor:
This is in response to the article by Bertram
Weston (January 30, 1998). Mr. Weston is perfectly within his rights to speak his mind. After all,
this is an institution of higher learning and a
place where debate on various issues [is encouraged] whether they are controversial such as Elise
Kiholm's wonderful article raising consciousness
on the implications of the no-smoking ban in
California. However, we do take exception to the
manner in which Mr. Weston arrives at his conclusion and neglect in properly researching his
topic before publishing in a newspaper that we
black students support also with our unit fees.
Mr. Weston admits that he does not frequent our
meetings regularly. Perhaps if he did. he would be
a c o n s t r u c t i v e and a c t i v e leader who would
e m p o w e r us with his e n l i g h t e n e d l e a d e r s h i p .
Instead, he shows up twice, and then goes out and
criticizes us. We are not concerned as much with
the criticism as we are with his methods. Why did
he not come to use first? We are hopeful that his
intent was positive and we do agree with some of
his s u g g e s t i o n s , particularly where he encourages
other races to also get involved in our effort to
ensure black students are included in the fabric of
Gallaudet life. All too often we are excluded or
simply overlooked as potential candidates for various c a m p u s a c t i v i t i e s and seats of power,
whether or not intentionally. Richard W r i g h t ' s
classic. " I n v i s i b l e M a n , " comes to mind.
We cannot claim to be an organization "gifted"
with experienced leaders such as may be found in
other o r g a n i z a t i o n s . We are aware that many other
organizations are faced with the same challenges
that we face. A part of our college experience
i n c l u d e s d e v e l o p i n g t h e s e kinds of s k i l l s .
Therefore, we see this as our training ground. If
not here, where? We also recognize that we will
eventually graduate from Gallaudet with leadership skills that we will be able to use in our communities in the future. We certainly recognize
that organizations such as SBG. fraternities and
sororities could help train us and similar organizations that may need to develop skills like leading effective meetings, etc. We are a small fraction of the Gallaudet community with the highest
drop-out rates. Those of us who receive the support we need to thrive, do well and g r a d u a t e .
However, there seems to be no real universitysponsored network of support. We must seek out
this support on our own. Developing our own system of support by c o n n e c t i n g with black faculty
and staff who are willing to give of their time. We
are a "work in p r o g r e s s " and if you want to offer
us a helping hand, get involved with us and help
us constructively before you go our and tell the
world what we lack. Even better, run for office
and show us the way.
Equality on this campus is certainly something we
are striving for, but [have] yet to achieve. How
about investigating that and writing about what
the campus can do the make Gallaudet a better
community for us as a group and for the community as a whole. Perhaps then there would be no
need for a BDSU. We would then achieve the
Utopia you speak about in the end where you
mention that you were not raised to see color. I
guess your world is colorless. Ours is a beautiful
mosaic of people with various hues and shades.
Sincerely,
Active & Proud Members of the BDSU
LETTERS
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Febuary 6, 1998 • The Buff and Blue * Page 5
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It's Time to Shine
Sara Stallard
Buffn'Blue Staff
We are members of an old institution with
an international reputation. We are here
t)ecause Lincoln granted our people his
signature. We are here because the U.S.
Congress believes in our potential. We
were chosen to be part of this elite community: Gallaudet University—through
due process and elimination. We are in the
spotlight of the world.
Each and every one of us has to have aptitude of some sort in order to make it here.
Some stride with athletic prowess, some
ooze sensuality through dance, some talk
the moon down with elaborate jargon,
some make the stage shine with their
smiles, some sculpt figures of wonder,
some make others laugh with offhand gestures...
And most of us have the ability to persevere, to succeed in what we strive for, to
commit ourselves to our ideals. And that
includes studying, and working hard,
which is the only positive attribute some
people have.
Gallaudet University is the blessed land
for such opportunity. Gallaudet University
professes to be to deaf people what
America is to foreigners. But those who
have made it through the promised gates
often find that the lights are not as bright as
they seemed outside.
Is it because we have only so many talent-
ed people that we must compete and
ignore each other at the first sign of
upward progress? Politics and the crab
theory aside, this also impacts on all walks
of life, mainly in the form of inhibition and
indifference.
Doing nothing to encourage one's talent is
just as bad as putting it down. Tell yourself honestly how you would react if a shy
sophomore suddenly stood up on the cafeteria table and performed a great ASL rendition of Poe's "The Raven?" Chances
are, you would cringe at the thought of
such impunity, instead of marveling at
such ingenuity.
I might be wrong, but the general sense I
get around campus is that people are afraid
to show their talents unless goaded on by
close friends or mentors, of which there
isn't enough to go around, because not
many really care, and that means both students and faculty.
Recognition is terribly lacking around
here. I must admit the athletics we have
here are decent, as well as the publicity,
but what about the artistic, the literary, the
technical, the political scopes that have
long languished in the shadows? Where
are the creatures of light that radiate and
enlighten?
We have passed through the promised
gates, this is our environment, but we cannot expect the light to sustain us. We must
be the light. Encourage yourself and others to shine.
Is the Hazing Workshop Hazing?
Dave Hunter
Buff n' Blue Staff
Last week on Wednesday, the
University required those who want
to venture into the realm of
Greekdom to attend a "Hazing"
Workshop. Now, I am not trying to
be sarcastic or anything, but doesn't
this violate Hazing rules?
If you're scratching your head,
don't feel alone. Let me clarify this
point for you. Ok, the official
Gallaudet policy on hazing is
defined as: "Any action taken or situation created, intentionally, unintentionally, or recklessly, for the
purpose of pledging, being initiated
into, affiliating with, holding office
in, or maintaining membership in
any organization whose members
are or include students, whether on
or off University premises, directed
against another individual or group
of individuals which endangers the
mental or physical health, well
being, and/or safety of a student, or
results in humiliation, embarrassment, ridicule, intimidation and
shame or which violates any federal, local statue, or University policy."
So, how is the workshop hazing?
Simple. I am being forced to attend
this workshop if I want to be initiated into a Fraternity.
If I don't
attend, I can't join. I don't have a
right to say "no" to this, like I
would in other hazing activities.
Thus, this is hazing, plain and simple.
If an organization tried this, they
would be assaulted in every direction by Mr. Pramuk and his right
wing storm trooper, Ms. Madan.
I think I am in college, am I not
right? I think I am old enough to set
standards for myself, to allow
myself the right to decide what is
right and what is wrong. I think the
University is just going a little bit
too far.
I also would like to see the "or off
University premises" clause challenged in a court of law. Being a
betting man, I give it a 7-1 odd in
failing, if someone did indeed challenge it.
If an organization wants to try to
break my mind and spirit during
pledge period, well, that is simply
my problem. If I was looking for a
walk in the park, I would simply
join a fraternity that does not practice hazing.
Simple life, eh?
C u r r e n t S o r r y S t a t e of A f f a i r s at
Our N a t i o n a l G l a d i a t o r s A r e n a
Emily Mans
Buffn'Blue Staff
"If Deaf people are to get ahead
in time, they must have a better image of
themselves and their capabilities. They
need concrete examples of what they have
done and what they can do so that they can
project themselves a brighter future." Fred Schreiber, 1970.
There is no easy way to say this.
But the Bible says it like so; "And it yielded much increase unto the kings when thou
has set over us because of our sins; also
they have power over our bodies, and our
cattle, at our pleasure and we are in great
distress: And yet for all this we make a
sure covenant, and write it; and our
princes, our Levities, and our priests, seal
unto it." -Nehemiah :36
And then in Nehemiah :38: "For
the children of Israel and the children of
Levi shall bring the heave offering of the
com, of the wine and of the oil. unto the
chambers, where are the vessels of the
sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and
the porters, and the singers; and we will
not forsake the house of our God." So
many promises to God they made, and
then when they broke them, God pretty
much said, well, that's it, "I have called
my mighty men for mine anger, even them
that exult in my majesty." -Isaiah, Bk. IV.
13.
Theorists have speculated that
language was invented for the purpose of
lying to each other So God in his anger,
struck down the mighty nation of Babylon,
thereby beginning the splitting up of languages and nations. It's called the Dooms
of Nations. So where does that leave us
now? Currently, we are fragmented by the
debate over varieties of sign language.
Gooey GU flaps and waves its babbling
hands about nonsensically subsequent to
the fall of the tower of Babel, worshiping
our own majesty, let us not forget to go
beyond the lessons made by kings and
princes and priests of long ago. Before the
fall, they let not the lie fall from so many
wagging tongues. Doom of the Nations, I
wish that I could castigate the mighty men
of GU. I just wanted to tell them of the
promises that they made to God, and warn
the men of the current day of what those of
long ago promised to men that they might
enjoy in bountifulness.
In the midst of the wreck of the
mighty men of Babylon (I am sure you all
know of the story) of how over the linguistic pluralism at Gallaudet University, I
bemoan the lack of introspection and the
absence of investigation into the mental
processes that accompany signers. Maybe
I am in the dark about the current body of
scientific evidence generated by our little
establishment, and in that case, please
whcq) me, e-mail or snail mail-style. You
know the BnB's address.
Never more have the issues of
linguistics been so popularized in the
media than in the past few months. Of
course, our humble professors and deans
have been determinedly concerning themselves with these issues for quite some
time. This is a university, right? So why do
we see the distinguished faculty and emeriti conducting forays in the name of political expediency and not in the pursuit of
knowledge? VPAA Roslyn Rosen has
been bandying public relations sorties
about like they were the emblems of the
unsubstantiated limited, and our poor president has been kept running from one lecture to the next, our noble figurehead. One
criticism is that the administration of GU
has become so extensive, and this forces
the individuals to be dependent upon them.
Reality check; when this happens, people
expect the administration to solve their
problems instead of solving them themselves.
I decided to practice what 1
preach and do some investigation myself
In the vein of scholarly documentation. 1
chanced upon John R. Rickford's "A
Linguist's Ebonics." which discusses the
different aspects of linguistics, poetics and
applied. "Black English." otherwise
known as Ebonics, is a dialect of English
which has been likened to ASL in the
applied, er, ahem, bilingual teaching
aspects. Around the country, Bi-Bi has
been used in schools such as the Magnet
School for the Deaf in Denver, Colorado.
and here in Washington, D.C. And the
most repeated and polished argument
heard round these here parts is that we are
just like a black university, and that we
must resist integration, for that would also
mean dissipation. I do not like people
comparing Ebonics and ASL. I contend
that this is unethical because it denies the
fundamental truth that black people and
deaf people face entirely different biological, psychological, and aesthetic paradigms and issues. I hate to use this phrase,
but deaf people do have "special needs"
and issues, ubiquitous as a result of living
on EARth. A major criticism that I have of
the "Declaration of ASL" [a pro-ASL campaign which failed last fall] is that it modeled itself after the "Oakland Resolution,"
a law passed in California which granted
recognition to Ebonics as a separate language from English. I believe that it is too
much like ideological plagiarism. Another
criticism that I have of this form of plagiarism is that it denies the truism that ASL
and Ebonics are two distinct variations of
the human potential for language.
Speaking of ASL, will I never
cease to be upset that the Sign
Communication Proficiency Interviews
(SCPIs) have not been more rigorously
enforced, because the administration is
scared of scaring off the more intelligent
hearing faculty which might want to teach
here? It was not until this fateful day that I
was invited to contribute my opinion in the
form of a vote upon the teachers in the
videotapes. So much power, what should 1
do with it? Now that I have been picked
for jury duty, and as a citizen of
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The Chief Speaks
Listen to Lisi
Terry Giansanti
Editor In Chief
Elisc Kihohii
Business
Mamn^er
l-.\ .Xiiio ha^ struck, huh.'
Toda\. as 1 was ualkiiig around i)ii campus. 1 noticed sc\eral people walking
head-on into the storm, their umbrellas
dangling b_\ their side. .At first. I was a
bit confused — until one guy told me
that umbrellas are rendered useless in
weather such as this. Sure enough, a
short while later, I saw an umbrella
totally collapse, exposing a poor woman
and her expensive coat to the horrible
conditions. This is an opportunity for an
aspiring Edison — invent weather-proof
umbrellas that stay firm, even in gale
winds.
I've been around D.C. long enough to
know that at this time of year it tends to
snow. This year, we would have been
blessed with a glorious snowstorm if the
weather didn't have to be so darn warm.
We've gotten enough precipitation
around here to snow Gallaudet in for a
good while but El Nino had to muck up
things.
Thanks a lot, EI. Instead of making
snow angels, we're depressingly trudging our way around campus in the driving rain, trying to maintain a bright outlook on the day. 1 don't know about you,
but I miss the feeling of oversleeping on
a snowy day without a care in the world.
Now about a different kind of storm: 1
have to say thanks to an Englishwoman
who beceed to differ with the article 1
v\rotc last week. .After a careful re\iew.
! have to say 1 agree with her and 1 take
back two of the paragraphs 1 wrote. In
paragraphs 6 and 7. 1 said that I had
grown spoiled to the variety of conversation that is present here at Gallaudet
and preferred that over conversation
with non-Gallaudetians.
What I actually meant to say is that here
at Gallaudet, there are so many deaf students in such a small space that I can get
involved in any kind of imaginable conversation topic at any time. On the other
hand, in the world outside Kendall
Green, getting such a large number of
deaf people in such a small space at
once is, at best, a rare occurrence. So, as
opposed to talking about 100 subjects
with 100 people a day at Gallaudet, I
might have to settle for 20 people and
20 subjects.
One thing that deaf people outside of
Gallaudet have over us students is experience. Most of them have already experienced way more than we have and we
can all learn a lot about life from them.
Remember. The Buff and Blue cannot
happen without you students. We are
always open to your feedback and suggestions. I would like to extend a hearty
thanks to some of you who have given
me valuable advice. Our goal is to reach
for the skies, but your fuel is needed to
help us reach them. 'Til next time.
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It is well known that there are many different cliques here at Gallaudet made up of
people who share interests, cultures, and
more. There has always been one interesting group of students who manages to
catch my eye and make me wonder; these
deaf people who live as hearing people.
They communicate with each other verbally rather than through sign language.
Many sign language users scoff at such
people, thinking of them as an abnormality. They have a right to communicate in
whatever method they prefer, though. It's
not their fault — it is the way they grew
up, what they are accustomed to. Still, it
causes a rift between them and many others because of one thing: communication.
The ASLnow movement [which took
place last fall] had a really good idea.
Making new students with poor signing
skills take ASL courses as an requirement
would improve communication and general camaraderie. Also, it could offer them
more options and have an enriching influence on their experience at Gallaudet; participating in plays, learning more about
deaf culture, and joining Greek or other
organizations —Buff and Blue, the SBG,
or Tower Clock. Many of those activities
are dominated by students fluent in sign
language. It may seem like some kind of
favoritism or discrimination, but the truth
is, these organizations' success lies largely
on communication. Clear and quick communication, that is.
Would-Be
Hearies
If a person were to say, ""Well, the signing
people at Gallaudet should make an effort
to help them learn sign language and show
these people what lies within the deaf culture," that person would be entirely justified in making such a statement.
However, if one were to think about it,
many of those people grew up with a limited choice of friends. When they came to
Gallaudet, they are suddenly finding their
niche, becoming friends with people most
like them than anyone else they met
before. Moreover, they are occupied with
school, work, organizations, and forming
lifelong bonds with friends and don't have
the kind of time to spend to maintain
friendships based on limited communication.
Again, that is how making ASL a requirement would help those people here at
Gallaudet. Sure, the would-be-hearies are
comfortable where they are now, communicating verbally with their friends. But,
they don't realize how much they are
missing out on, though. Since ASL courses are not yet required, those fluent in sign
language should make at least a little bit of
an effort to include those people and make
them feel at home. It is also the responsibility of those non-signers to make the
effort to introduce themselves to others
and show their motivation and desire to
learn sign language. In the end, maybe
that rift will lessen, if not disappear.
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Letters
CONT FROM PAGE 4
Organization of Unique
Learners Established
Dear Editor,
1 would like to inform the campus
community that the Organization of
Unique Learners (OUL) has been
established at Gallaudet University.
This organization is open to both
undergraduate and graduate students
who have "learning differences."
(Some students prefer "learning dif­
ferences" to "learning disabilities.")
Attention D eficit D isorder (AD D ),
and/or
Attention
Hyperactive
Disorder (AD HD ) students are includ­
ed.
The purpose of the Organization of
Unique Learners is to ensure better
services and better programs for stu­
dents with learning differences at
Gallaudet University. Most important­
ly, it would help them increase their
self­esteem and they can reinforce and
encourage each other throughout their
college career.
There are several services and pro­
grams for students with learning dif­
ferences at Gallaudet University.
They can overcome the obstacles of
academic work with the help of serv­
ices and accommodations. Because
students depend on those services and
programs, it is necessary to make
some improvements. For instance,
students wanted to establish a com­
puter lab in the Office for Students
with D isabilities (OSWD ). Providing
a computer lab would help these stu­
dents feel more at ease with their edu­
cation because the environment set­
ting would be established specially
for them. OSWD finally met the stu­
dents' needs by establishing a com­
puter lab. OUL is an organization that
can help improve services and accom­
modations on Gallaudet campus. A
former Gallaudet student, Patrick
Peters, stated, "If we sit back, the sit­
uation will not change. The situation
will change for better only if we take
action."
People with learning differences are
extremely gifted. They have their own
unique learning styles. They usually
get around their barriers and become
successful at their academic work.
Famous people such as Albert
Muns
CONT FROM PAGE 5
GoUyerdeaf. I feel tied by civic obligation
to wield my freedom responsibly. I was
invited as part of the student panel to eval­
uate the level of the sign language profi­
ciency of our professors. Tomorrow, I must
go down to the dean's office and tell them
the right way to sign, and who is the best at
signing and 1 have only been signing
myself for a mere five \ears. So I feel as if
1 were in Spain and they asked me to eval­
uate another foreigners performance. .As
the}­ .­tared in their IrtEer to snc'lf this per­
son were vour profc­>i;r. '.wiuid ihi­ ;e\el oi
conimunication he ,;eeepiab!e or unaccept­
able?" What di! \\c V.ant from our nroi'es­
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Einstein. Thomas Edison. Woodrow
Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt. Tom
Cruise, and Cher have learning dis­
abilities. They overcame their disabil­
ities and made important contribu­
tions to society.
Due to my learning disability, I can
understand perfectly what the stu­
dents with learning differences are
going through. I want to help them
overcome their obstacles in academic
work. It took me a year to organize
my research on learning disabilities.
My knowledge on this issue has
helped me set up the organization.
If you are interested in joining the
Organization of Unique Learners,
please contact OUL advisor Cristina
Berdichevsky
through
e­mail
(cberdichevsky). Students who sus­
pect they may have learning differ­
ences are welcome. Faculty and staff
are welcome, too. D r. Stephen Weiner,
dean of the School of Undergraduate
Studies, has agreed to be OUL's spon­
sor and he will support us.
Thank you,
Jodi Christel Becker, Sr.
Being Spoiled By
Intellectualism
Dear Editor,
Hats off to the new and improved Buff and
Blue! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Reading through each article, I came
across "Springtime In a Blink of the Eye,"
written by Terry Giansanti and as I was
reading it, I was amazed at how judgmen­
tal one can be about those who did not
attend college.
I personally take this as an insult due to
the fact that I have many friends and rela­
tives who did not attend college, but they
are capable of discussing politics, sports,
and current events. I understand that one
could be easily be "spoiled" by the culture
at Gallaudet.
Guess what? Things aren't always what
they appear to be because we will have to
step out into the real world and face that
there are different people with different
strokes. So think again before you make a
decision about conversing with someone
who may or may not have attended col­
lege. You may learn something.
YOU CAN WIN $ 1,000 AFTER
READING THIS COLUMN! Sorry...
since this column is mostly about mathe­
matics, and since most of you probably
don't particularly enjoy mathematics, I
thought I had to draw (and hopefully,
keep) some attention for this column. And
yes, you really can win $1,0(X). Read on.
A prime number, if you remem­
ber your mathematics, is a number greater
than one with only two positive divisors,
one and itself. For example, 5 is prime
because it is divisible by 1 and 5, while 10
is not prime because it is divisible by 1,2,
5, and 10.
A Mersenne prime is a prime of the form
2'^p­l (2 to a power p, less 1). For exam­
ple, 7 is a Mersenne prime because for
p=3, 2'^3 = 8. Thus, 2'^3 ­ 1 is7.
Why am I talking about such
numbers? Well, a 19­year­old student at
California State University D ominguez
Hills, Roland Clarkson, recently discov­
ered the world's largest known prime
number using a special computer program
and networking software. The prime
number, 2^3021377 ­ 1, is only the 37th
Mersenne prime number discovered so
far. This number, 2 to the 3,021,377th
power minus 1, is 909,526 digits long!
Clarkson used a 200 MHz
Pentium computer part­time for 46 days to
prove the prime number. He is one of over
4,000 volunteers worldwide participating
in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime
Search (GIMPS). The server which runs
this project distributes work to and col­
lects results from thousands of copies of
the prime number­finding program, effec­
tively operating as a single, massively­
parallel supercomputer.
Discovering prime numbers of
this size would have been impossible just
a few years ago. GIMPS is an example of
what can be accomplished when a large
number of people, using spare computer
time that would otherwise be wasted,
combine forces over the Internet. The
race to do things which may seem to be
pointless per se, such as the race to the
moon or this undertaking to discover ever­
larger prime numbers, is the byproduct of
things that are most useful to society. For
example, this project has led to advances
in distributed computing. That is, using
the Internet to effectively harness the
unused computing power of thousands of
machines.
Why would people want tofinda
prime so big? For one, tradition. Euclid
was the first to define primality, in 300
BC. Second, they are very rare; only 37
Mersenne primes have ever been found in
all of human history. To mathematicians,
they are beautiful numbers too, because of
the simplicity
of the formula.
Mathematicians look for proofs that are
short, concise and clear.
Furthermore, Mersenne primes
give rise to perfect numbers (numbers like
6 and 28 which are equal to the sum of
their divisors: 6 = 1+2­1­3; 28 =
l­^2+4+7+14). (Perfect numbers are
equally rare to Mersenne primes.) How do
Mersenne primes give rise to perfect num­
bers? The simple formula is to multiply
the Mersenne prime number (2'^p ­ 1) by 2
raised to the p­1 power, i.e., (2'^p ­ 1) *
(2''(p­l)). For example, the recently dis­
covered prime number, 2'^3021377 ­ 1,
multiplied by 2'^3021376 gives rise to a
1,819,050­digit long perfect number!
Also, searching for Mersenne
primes has been used as a test for comput­
er hardware. Intel uses part of the GIMPS
program to find manufacturing defects in
Pentium II and Pentium Pro chips before
they are shipped.
There is a cash prize for the dis­
coverer of the 38th Mersenne prime num­
ber who uses this program and server. The
prize is Sl.CX) for every 1000 digits in the
new prime (e.g., $909 dollars for the
recently discovered Mersenne prime) or
$1,000. whichever is larger. If you are
interested in participating in the GIMPS
program (and trying for the cash prize),
check out the web site to get information
and download the prime­number finding
program: www.entropia.com/ips .
Cool B ert
Bertram Weston
Thank you.
Angie Osborne
Thank God For DPN
See page 6. Sorry ­ Ed.
How many people here really
know how important D PN was? How
many know how it has reshajjed and is
continuing to reshape history here and
afar? If you don't know or don't care, you
should read on.
For the first 124 years, the
Gallaudet campus was mostly controlled
and manipulated by those of the hearing
culture. The people of the DPN movement
took a look at this and felt, "how can
someone of another culture truly under­
stand and meet our needs'^"
Since DPX took place. Gallaudet
ha^ made gigantic leaps into the future.
One example of this is the Hal) Memorial
nuiidini: \s here nian\ of you go to class.
Yviu wnjid be surprised lo knou that ihe
ciassroorns in the old HMB fi.id snme ni'
■iie sa!ne teatures of the ciassroori­­ m
sors? As long as it wears a tweed coat and
horn­rims. 1 am quite satisfied.
Now I
understand more about how hard it is to
enforce SCPI. What are we to do about
these issues?
I say. end liberticidalism over the
linguistics debate by any means necessary!
Let this DPN thingie not be purely political,
but let us rather seize the new Zeitgeist (the
activist spirit of this age for protection) on
the scientific as well as the legal aspects of
our cause.
Documentation
i. Rickford, .?ohn R. "'Suite for Eb'­nv and
Phonics." Discoxer. i^eeember !'­­'97 82­
87,
Mersenne
Prime
Numbers
Jon's Jots
plain old fashioned look that needed a
face lift, inside and out. It got just that.
Now, the Hughes gym is about to be torn
down and something new will go up that
everyone will benefit from, like the bene­
fits we greatly enjoy from the renovated
HMB.
Last but not least, the conference
center located across from Peet Hall is
like a blessing out of the sky! Wow! What
administration is part of this vvondert'ul
inno\ation? The one following DPN! This
administration has done and continues to
do so much for the deaf and hard of hear­
ing community. You \ounger folks need to
recognize hov, hard the people behind
DPN worked to g!\e us deaf dv.d hard o'i
hearing people /: chance to lead our ovvii
i!ni\ersit\. For the resuhs. look ar(Huici
Vtlu.
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Features
Trekking In Wintertime
Tyrone Giordano
Buff n' Blue Staff
On D ecember 29. 1997, 16 peo­
ple set off on a trip to White Mountain
National Forest in New Hampshire. This
coed mix of both experienced and inexpe­
rienced backpackers' intention was to
trek the Zealand Trail, all 15.2 miles of it,
in three days. Half the group were decked
out in snowshoes, the other half used
cross country skis. The sun shining down
on them on a beautiful day, they set off on
the first leg of the trip, and already 10
minutes into the hike, many were feeling
the bum of overworking muscles. Soon,
they had covered about 7.2 miles, when
they stopped to look up at a steep hill. At
the top of the hill was the midway
stopover point of the trail, a hut where the
weary travelers could rest and refresh
themselves. "It was really disheartening,
seeing the last part of that trail end up in
.2 miles of hell," Justen Bums recalled.
They struggled their way to the top, the
skiers had to take off their skis, and in
boots struggled to keep up with the snow­
shoe­equipped group on the way up.
"When 1 finally got up on the top... I
regretted participating in that trip and
wanted to give up," Angela Campion
says.
"You take out what you bring
in," was the motto for the hut. The group
stayed the night, passing it away with sto­
ries and games. Not realizing how
exhausted they really were, due to their
being out of shape, the weary hikers then
put themselves to bed in preparation for
the second day. The second day was easi­
er on the group, since they did not have to
carry their heavy backpacks for the short
four­hour trip. Relatively easy, since they
came back in a much better disposition
than when they had left. They bed down
for the last part of the trip, playing games
and such, cozy in their cabin, safe from
the new snow that was now falling.
Dawn rose on the third day. Tfie
trekkers had their minds set to depart on
the 7.8­mile return trip to their cars at six
in the morning. They found that this was
not to be so. since they left at about 8 a.m.
They began their trek downhill through
freshly fallen snow. "There
was about one to two feet of
fresh snow covering the
trail," Bums remarked. The
snowshoers had to go first to
stamp down the snow and
help out the skiiers. The trail
was a hellacious up and down
roUercoaster affair that did
not help the skiiers' situation
any. The temperature did not
help matters much, ranging
from minus 10 to minus 14
degrees, not including the
wind chill. "We couldn't
drink any of our water, it had
frozen! Since I was hungry, I
thought i would take out a
bagel, but it was frozen, too!
We had to resort to eating
gorp [hiker­speak for trail
mix]."
Lucinda
Baugh
recalls.
At about two o'clock
that afternoon, the group
stopped to discuss whether or
not they had lost their way.
Julie Cantrell was the one
who saved the group, finding
Nora Yate s and Ange la Campion de e p in the Alpine
the trailblazing mark on the
wilderness.
tree that indicated they were
indeed on the right path. "It was really actually mild frostbite in her pinkie fin­
hard to see the marks, since the paint used gers, resulting in permanent damage.
Reactions among the group were
was white and the trees had snow all over
mixed.
Raylene
Harris explains, "It was a
them," Cantrell commented. The group
educational
and
enlightening experi­
then pushed onward, dividing up into
three separate groups of five, six, and ence." Even though they were a large
four people. A beautiful starry sky greet­ group, the tangle of hikers learned to
ed the first group as they arrived at about work together. Nora Yates reflects on the
7:30 p.m., the second 20 minutes behind hike, "It was like a long roUercoaster
them. Cantrell was part of the third group, ride, you had no idea what was gonna
and was behaving strangely. "She was not happen next." Bonnie Russell exclaims,
herself, I could tell," recalls Julie "I have found a new love... and the name
Hemstreet. It turned out that Cantrell had is the OUTDOORS!" The group celebrat­
gone into the beginning stages of ed their New Year's Eve at the local
hypothermia and needed immediate med­ Applebee's, and then split into groups at
ical assistance. She was whisked away to separate motels. The next day, the hikers
the nearest hospital, 30 minutes from the all went on their own ways, never to
end of the trail, and there she was diag­ come together all over again, but in their
nosed with first to second degree frostbite memories, their efforts are forever
on her toes. She made a speedy recovery remembered by each other. Some from
in time for the New Year's festivities. the group have set their sights on loftier
Maureen Yates would later find out what goals. Bums has new heights set in mind,
she thought was merely cold hands was "Next stop. Mount Everest!"
Costa Rica: LaHerra
Bdla (The Beautifid Land)
SaraStaDard
Big n'Blue Stc^
Hiking aSsyp volcanoes. Relaxing in hot sfnings.
Sampling quality coffee. Bungee jumping.
Swimming undea" waterfalls. Gliding above the
rain fcaesL White­watCT rafting with a guide
who speaks cmly Spanish. Yes, tfiat's ri^t,
Spanish. What am I talking about, you say?
Those English (iirases seem ctKnmon, but
imagine doing these things in a country where
the natives ^leak Spanish. Definitely extraordi­
naiy! This past wintCT break, a groiq) of nine
students basked in the warm summo­of Costa
Rica while studying ANDliving Spanish, espe­
cially with a teacher who knew Costa Rican
sign language.
It was total cultural immersicML We set up base
in tfie capital, San Jose, whae we ccHiduded
classes. In addition to studying Latin Amaican
cultures and local legends, with all the text in
Spanish, we explcwed the city and surtounding
towns. With the warm ho^tality of our guide,
Diana, and her husband, we leamed how peo­
ple really are the same everywhoe, in ^ite of
our differences, and that qjenness was the key,
as we mingled with Costa Ricans and did
things their way.
One memorable side tnp was to a carnival
wh£3ie they had this wild ride that would make
lawyers ridi in the United Stales. We also todc
the plunge in a pisdne pool of waliO"firnna
bubbling spring called Ojo de Agua (Eye of
Water). But it waai't all play and no WMk;
Tadii, our teacho; kept us to the grindstone,
too!
Vac relief fitxn wc«king so hard, we made a
weekend ocfyssey to the isolated beach town of
Montezuma wheiEtfiestreets are not paved, the
waves Ixeak warm all night long and coH
showers are bliss. The food thaie also was \£clific, as well as everywhae else in Costa Rica.
Tamales, anoz con fiijoles, platanos maduros,
guanabana.. we WCTE never himgiy for long.
Funny how the saying goes, "the way to the
heart is through the stomach." That certainly
was the case in Costa Rica (knowing how food
is so important, we leamed tiie Sjjanidi wcxds
fiiom menusfirst!)and we left our hearts behind
when we ittumed just in time for the sping
semester at GallaudeL Hello, cafeteria food...
"Iced In" for Five Days in Montreal
place, and she was greeted by the family. .After
her long excursion there, she evenmally decided
to hit tile viek.
S(^ Chn>tine snuggled into bed.
Just iinother npiciii winter break for
oiij Christine Ross ot G;\liaiidet University,'. vviimied in tlie presenee of her boyfriend and the
Cti:>nne decided she would \ JNii her bo>friend. reception of his tiunils. .She v\oke up on the
\ e J , m Montreiil to spend ^ome unie witli him. morning of the sixth of Januarx imd noticed her
Sir: jiiauL'ed along nortiihoun'.. H' ne'' Ford suirounding:­ were a mt ditferetn. Tnc ahum
E­­j,>r. ■z,i­\K .(head despite the laj. limi ii nad no clock \».us not vMirKJp.g. ilic iighLs were out. She
■,:ioi, .:;v­ The CiU'doesn'nKaKii­; St:'V.' ^o;;­ inquired witli iier iAA­'ijai­''­. nioilier who toid
Jiiii,,!­ ,, ■ i\ ji, M) I wiis womeJ aiX'­; ui,;:." her to sinipK K«,>­ .LU liie window. Chnstine
Ross =v.,i
■­.: etij­ had 10 encajv i ; ­ : ' ­ couldn't (ieiie\e her 0^ a­ \ ; wnnder [ito p<iwer
wvi>t>lil—iiiero wa^.;! ai..I ­lliiek coating o! ;ce
.empenia .
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c\e'^wiie^c' bniia. a ._ . ­.icgev.: ^ < Uk ground,
iiopint­ i ­■
''­■•:.. up ior die jounk­
cu^ were ^iuc^i hi uva a':\ewa\ >, f­xiV'.er imc­­
riome­] ^ ^
J :nadeittoheri>';v::"" ■
Tyrone (iiordano
Biiff'n' Blue Skitf
were snapped, everything was transformed to
shimmering oystal ice. To top it all off, a two­
fool blanket of snou would later fall and cover
the ice. She decided to check on Ned and found
him happilx sleeping in bed now that he didn't
have to get up for his 5:?>0 a.m. daily newspaper
deliver, route.
Ned's i'ather t(X)k out the kero.sene
heater and set it up in L'lc fireplace area, where
exerybtxjx huddled ur tiigether to keep warm.
Luckii}. uie phone­, wciv stili working, and
Ned"­ parents contaaeu :a­. grandmother who
lived netirbv. Her hi •■use i.ad ~'. •wea and tlie tani­
il\ enioyed ma;i\ a kixunous montent and meal
tiiere. hu: diere w a­, t; non­c iiac t''are that quests
could not stay
overnight.
Tuesday.
Wednesday.
Thursday.
Friday... four
nights of liv­
ing as a sav­
age. Still no
power "Wic iSSf?
had to use a ecx^kout gril! to boil thing­." Ross
rectills. Tliai F­ndi\ evening, tiie family decided
to paity at Gran.n.}'■. pad. Granny's home hadali
the amenities; hetiin:c. eiectricitx. h­x waie:'.
ROSS COST OS PAGE 12
Febuary 6, 1998 • The Buff and Blue • Page 9
The Wiz Quiz:
Abortion: As Real As It Gets
Jennifer Peterson
Buff n'Blue Staff
It was a cold, rainy day. The
moment I stepped outside that Saturday
morning, I knew God knew someone was
going to die today. The campus was still
asleep, and it was easy to slip out without
anyone noticing Samantha (not her real
name) and me. We barely exchanged conversation, trying hard to avoid talking
about what she would have to face later in
the day.
I hardly knew Samantha at the
time. She had her friends and I had mine.
But what friends she had, they couldn't be
there for her, for whatever reason. I was
the only one to accompany her and I didn't
know what I was getting myself into. She
had just found out about her pregnancy the
week before, and collected a pool of about
$250 dollars for the abortion at Planned
Parenthood. Yes, Samantha thought long
and hard about her decision, and I remember at the time 1 was Pro-Choice. That was
before I learned that you can't make an
opinion on something you don't know
about. It should be a woman's right to
make her own choices and the world doesn't need more unwanted children. 1, however, advised her on both the pros and cons
of having an abortion, and made sure she
was aware of her options and the situations
she would have to face later on.
We took the metro to Farragut
North and walked a few blocks to Planned
Parenthood. Not sure of what to expect,
we were blocked from the entrance into
the clinic. There was a group of protesters
carrying gmesome posters of fetuses in a
Silence Being Heard
Joan-na Brand
Contributing Writer
I was overjoyed when the
American Co-ed Pageant directors chose
me to participate in their pageant. I wasn't sure of their knowledge of my disability, so I decided to surprise them with
my deafness. The way things turned out
was unbelievable.
First of all, I had problems with
the directors even before the pageant
started. When my parents requested
interpreters, the directors, Charles and
Rebecca Scarabough, denied their
request. The Scaraboughs suggested that
we bring a family member who knew
sign language, but none of them can
hear! My mother explained to the
Scaraboughs that our whole family was
deaf.
Then the Scaraboughs thought
of "the perfect solution," SCRIPTS.
Assuming we could read adequately and
because we were deaf, they suggested
we read what was being said. As everyone knows, a pageant is visual entertainment. No one can read and watch a pageant simultaneously. Secondly, the
majority of people in my family were
children. So my
parents called the
Chicago Hearing
Society (CHS) and
requested
free
interpreters. They
managed to get
interpreters for the
whole weekend.
When we
arrived to the „
.
„,„
. , . ^ Brand poses.
O Hare Marriott
Hotel in Chicago, we met our interpreter,
Amy-Rose. She is the most inspiring
interpreter I have ever had. She stood up
for the deaf and wasn't afraid of anything. Amy-Rose helped deal with the
controversial issues between the
unfriendly Rebecca Scarabough and my
mother.
Unfortunately, it turned out that
the American Co-ed Pageant had deaf
contestants in the past year, and CHS had
been going after them to provide interpreters for years.
This year, I decided to make a
difference and show them that deaf people can do anything and will not settle
for what isn't right. My goal towards this
PAGEANT CONT ON PAGE 12
vacuum and other sorts of signs. I was
mentally scarred by these posters, but we
tried hard not to look at them and entered
the clinic. We were checked out by a security guard with a metal detector, and only
images of a protester with a gun came into
my mind. Murders of abortion doctors are
a real thing, not just stuff you only read
about.
After signing in with the nurse,
we sat down and surveyed the rest of the
women in the room. You'd be appalled at
the variety of people in an abortion clinic.
Models, 30-year old women, teenagers (of
course) and even fathers accompanying
their daughters. Rich, poor, black, while—
you can find them all in an abortion clinic.
After waiting forever, we had to go
through a series of steps before Samantha
actually did it. Please do notice, I say We.
Yes, we. Being her escort, I had to be present for her session with a counseling nurse.
Her .standardized questions included, "Are
you sure you want to have an abortion?"
and "As her friend, do you support her
decision?" It freaked me out, because in a
way, I'm responsible for her, 1 confirmed
her decision to have an abortion. I feasted
on one of those free lollipops they hand
out during the whole session, hating to
take any part of this. We didn't have an
interpreter either, which made things a bit
uncomfortable.
She then had her blood drawn
out, quite a lot. We were told to go back to
waiting room. Already it had been about
two hours into the morning at the clinic.
Next, there was the sonogram. Now, this is
something interesting. They wouldn't let
Samantha see the sonogram on the screen.
And there I was, standing in full view of
the screen, of Samantha's baby. A drumming heartbeat, I saw. Now I can see why
they don't let patients see it. It's quite a
knock to see something alive, and then for
it to be gone the next minute. I wished I
hadn't seen it. Now here comes the
blow—Samantha finds out she's about 13
and a half weeks pregnant, which hit her
pretty hard. She didn't realize that she was
so long into the pregnancy, and 13 weeks
is the borderline for a first trimester abortion. Now what does this mean to her? If
ABORTION CONT ON PAGE II
GET YOUR OWN MID WITH A HEART
Michael Dorsey
Contributing Writer
Did you all know
that you can save money
and have a blast at the same
time
touring
the
Washington metropolitan
area
via
Metro
Transportation? All you
have to do is go to the
Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit
Authority
(WMATA) office and bring
your most recent audiogram. Then you will get a
Metro identification card
(MID) and before you know
it, you are on your way to
explore unknown horizons
at good prices. Before you
go down there, please try to
reflect on my experience of
getting my own MID card:
Several years ago, I
learned that there were
some
students
saving
money with MIDs and I was
commuting to Gallaudet at
the time. I thought that it
would be great to have a
MID for myself so that I
could save money but I also
felt that it was not really
necessary to have the card
since I did not really consider
myself
"handicapped." But one Gallaudet
student convinced me that I
had the right to take advantage of my hearing aids and
my cerebral palsy and get
the MID.
So I went to the
WMATA office to get my
first MID and the process
JAW 16 2003
NAME:
By
Leonard P. KeUy, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Gallaudet Research Institute
This week: important dates in February.
Wiz Quiz questions are based primarily
on information contained in "The
Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What
Every American Needs to Know."* This
is a book that contains much information that speakers, signers, and writers
expect their audiences to know in our
society. The questions give you at least
two clues to the correct answer.
*"The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy:
What Every American Needs to Know "
was compiled by ED. Hirsch, Joseph E
Klett, and James Trefil. Published by
Houghton Mifflin Company.
1. Mythology and Folklore:
Name the home of the "Phil"
immortalized in the following
limerick:
There once was a rodent named
Phil,
Who peeked out from under his
hill.
'Cuz his shadow he saw
There would be no thaw.
And we shivered through six
weeks of chill.
2. Mythology and Folklore: What
is the Roman equivalent of the
god Eros, who is often noted for
his accuracy with a bow and
arrow"?
3. Mythology and Folklore: What
celebration is named after a
Roman priest who secretly married young couples, contradicting
a law that forbade young men
from marrying?
4. Proverbs: Possibly because the
emotions affect blood circulation,
the temperature of what body part
is associated with cold hands?
mi#e
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Tease Your Brain and Test
Your Cultural Literacy
EXP DATE
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J o h n D. Doe
was easy for me. All I had
to do was to show the desk
attendant an official copy
of my audiogram which
proved my deafness. It was
not long before I had my
picture taken.
As I was sitting
down waiting for my new
ID to be processed, an old
man walked in wearing a
dirty trench coat and a
cane. He was walking quite
slowly. When he arrived at
the desk, he reached into
his pocket and pulled out a
ripped piece of paper to
show some proof that he,
too, was eligible to get his
own MID and handed it to
the
desk
attendant.
MID CONT ON PAGE 11
5. Mythology and Folklore:
Drugs concocted to produce
amorous arousal borrow their
name from the Greek goddess of
love. Name her.
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CALENDAR
(Note: for more information about
University events, call the Athletics
Department at x560i:for MSSD athlet­
ic events, call x536l.)
6 "Turn A Page" book display fea­
tures Dr. B arbara Gerner de Garcia,
associate
professor
in
the
Department
of
Educational
Foundations and Research. The dis­
play is inside the Library's east
entrance.
7 B asketball vs. Goucher College,
Women's at 2 p.m.. Men's at 8 p.m..
Field House
9­12 Never Too Late Club B ake
Sale, all day, Ely Center
10 B lack History Month; Sistah­to­
Sistah Rap, 11:30 a.m. ­ 1 p.m., Ely
Center, Multi Purpose Room; Men's
Basketball vs. Villa Julie College,
7:30 p.m.. Field House
11 DPNIO: Reach for the Stars: You
Can! teleconference, 1 ­ 2:30 p.m.,
email: teleconference for more
information.
12 DPN 10: Truth B e Told Panel:
"Documenting the Social and
Historical Presence of Deaf People
in the U.S.", 12 ­ 1:30 p.m., Ely
Auditorium; B lack History Month:
Brother­to­Brother Rap, 11:30 a.m. ­
1 p.m.; B asketball vs. Mary
Washington College, Women's at 6
p.m.. Men's at 8 p.m.. Field House
13 B lack History Month: "A Do
Right Man" with author Omar
Tyree, 11:30 a.m. ­ 1 p.m., Ely
Center Multi­Purpose Room; ASL
Interaction Lunch, 1 2 ­ 1 p.m.,
Merrill Learning Center, upper level
Community Events
6­7 Publick Playhouse: B uffalo
Soldier performed by Theatre IV,
sign­interpreted performance at 10
a.m and 12 p.m. on February 6 and
at ] 1 a.m. on February 7. 5445
Landover Road, Cheverly, Md.,
(301) 277­1710 (voice), (301) 277­
0312 (TTY)
8 The Kennedy Center Theater Lab:
Jamal Koram: Lions Could Fly,
sign­interpreted performance at 1
i p.m., (202) 416­8410 (TTY). (202)
416­8400 (voice)
11 The Kennedy Center Opera
House: Dreamgirls, sign­interpreted
performance at 8 p.m., (202)416­
8410 (TTY), (202) 416­8400 (voice)
Help... Is On the Way
Dear Dr. Lytle,
I have a secret past that is irrele­
vant, but significant to who I am. Should I
tell my close friends and hope they don't
judge me or should I keep it a secret and
possibly screw up big time if it ever gets
out of the bag later in the future?
­Secret Life
Dear Secret Life,
Hmmmm... secret "past?" Does
that mean that whatever it is, it is no longer
happening? I have to wonder what this is
that is so secretive you can't mention it to
a confidential columnist. B ut the "past"
part is what really got me interested. Why
should anyone care all that much about
what has happened in the past unless there
is a possibility it is still happening now or
may happen again in the future? My first
thought when I read this was that you were
hiding a gay life, but since you said "past,"
you are either being unnecessarily obscure
or that's not it. I am going to assume that's
not it.
I am also kinda stuck on your
using the phrase "irrelevant but signifi­
cant" when you certainly seem to believe
that whatever it is will certainly be relevant
to someone. You also seem to be telling me
that this secret is important to your identi­
ty. You are afraid of being judged and of
having whatever thrown back in your face.
Actually, I suspect you are feeling very
guilty and/or ashamed of this "irrelevant"
event in your past and you think you will
be judged cruelly for it. I am wondering
what your own judgment is of yourself
much more than I am worried about your
friends" judgment of you.
Why don't you take a deep breath
and explore that issue some more becau.se
once you become comfortable with your­
self and your past (both negative and posi­
tive parts) your life will be much easier. I
happen to think that we are all entitled to
make mistakes as part of our growing up
process and that if we can't laugh at these
mistakes, we can at least learn to graceful­
ly acknowledge that, yeah, we were once
that messed up/foolish/dumb/pick your
adjective, but we, thankfully, have evolved.
Then if your friends ever discover this
incident and try to throw it in your face,
you'll have much more confidence in your
ability to live it down gracefully and let
bygones be bygones. Another way to look
at this is to know that you have grown up
considerably from those old days and that
you are a much better person because you
have made mistakes and learned from
them. Be proud of who you are now and let
go of the past guilt and shame.
make yourself do all those things you most
don't want to do. I know you want to curl
up in your bed and disappear, but that is
one thing you shouldn't do. You men­
tioned friends so you do know you need to
make some friends. Some of us have the
incredible luck to be able to go out there
and chat up most anyone and have loads of
people around us. Others need to grit their
teeth, take a deep breath and force a smile
on their faces while they do something that
is very, very hard—talk to strangers.
Fortunately, if you do this enough, people
don't stay strangers long.
Now, you are lucky. You are in
college and one thing schools have is
sports, clubs and organizations for just
about anyone. You need to look around,
pick something that matches your interests
and JOIN. Finding people who share com­
mon interests is the best way to meet
friends. Furthermore, while you are wait­
ing for the friendship part to happen, you
are kept busy doing things that interest you
and get you circulating. So, like to write?
Join the Buff and Blue. The physical type?
IM sports if you don't have the skills for
varsity. Organization your bag? SB G is
there and waiting. There are lots of things
around and most of them dying to have
more members, so JOIN.
Then if you are still depressed or
feel your depression is so serious you are
worried about your safety (you didn't say,
but are you suicidal at all?), then get your­
self over to a counselor and find out more
about what is going on for you under the
surface and how to help yourself You also
didn't say if this depression is old or new
and if old, seeing a counselor really makes
excellent sense for you. It is not necessary
to walk around feeling depressed. There
are things to make it better. I hope you act
fast and I wish you success.
Dear Dr. Lytle,
A friend told me that deafies can
get handicapped parking in a cinch. It'd be
totally great to have that frill, but would
that be a stupid thing to do? They're empty
all the times anyway; it's not like gimps
can drive anyway.
­Handicapped?
Dear Handicapped,
Whew, do you have a lot of sensi­
tivity training to do!! Now how would you
like it if a bunch of heSries tried to play
deaf to get the benefits? And "gimps?"
How do you like the term, "deaf and
dumb?" I truly see little difference.
Is it a stupid thing to do? Yes and
YES. True, some malls and parking lots
overdo it and there do seem to be lots of
empty handicapped spaces; however, that
is no excuse for you to rip off all those
deserving individuals who do need those
spaces. I am told that if we only had to live
in a wheelchair one day and put up with all
the inconveniences and true suffering that
our society imposes on us, that we would
be a lump of clay at the end of the day and,
I have no difficulty believing this at all. So,
I say LEAVE THOSE SPACES ALONE.
Besides, you need the exercise. Seriously,
while state laws giving those permits dif­
fer, I doubt any reputable physician would
sign one of those forms for you because of
deafness.
I think one of the challenges of
being deaf is figuring out our individual
personal comfort, zones for these "perks"
that come because we are deaf You know
what I mean: discount metro cards, dis­
count ski passes—little freebies like that.
And then there are the biggies like, SSDI.
Your personal comfort zone and mine may
be very different. Just because it's there,
doesn't mean we have to use it. Don't be a
sheep and just follow. Do what feels right
to you.
You can reach Dr. Lytic at the
following addresses:
Dr. Linda Risser Lytle
2000 P Street, NW
Suite 412
Washington, DC 20036
tty: 202­298­8515
fax: 202­298­8514
email: lrlytle@juno.coni
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Dear Dr. Lytle,
I don't have friends. I think I am
depressed. I don't know what to do.
­Depressed
Dear Depressed,
Even your writing seems
depressed and that is a tough place to be.
One of the most difficult things about
depression is that the cure is to go out and
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Abortion
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she hadn't found out just then, it would
have been too late for an abortion. Not
only that, she would have to cough up
another 100 dollars too, since she's at 13
weeks. Luckily, I had about forty bucks
on me, and the clinic allowed her a promissory note, where she could pay the rest
of the bill later. She was very lucky.
Samantha and I were then
escorted to a "second" waiting room for
the final procedure. I wasn't allowed to
go any further in with her. I went back to
the waiting room, alone. Observing the
rest of the patients, I had come up with
stories to go along with each face as the
time went past by. This older woman was
by herself, nervously playing with her
wedding ring. I guessed, perhaps, she had
an affair with someone else, got pregnant,
the guy ran off and only gave her money
for the abortion, and her husband doesn't
know about it. How terrible, how could
anyone go through this alone? A lot of
women in there were by themselves.
Another one, an overweight 14 year old
girl, sat between her father in overalls and
another guy which I could guess was her
grandfather! I don't want to know what
the story is with her. A young woman
came out of the office and hugged her sisters. She laughed as she left the waiting
room, for she grabbed a whole armful of
condoms from the big halloween-like
bowl in the room. Everyone else smiled
along with her. Nothing like having too
many condoms.
Finally, after about two hours,
Samantha came back. We hugged and left
the building. After passing a few blocks. I
asked her, "Is that it?" I was surprised she
could just go and have an abortion and
walk just right out. Yeah, she didn't feel
much. I felt like crying, because I couldn't, because it's not me. But I'm the type
that cries for my friends. Again faced with
rain, we solemnly walked back home.
That night we watched TV together, and
there was an infant on TV. Samantha
started getting upset, and only I could
know what she had just went through. I
wrote her a letter that night, which I'm
sure she still has to this day. Because of
what we just went through, we had bonded together even more.
I always think of Samantha and
our experience together. After seeing
what she went through, I slowly thought
of life and death. I have seen death's own
face. After Samantha, I know of probably
over 20 people that have had abortions. It
is not an easy situation to deal with, and
with any decision, one should thoroughly
think and research deeply about the situation. If you come across into something
like what Samantha went through, please
visit the SHS who will help you guide
into whatever you decide. There's plenty
of websites on the Internet about abortion
and other contraceptives. There are several support groups for those who have had
abortions. Another tidbit: to find out
about providers that prescribe the morning after pill (it can be taken 72 hours
after the time of intercourse), please call
1-888-NOT-2-LATE.
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Missing Poetry
,
-J-JTERT-I/SI,.
Sarah Janssen
Contributing
Writer
Art is the expression of never having to leave lu>me.
-Unhwwn
I've always considered English to be
a complex language, but it has never stopped
me from appreciating it. I love to read novels,
short stories, and especially poetry. Even better, I love to write it. 1 notice there aren't a lot
of students writing these days. It seems like
writing is becoming a declining habit among
us. I've written a few short stories, but I've
written poetry as my true form of expression.
My friends love to read my poetry
and I'm curious as to how they will respond.
I'm always hoping the most recent poem I
wrote will be better than the last one. 1 believe
each artist is always striving for perfection
inside themselves. There's always something
about writing a poem; and it doesn't have to
be an unhappy one, even though I prefer them
as they're more true, in the sense of being
able to release one's feelings onto paper. The
choice of words chosen, the style, and how to
begin and end it; there's an exhilarating feeling after a poem is completed—the sense of
one's soul finely tuned into words.
I also love to read my friend's poetry. One of my very good friends writes maybe
three times a month, but she can really put
something down on paper each time. It's
always in a different topic; love, life, or feelings typed in a different format in various
lengths. She never ceases to amaze me. Every
time I go to the bookstore, I somehow always
end up in one of those modem writing sections browsing through some new novel or
poetry book written by today's generation of
artists/writers. I love reading what they write
because they're the voice of our generation.
Someday I hope to publish my poems in a
book. So, if you haven't written a poem lately, get out a pen and paper and see what you
can come up with.
Deaf Entertainment
Television TV Guide
(ChamdZl-GdaudetC^bfeTV)
Friday Feb 6
6 a.m. - I a.m.
"What's Up, Gallaudet?"
Saturday, Feb 7
/ p.m. & 9 p.m.
Deaf Drive-In: The
Worker
Miracle
Sunday, Feb 8
9 p.m.
Sign Language Plays:
Oh Stop! Oh Stop!
Monday, Feb 9
6 a.m. - 1 p.m.
"What's Up, Gallaudet?" rerun,
Deaf Comedians and Storytellers:
Henny Penny
'Riesday, Feb 10
6 a.m. - / p.m.
"What's Up, Gallaudet?" rerun,
9 p.m.
Deaf Mosaic,
9:30 p.m.
Deaf Documentaries:
An Evening of Magic: Adama the
Fulani magician
Wednesday, Feb 11
6 a.m. - 1 p.m.
CONT FROM PAGE 9
"What's Up, Gallaudet?" rerun,
Unfortunately, the desk attendant 9 p.m.
declared that the paper was unaccept- Deaf Drive-In: The Miracle
able. The old man then put the ripped Worker
MID
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a Washington, D.C.
shelter for battered
women and their
children, is seeking
volunteers for the
crisis hotline and
children's program,
public speaking, and
other opportunities.
For more infonnation,
call (202)529-5261,
or TTY (202)5295991
piece of paper back into his pocket and
slowly walked out using his cane, his
head hung down. As I watched him
leave the building, I felt ashamed about
being able to have the card when he
could not. It was then that I thought that
I really did not need that card as much
as he did.
But today, I believe that the
experience taught me a lesson; I can
feel fortunate for having successfully
obtained a MID, as long as I do not take
it for granted.
So
when
you
get
the
Metropolitan Identification card for
yourself, let us both bring the old man
with us in our hearts when we are having a blast around town.
Info-on the Washington Metro Area
TVansit Authority (WMATA)
Main Office: 600 Fifth Street, N.W. (near
Judiciary Square Metro Station)
Web Site: http://www.wniata.coni
ID Card Information:
(202)962-1245 Voice
(202) 628-8973 TDD
Thursday, Feb 12
6 a.m. - I a.m.
"What's Up, Gallaudet"
Friday, Feb 13
6 a.m. - 1 a.m.
"What's Up, Gallaudet"
DETis brought to you by the Office of
Public Relations, Gallaudet University
Library, and Gallaudet Cable TV. It is
produced especially for the Gallaudet
University community and can be
found on Channel 21 on Gallaudet's
cable TV system.
Ifyou have any ideas or comments on
shows that you 've seen or would like to
see, let us know. You can contact us via
e-mail at GUNEWS or by phone at
(202)651-5505.
Page 12 »The Buff and Blue • Febuary 6, 1998
Deaf Lad And The Three Bears
Jennifer Perlis
Buff'n'Blue Staff
Deaf Lad was hanging around,
watching reruns of B ugs B unny cartoons
when his mom walked in through the front
door. She handed him an envelope w ith his
name on it.
Deaf Lad opened up the letter. It
was from his next door neighbors, the
Grateful Dead B ears, asking him a favor.
The letter read like this:
Dear Deaf Lad,
Our family is going out of town
on vacation for the next week and a half
We are going to visit the tombstone of
Jerry Garcia and pay our respects to the
greatest man that ever lived. We are leav­
ing tomorrow, and it would mean a lot to
us if you could housesit while we are gone.
The keys are under the doormat with the
picture of Jim Morrison, you can't miss it.
By the way. your probation offi­
cer said this favor would be considered
community service, so what do you think?
If you will housesit. tell your mom to call
us.
Thanks,
Pop Bear, Yo Mama B ear, Sonny B ear
Deaf Lad was quite annoyed.
Does everyone in the free world has to
know that he's on probation? So, it was
settled, he would housesit for the B ears
who were still living in the ■60s.
The next day. Deaf Lad strutted
over to the house and removed the key
from under the Jim Morrison doormat.
"What is so great about music?" Deaf Lad
wondered. Opening the door. Deaf Lad
was stung in the face by the smell of burn­
ing incense. The living room was dark, all
of the windows were covered by tie­dyed
blankets. "Typical... potheads," he
Ross
CONT FROM PAGE 8
cooked food, and a phone to call home with.
Ross let her parents know she was okay, "You
know how parents are," she says.
Rossremembersseeing the headlines
on various newspapers proclaiming a state of
emergeiKy for the entire area Amazed, she
exclaims, ""There was this picture that showed
those metal electrical towers toppled over from
the ice!" Luckily for Christine and the family,
western Montreal got its power back on Sunday
night the 11th of January. The southern regions,
consisting mostly of farms, were not so lucky,
two weeks to totalrestorationof power being
the prognosis, ""1 kinda felt bad about the ani­
mals there," Ross explained with concern.
When asked about how she felt about
the incident she expressed slight disappoint­
ment at how a vacation became an ordeal, but
smiled it off. When asked if she now had a bet­
ter idea of what 18th century living was like, she
responcted, "'Yeah... I never want to live back in
that time. I've always hated the weather up in
the north." In the end, aside from a few frazzled
nerves, Ross admitted she came out of the
whole adventure a newer, more improved per­
son. She muses, '"It was a good experience, it
taught me how to survive should something like
this happen again."
thought. Deaf Lad started to get very hun­
gry, he entered the kitchen to find three
bowls on the table. Behind each bowl there
was a cereal box and the chairs had labels
on them.
Deaf Lad sat in the chair that
said, "I'm the man!" He figured it must've
been Pop B ear's chair. He poured a bowl
of Cap'n Crunch Peanut B utter cereal.
"Too crunchy," thought Deaf Lad. Deaf
Lad tried the next chair, ""Sweet Thang."
"Definitely Yo Mama B ear's chair... com
flakes? Forget this! Man, there's got to be
decent cereal on this table." He moved to
Sonny B ear's chair, which had a picture of
Cher on it. Too weird. Deaf Lad thought.
He sat down anyway and poured himself a
nice bowl of Fruit Loops. Ah, this hits the
spot. Deaf Lad thought as he gobbled
down the last spoonful.
Deaf Lad felt kind of tired, and
thought perhaps he ought to lie down for a
bit. He walked up the steps, trying not to
trip over the shoes and clothes lying every­
where. The first bed he saw was a king­
size bed. "Perfect!" he signed to himself.
He jumped onto the bed and began to get
comfortable when all of a sudden it started
to shake. Oh man, the bed had hydraulics.
Deaf Lad was not pleased, he moved onto
the next room. He saw a queen­size bed
and even though the room was almost all
pink, he was getting too tired to care. He
flung himself onto the bed and was imme­
diately rocking all over the place, Christ, it
was a waterbed. Those things make him
sick to his stomach. Deaf Lad knew he was
never going back into the pink room ever
again. There were two more rooms to go,
he passed the bathroom, which had flower
power symbols everywhere. "How do
these people live?" Deaf Lad asked him­
self. He didn't really want to know, some
things are better left unanswered.
Deaf Lad entered the last room, it
was every young guy's dream. There was a
huge La­Z­B oy chair in the middle of the
room instead of a bed, a life­sized screen
Pageant
CONT FROM PAGE 9
pageant experience was to become a role
model for other deaf people and to
encourage them not to settle for less than
the best. The Scaraboughs once more
suggested that 1 use scripts to prepare
myself. 1 chose not to because it would
prove to them that I was "powerless" and
was giving in. Amy­Rose suggested that I
show them that I should be able to pre­
pare myself like the hearing girls could.
The workshop, rehearsals, and
contests on Friday went pretty well. 1
became one of the semi­finalists in the
talent competition. My talent was signing
the poem, "They Say I'm Deaf by Saul
Nessler, a deaf poet. Amy­Rose voiced it
for me and everything went smoothly.
Saturday was the big day. 1 had a
different interpreter during the interview
session, but the session wasn't too bad. 1
empathized with the deaf and deaf cul­
ture in my answers. Afterwards, my
mother and I participated in the "parade
of families" and impressed the audience
with a taste of deaf culture. I received
.several awards for participating in other
optional contests.
All participants had their pic­
TV in front of it, a Sony Playstation
hooked up to it, a mini­fridge next to the
chair filled with beer. Deaf Lad thought he
was in Heaven. The only thing that was
distracting in the room were all of these
pictures of Sonny and Cher from the sev­
enties. Well, at least Sonny B ear is one
decade ahead of his folks, which was bet­
ter than nothing.
Deaf Lad got comfortable and fell
asleep watching ESPN. What Deaf Lad
didn't know was the fact that two bears
had come into the house. Deaf Lad forgot
to lock the door. These two bears were
cousins to the Grateful Dead B ears. They
were the Mafia B ears, named Don B ear
and Vinnie B ear. They had come to pay
their cousins a visit while taking a break
from criminal activities.
The Mafia B ears noticed some­
one had been eating cereal in the kitchen.
Then they saw that someone had trampled
over the clothes on the stairs, and the foot­
prints weren't paw prints, Don Bear pulled
out his gun, which was loaded and ready to
go. He nodded to Vinnie B ear that there
was something wrong here. They slowly
peered into each room, till they got to
Sonny B ear's room, and what they saw
was Deaf Lad asleep on the La­Z­B oy
chair. "What the F....?" said Vinnie Bear.
The Mafia B ears stepped away
from the room. "What should we do, Don
Bear?" asked Vinnie Bear.
"Okay, here's what we do, we'll
give him a warning to get out of the house
and if the kid doesn't leave, we shoot out
his brains." Don Bear replied.
Together they walked into the
room. Deaf Lad was sleeping like a baby,
and the blanket was pulled up to his chin.
"You there, I don't know why you're here,
but get the hell out!" yelled Vinnie B ear.
Deaf Lad didn't move an inch. "You trying
to be a wise guy, eh? I said out of here,
before I splatter your brains on the wall!"
Again Deaf Lad remained motionless. The
Mafia B ears looked at each other, puzzled.
tures taken for the pageant scrapbook and
afterwards, we rehearsed for the evening
competition. During the rehearsals, my
interpreter had to leave, and I was left on
my own because there weren't any other
available interpreters. I had to depend on
my own hearing. It was hard because I
couldn't understand what they were say­
ing.
My escort for the pageant was
also deaf. During the escort rehearsal, I
had to use my undependable hearing
once again to tell my escort what was
being said. Personally, I felt that this sit­
uation could have been prevented. If the
pageant directors had provided an inter­
preter, I wouldn't have had to depend on
my own hearing and to try grasping what
was being said.
The evening competition started
with the teen division's opening song. I
feel that if an interpreter had been with
me during the earlier rehearsal, I would
have been able to sing along perfectly
with the other hearing girls, but since I
didn't, I had a hard time singing with the
others. When that was over, I had to
hurry because the semi­finalists for the
talent contest was next. I was rushed so
much that the words of my poem escaped
my mind. Luckily, I remembered them.
Don Bear thought he should fire a warning
shot into the wall to see if that would scare
the kid awake.
BANG! Nada, nothing happened.
"Shit, the kid must be already
dead!" Vincent yelled.
Don B ear looked surprised, too,
"We better get outta here before the cops
come sniffing around."
The Mafia B ears took off without
looking back. They did not want this kid's
death on their hands, after all, they only
kill so many a day and they had already
met their quota.
About a half an hour later. Deaf
Lad woke up to find cops everywhere.
"What's going on?" he signed. Later, it
was explained to Deaf Lad that someone
had heard a shot but they couldn't find the
bullet hole. After everyone had left and all
the questions had been asked. Deaf Lad
walked around the room feeling the wall.
Guess where he found the bullet hole?
That's right, through the poster, the bullet
had gone through Cher's left nostril in the
picture.
Wow, Deaf Lad couldn't believe
it. He shrugged his shoulders and sat back
down into the La­Z­Boy chair. Sipping on
a beer, he thought to himself, "Man, I
guess I was as lucky as Goldilocks, only
I'm better looking?"
but the interpreter voicing for me wasn't
Amy­Rose. She spoke too fast, resulting
in a disastrous performance.
The remainder of the evening
turned out better than the beginning. The
pageant results were superb and exciting.
I was chosen as one of the 17 semi­final­
ists out of the 70 co­ed division partici­
pants.
Although I wasn't selected as a
finalist, I was happy with the title I
earned and the message I sent to the pub­
lic. After the pageant was over, the first
thing that came to my mind was "I am
not finished," meaning that I wasn't done
with what I wanted to tell the hearing
world. I want to participate in other pag­
eants and show them that deaf people can
do things. Like I've said before, "One
Heather Whitestone isn't enough."
I was asked to participate in next
year's competition. I believe that if I
compete in the pageant next year and oth­
ers in the future, I can give my message
to the world more efficiently and compe­
tently. I also want other deaf and hard­of­
hearing people to stand up for themselves
and get what they need. In essence, I am
proud of my deafness and want to turn
this somewhat negative experience into a
positive message!
Febuary 6, 1998 • The Buff and Blue • Page 13
sc
Rantings of a Freshman
Rumors Are At Least Partly True, But Still Damaging
Roger D esmarais
Buff n' Blue Staff
Heya Gallaudetians,
I'm
gonna share something I heard
through the grapevine with you guys
and move on from there—the story as
I heard it: A Gallaudet student was
sent to the hospital with food poison­
ing after eating a burger that was
infested with the E. coli bacteria alive
'n well. The burger apparently was
sold by a fraternity on campus during
one of their fundraising activities or
whatnot. After an ordeal at the hospi­
tal and such, the food­poisoned stu­
dent threw a fit which posed as a
potential image­tarnishing problem
for the fraternity. So, the fraternity
decided to do what was the best for
themselves: they reached a $5,000
settlement with the student for his/her
inconveniences.
I don't know if this particular
piece of gossip that's floating around
campus is true. B ut if it was, it does­
n't really bode well that they didn't
bother making some sort of statement
to come forward to see if they were
responsible for perhaps another stu­
dent's poor health?
Imagine the damage this gos­
sip could do to the fraternity's reputa­
tion, image and standing if it was dis­
covered to be indeed true that they
dished out undercooked E. coli­
infested burgers to us, the student
body.
The moral I'm getting at here:
gossip and rumors are damaging to
one's self­image. What and who starts
them anyway? I'd wager that nobody
just thinks of a rumor out of blue just
to spite people. I'd like to think peo­
ple in reality don't plot, scheme and
then set out to destroy others' lives
with lies like they do in various
drama shows such as "Melrose Place"
and just about every soap on TV
(which belong in the crapper). I do,
although, believe that gossip and
rumors are based on truth, just not
facts.
It's like this—people base
their assumptions on something they
may have seen, heard or know and
then create the stories/ theories which
they believe to be true, which may
indeed be true but are not necessarily
supported by concrete facts. We
humans, instead of creating the
tumultuous lies that wreak havoc
upon each other like they do on TV,
base our assumptions (which later
become fodder for gossip/rumors) on
one insignificant morsel of whatever
information, and the result may be
greater or lesser than it is on TV. The
difference lies only in the origin,
purty interesting, isn't it?
Spring Break... For Only $10!!
Rosemary Wanis, MSW
Intern
Coordinator of Community
Service Projects
Seems like everyone is
already planning what they are
going to do for Spring Break
even though Christmas Break
holidays has just ended. I read
the Spring Break advertise­
ments in the Buff and Blue
newspaper and on the UNI­
VMSGCTR e­mail messages
from the end of last semester,
and said to myself, "I have got
to get my two cents worth in
there now!" So here I am!
Actually, the Spring
Break that I am talking about
will cost a little more than two
cents, instead it will cost ten
(10) dollars! That's right, folks!
A Spring Break event for only
$10.00!!! Can you believe it?
Well, believe it! This year, for
the first time, Gallaudet
University's Community
Service Projects is offering an
altemative Spring Break.
On Tuesday, Marcii 17
to Saturday, March 21,1998,
we wJI! be joining D.C. Habitat
for Humanity to build homes
for low­income families in the
Southeast, Washington D.C.
area. We invite you to join
Habitat for Humanity and thou­
sands of other students around
the country by accepting the
challenge of doing something
constructive over your Spring
Break. Spend a week helping
to build houses for those in
need while having fun. This
week is guaranteed to be an
enriching and memorable
experience which will last a
lifetime! The best part is that it
will only cost $10.00 dollars for
you to participate!
To get more information
and/or to be a part of this
exciting alternative Spring
break, send an e­mail to
Rosemary at 11RWANIS or
stop by the Campus Activities
office and sign up with your
$10.00 payment.
I already got my $10.00
in! How about you?
This alternative
Spring Break is sponsored
by Community Service
Projects, a unit of Campus
Activities.
extra monies will be transferred
immediately to the emergency fund.""
COM FROM PAGE 3
Concerns were also raised at the
Motions were brought to the amount of S3.000 being allocated to
floor for the positions of vice speaker the Social­Cultural Department. The
and chairperson of the Rules and figure was high due to three major
Operations Committee. B oth of them events being held this semester: Miss
were tabled to the next meeting due to Gallaudet Pageant, Carpe Nox 3, and
Festival.
Nevertheless,
lack of interest among the representa­ Rock
tives. B oth positions were vacated by Kennedy expects a profit from all
the resignations of Christian Wojnar three venues.
in December
and
Nichols
in
In the president's report, SB G
November, respectively.
Jonathan President David Kurs explained to the
Ikeda, alternate representative for the representatives what the Executive
Class of 2000 Organization noted that Branch has been working on. He out­
anyone who was a representative lined the activities slated this semes­
before can apply for the position of ter. They include Miss Gallaudet
vice speaker. Dickinson is to be con­ Pageant on February 21st, Carpe Nox
Legislative Branch Budget ($1,500)
Payroll ($13,000)
Chief Justice Budget ($100)
Executive Branch Budget ($15,900)
Pie Chart of the SBG Budget
3, which is to take place after the pag­
tacted by e­mail.
DPNIO
Nichols then moved to require eant, and Rock Festival.
that the Student Congress office be activities sponsored by the SB G and
open at least 10 hours a week. This financed by the University, such as
motion was in response to Dickinson's the march to the U.S. Capitol and the
decision to have hours by appointment Gala are scheduled. To the delight of
only.
Nichols explained that the the representatives, there will be no
Speaker must be open and accessible classes from 1 to 4 p.m., when the
to the people. Dickinson explained March is scheduled.
Several
changes
in
the
that this decision was due to the fact
that there is no vice speaker, and nor­ Executive B ranch cabinet were made.
mal office hours will be set once one Replacing John Fenicle, Steve Snow
is selected. The motion was passed, was selected and approved as the new
Deaf Issues Department Director.
8­2.
The SB G budget for the Also, Amelia Ortiz replaced Hilly
spring semester was approved unani­ Owens as the Public Relations
mously by the vote of 15­0. There Director, and Nathalie Johnson
were several concerns about the rev­ replaced Sofia Normatov as the new
enue, which was set at $28,000 for the Administrative Secretary.
spring semester, along
with $2,500 from the
fall semester, which
totals at $30,500. John
Kennedy, the business
manager
for
the
Executive B ranch,
explained that the fig­
ure is a very conserva­
tive estimate as the unit
fees for the spring
semester
has
not
arrived.
■ ­Questions then
were raised on the pos­
sibility of the unit fees
being
higher
than
expected.
Kennedy
quelled those fears say­
ing. "The budget vv
remain the same, .\n\
Tile Faraprqfessionui Fair m Ely Center.
Page 14 • The Buff and Blue • Febuary 6, 1998
Bunjer
COAT FROM PAGE 2
and a proper order yet he did not receive
either, for he "twice pushed" the money
back toward the personnel and refused to
leave, according to arrest reports.
While trying to indicate to the
security officer that he wanted to talk with
the manager, his request was denied. He
was ordered to leave. At that point, the
security officer deemed him under arrest
for disorderly conduct as Bunjer's actions
cau.sed numerous patrons in the establishment to gather in close proximity to the
officer.
Bunjer was then physically
restrained with a choke hold. The security officer then radioed the Metro Police
Department to provide transportation to
the holding jail.
Bunjer was transported to the
holding cell, remaining there for six hours.
Finally, in the early morning of May 22nd,
he was released on a bond. Upon release.
Black History
CONT FROM PAGE 3
ing that no one was born to a single
parent, everyone is born to a set of
two parents. Since statistics were
piled against the children of single
parents, there have been notable successes such as Clarence Thomas,
Jesse Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois,
Frederick Douglass, and including
Curry himself.
In conclusion of the wellattended keynote speech, Curry stated
that it is time for Americans to seek
the truth of the rationale behind affirmative action.
He challenged the
audience to be able to live together
despite varying diversities in the
he returned via cab to McDonald's to fetch
his car. but his key was misplaced.
After that incident, Bunjer filed a
lawsuit under the ADA law. The court
decision was rendered as of last December
holding McDonald's at 75 New York
Avenue responsible and permanently
enjoined from discriminating against deaf
customers in McDonald's by posting a
sign at the drive thru instructing deaf
patrons to proceed to the cashier, establish
written policies and training programs to
deal with the needs of deaf customers, and
also to keep written records of such incidents. In Bunjer's case, there was a video
camera in use, yet the videotape was not
admissible in court.
Bunjer received $1,500 as a
result of this case, based on his claim of
emotional distress caused by the incident.
It should be noted that it was the second
time that Bunjer faced discrimination from
McDonald's.
future.
BHM will be relatively small
at Gallaudet because of the ongoing
DPNIO events; still, plenty of activities are planned, such as a Deaf Oprah
on February 5th and a book signing by
Barbara Hathaway on February 25th.
Due to the overlapping of DPNIO and
BHM, the focus of BHM will be on
the students. For example, there will
be meetings where African-American
faculty and students will meet and get
acquainted, building a stronger community.
Possible future plans for
BHM include "a more integrated program, part of a university-wide cultural/ethnic celebration," McLaughlin
remarked.
DPN
CONT FROM PAGE 2
wee. because an applicant would walk
in a strange room, with 22 eyes staring down at him/her, not knowing to
expect. Those interviews whittled
down the number of survivors to 6.
That's when Bravin said, "My mission
was to get the BEST person for
Gallaudet," regardless of hearing status.
A group then did the next step
of interviewing, evaluating each person, evaluations of which would be
reviewed by the board to decide on the
three finalists. The board ultimately
decided on Elizabeth Zinser, I. King
Jordan, and Harvey Corson, the latter
two being deaf.
With three candidates left,
Spilman, the chair, asked Bravin to
handle the board's own interviews of
the candidates. Bravin declined as he
wanted to be involved in the selecting
process. Glass added that the three
had their own unique characteristics.
Zinser was very talented, open,
friendly. Jordan had all of the good
qualities but was simply not experienced, Corson had experience only in
high school, so they wrote him off,
thus leaving either of the two others to
succeed Lee as the next president.
Bravin said that two issues
were brought up. Should the board
look at deafness or administrative
skills, because either "winner" would
have to learn one trait, with Zinser
learning about deafness, or Jordan
learning administrative skills.
But, before the vote was
taken, the possibility of a protest was
brought up, during a discussion with
some people that included Bernard
Holt, now the chief of DOSS. The idea
of training the D.C. police for a possible protest by deaf people was
brought up, but never implemented.
After a long process of selec-
Arrest
CONT FROM PAGE 2
Officer Fleming explained the situation,
"When they were arranging the line-up,
they needed one more person, so they got
a guy who was in the station for another
line-up. He was a suspect in an off-campus robbery at a market on Florida
Avenue."
The two students viewed the line-up .sepa-
tion, the board voted on whom was to
be the next president. It was 10-4 in
favor of Zinser, sparking the DPN
protest. Glass broke down the vote,
saying that all 10 people who voted
for Zinser were hearing, and the lone
3 deaf members of the board and one
"deaf-minded" hearing person, herself, voted for Jordan. The rest is history. Bravin was the one who broke
the news to all three candidates.
The remaining time of the
fireside chat was used for the audience to ask the three individuals questions, trade stories, and so on. Bravin
told one more story: when the students were getting ready to march to
the Capitol building, one policeman
came up and said that they couldn't
march without a permit. Gary Olsen,
then the executive director of the
National Association of the Deaf,
offered to interpret what the officer
was saying, but instead, he told the
crowd to MARCH, defying the officer's orders! Bravin wondered what
would have happened if the D.C.
police were indeed trained for a
protest by deaf people.
One person from the audience
stood up and asked both Bravin and
Glass if they thought a deaf person
could become president of a hearing
university. Both replied, "Why not?"
Glass did add that she had
some genuine sympathy for Spilman
because she was immediately labeled
as a scapegoat by the students, even
though she was very devoted to
Gallaudet, and she let Bravin, a deaf
person, "run the show."
On a final note, Bravin told
another anecdote about when he met a
TV crew. The TV crew explained that
they were the protest van, following
all protests held in the Washington,
D.C. area. Bravin asked them what
they thought of the DPN movement.
They replied that it was the best one,
because the students won.
rately, and they both pointed to the same
suspect and both were absolutely sure he
was the guy. The police were puzzled
because the suspect they pointed at was not
the same suspect DOSS arrested. It was
the extra man brought in at the last minute.
By some weird twist of fate, DOSS had
both crimes solved; the original suspect
confessed and plea-bargained to three auto
break-ins at Gallaudet, and the Kendall
robbery case was closed, too.
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Golf
CONT FROM PAGE 20
and I wanted to compete on the PGA Tour,
I would find a way to be involved without
the use of a cart. I would use a wheelchair
to trove around the course on the trail. I
would roll myself (on my wheelchair] to
the hole, then walk to the hole and swing
or putt at the ball, then walk back to my
chair and roll myself to the ball. Maybe
people wouldn't complain that I had an
advantage (with a wheelchair], I would
have to use my arms to roll myself around
for 4 to 5 miles, being in a wheelchair
would wear you out more than walking.
I think Martin should challenge
himself by trying to play without using a
cart. If Martin qualifies for the Masters,
the most prestigious golf course in the
world (the Masters course does not permit
carts), he should try competing without a
cart.
Sports Briefe
Women's Swimming Enters
Final Stretch
The Giillaudet women's swimming team is
preparing for the final stretch of their season with
a go;il in mind. According to Head Coach
Jennifer Johnson, she is happy with the way the
members of the team performed as of late but
she has a mission for them. "I would like for
each member to improve on their personal best
times."
Two meets lemain for the team in the upcoming
week and then there is Capital Athletic
Conference Champioaships next weekend to
close out the season,
Tte team has by far been led by senior Nathalie
DeVigTE who has been the loneGallaudet
swimmer to win individual events i^ to last
week when senior Laura Kim won the 1,000­
yand treesfyte in a meet against Hood College.
Johnscm, when asked which swimmer has stood
out this seascm, refased to name any indivkJiMis
but said, 'Everycme on tte team all stands out
They all worked hard all season, they had geat
cooperatic« and spirit, and they all helped each
other out"
IiMk)or TVacksters ShiiK
The indoOT track season is underway as the
Bison forticipated in a meet last weekend and
will be in two more meets, induing the Mason
ESxon ChampitHiships oi Fetenaiy 22. The out­
(toor track seascm begins Mach 22.
ffcad Coach Jack Mika was elated with die
team's performance last weekend. "We had a
veiy good start to our seascm. Our team is smaB
but we have swne veryfine^hletes," Mika said
Patrick "PT' Deas utKyfiRciaDy brrfce the recatl
in the 55 mete" (fash and fieshma} Natasha
Bacchus «i the women's side baely missed ttie
record in the same event The times were
recorded by hand­timers instead of efcctronic
timers.
Mika is excited about the strength he has in the
women's sht< put "The GallfflKterecwdwin be
broken this year," Mika said "Die cxtiy queaion
is which thrower will break itfirstI tWric it will
be bn^en a few times this year." Two new
tteowas in He^ho­ Schoenwald and Nficheile
Haniiltwi join Captal Athletic Confeerce
recotd­hofcfcr i\sa&m ' ^ x " Lig|)tfoot *T1iis
kxAs to be a gre^ year forfliewtxnen ftaow­
os," Mika said
If Martin wins this case, there advantage. Therefore, he should try a dif­
will be a lot of impact on disabled athletes. ferent approach such as using a wheel­
They will be inspired to try to get into the chair. I wonder if the PGA would have
sport of their choice. On the other hand, objected to Martin using a wheelchair. I
there will be a lot of controversy in other would like to ask that question to the PGA
sports like football, basketball, and base­ myself and see what they have to say on
ball. I cannot imagine a disabled person this. We have to remember that the ADA
trying out for football or basketball law has loopholes in it and lawyers for
because these sports are very physical. In both sides will use any kind of loopholes
the PGA, other golfers will use their to win this case. I prefer to have the U.S.
injuries as a disability and request a cart. Congress revise the ADA law to make it
There has to be a policy on how you rate a more stricter and fair to everyone in this
disability in order for the commission to country. I support the ADA law, but it
decide who can use a cart or some type of needs to be revised.
assistance. I hope that people will not
abuse this case if Martin wins. I would Jake Nunez is a senior at Gallaudet
hate to see this case screw up the sports majoring in history and is an avid sports
world.
fan. He has been deaf and wheelchair­
Martin won the first PGA tour bound since birth and he has participated
last month, and in that tournament he had in intramural sports such as flag football
the usage of a cart. Did he have an advan­ and floor hockey , the latter in which he
tage? Some people will say yes and others was his team's goalie.
will say no. In my opinion, he had an
Wrestling
CONT FROM PAGE 20
Willigan that the Gallaudet wrestlers are
working hard to improve.
With only five wrestlers left on the team,
with three being freshmen, the Bison have
a gcxxl and solid future ahead. With sever­
al prospective recruits coming from high
schools such as MSSD and Maryland
School for the Deaf, Gallaudet should
steadily improve its status as a wrestling
team.
Gallaudet's next match is tonight at
Western Maryland College at 7 p.m.
Gallaudet also has a match against Johns
Hopkins tomorrow morning. With only a
couple of weeks left, Gallaudet has a lot to
prove to the community and to them­
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Febuary 6, 1998 • The Buff and Blue • Page 19
NBA BEAT
Jason
Franklin
now. Football is officially over, and the baseball season doesn't
start for another couple of months. That
means that everyone will be watching basketball. Cool, huh?
There are a couple of things I want to
address before the all-star break. First is
the Latrell Sprewell appeal. It seems as if
there are a lot of breaks in this case.
Apparently he might be able to play again
before the season is over. The whole thing
reminds me of one of those OJ Simpsontype cases. No one really follows it and it
seems to drag on and on...
Secondly, Detroit Pistons Coach Doug
Collins led the Pistons to 1(X) wins in his
first two seasons. Pretty impressive, and he
was the only coach to ever do that. What
did he get for that? He gets fired after a
slow start. I am from Michigan so I'm kind
of partial to Detroit. For lack of a better
word, they are pretty lousy but that isn't
Collins fault though. They tried to improve
on a really good team from last year and
brought in new players that just wouldn't
mix.
Finally, the Bulls; leave them alone, will
ya? Yeah, they lost to the Lakers big time
on an "internationally televised game."
Who cares. I'm betting that when June
comes around the Bulls will be there and
they will still be under scrutiny. They are
a dynasty that won five championships in
their last seven seasons. Somehow, they
keep on finding the motivation to have the
fourth best record after a really lousy start.
The league hasn't seen this kind of domijjf'irMlhPff
Bulls Still On Top, Regardless
nation since the Celtics of the "TOs. The
Bulls are still the best team in the NBA.
Take my word for it. If you don't want to,
let me close with this statement made by
former NBA great and Laker General
Manager Jerry West, "Listen, the Bulls
dynasty is not over."
1. Chicago (34-14): Yeah, they lost by 25
to the Lakers last Sunday. So what? Every
time this team loses two in a row people
start talking about the end of a dynasty and
how Michael and Pippen and the gang
should retire. Oh, please.
2. Seattle (36-10): They have the best
chance of meeting the Bulls in June. They
have all the necessary components and
they have been there before. Utah is the
only contending team in the West that can
say that.
3. Utah (30-14): I told you at the beginning of the year when they were doing
lousy that once the Jazz are healthy they
will win. They have been on a warpath
lately. They were only one game behind
the twin towers of San Antonio on Tuesday
and also beat the Bulls in a game where
they came out with a lot of fire power I
give more credence to this win than the
Laker win because the Bulls were never
into that game.
onships. They don't have the experience
and they are way too flamboyant and egotistic.
5. Indiana (32-12): 1 was really surprised
by these guys in the first half of the season.
Along with the Bucks, the Pacers are a
team I thought was to watch out for The
Bucks have been a disappointment whereas the Pacers have been playing up to their
potential. They are really responding to
Larry Bird as a leader He has proven like
Danny Ainge of Phoenix to be as great a
coach as he was a player
6. Phoenix (30-14): They were riding on a
lot of momentum like Atlanta from last
year They also have a lot of talented players. Kevin Johnson and the pack are back.
This time they have more experience.
They always had a way to win in the past,
beating championship-quality teams like
Seattle when many thought they would be
blown out. They could make a run at L'lah
and Seattle this year
7. San Antonio (33-14); They have a great
record. They aren't very well known
though. They might hold their own in the
post-season but 1 don't see them getting
farther than the second round. They don't
have any experience together
8. Miami (28-17): Mediocre this yearonlv
because of losing close games. Watch for
them in May and June.
9. Cleveland (27-18): Kemp is doing a
great job leading them to a great record
this year They may have a very small and
slim chance.
10. New York (25-19): They won't get
anywhere. Ewing is out, and so are the
Knicks. End of story.
4. L.A. Lakers (33-11): Yes, they beat the
Bulls by 25 on Sunday. Yes, that takes
skill. No, they won't win the champi-
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i mu^
Women's Basketball Hits a Snag
Miller Hits 1,000
Terry Giansanti
Buff n'Blue Staff'
Bison's Career
Leading Scorers
moments as the crowd roared their
approval.
It took Miller only 42 games to reach the
After rolling to a near-perfect 14-1 start, millennium mark, and she needs 395
the Gallaudet women's basketball team points to eclip.se Sherry Bradley {1,431
has dropped two of its last three games points) as Gallaudet's career leading scor(before Thursday's home contest against er.
Salisbury State) to drop to 15-3 overall and The two losses dropped Gallaudet to 5th in
the latest NCAA Division III Atlantic
6-2 in the CAC.
What made the two losses more painful Region polls. The drop may jeopardize
were that they came against York and Gallaudet's chances of making the NCAA
Catholic, the 6th and 7th-ranked teams in Tournament. The CAC Tournament chamthe league with a combined 5-11 league pion gets an automatic berth into the tournament; otherwise. Gallaudet has to finish
record.
The poor week overshadowed sophomore 6th or better in the final poll to win a berth.
center Ronda Miller's 1 .OOOth career point, Finishing 4th or better would assure the
which came in last Thursday's game Bison of one home game in the NCAAs,
against Western Maryland. Midway providing a long-awaited chance for the
through the first half. .Miller hit a nmner in Field House to sell out for a basketball
the lane and the game stopped for a few- game.
To the team's credit, both losses came on
the road. They're still a perfect 8-0 at home
(pending Thursday night's game). Two
crucial conference matchups are coming
up: Mary Washington, who is currently
tied with Gallaudet for 2nd in the CAC
with a 6-2 record, will visit the Field
House on February 12th. On the 18th, the
team will travel to first-place St. Mary's
with the goal of toppling them off the top
of the CAC and assuming their mantle.
But, the Bison will have to focus on the
tasks at hand. Salisbury State, only a game
behind the Bison in the CAC standings,
visited last night. And, tomorrow, league
cellar dweller Goucher (0-8) comes to the
Field House. Two solid wins in a row
would help get the women back on track
and gear up for the stretch run.
Losing Streak Continues
for Men's Squad
Challenges
Encounter
Gallaudet Wrestling Team
Shell Whittaker
Buff n' Blue Staff
The Gallaudet men's basketball team
encountered two more losses last
week to bring their season-long losing streak to 11 games. The Bison
played a rescheduled game against
Salisbury State University last night
and. depending on the outcome, there
is a possibility that the men will finish the season stuck on two wins for
the season.
All that remains for the team are conference games against Goucher. Mary
Wa.shington. JVIarymount. St. Mary's,
and Catholic, as well as a non-conference game against Villa Julie. The
best chance the Bison have for another victory is none other than Villa
Julie, who has been demolished by
several CAC teams this year. Villa
Julie won over Gallaudet last year 7774.
There seems to be only two bright
spots among the team this year.
Senior point guard Stefan Bergan is
among the national leaders in assists
and steals and senior Robin Johnson
is one of the conference leaders in
three-point shooting.
The story in the CAC this year is the
emergence of Catholic University
(15-3. 6-0 CAC), who are now ranked
#2 in the Middle Atlantic Region
polls and off to their best start in history. Goucher College, who the Bison
will play at home tomorrow, is one
game behind Catholic with a 6-1 CAC
record and is followed close behind
by .Marymount College with a 6-2
C.AC record. The remaining CAC
teams all have losing records in conference play.
Chris Kaftan
Buff n'Blue Staff
In a tiring season of rash injuries and illnesses, the Gallaudet University wrestling
team has stood on its own. With only a
few weeks left in the season, there are
many wrestlers on the team trying to prove
themselves.
Since the return from winter break, a series
of illnesses hit the team, just like it did
with the women's basketball squad early
into the semester. With the tlu recently
completing its sweep, the team has reunited in time for the upcoming double-matches which will take place this weekend.
After returning from winter break, senior
Josh La Vine, junior Joseph Ochoa. freshmen Chris Kaftan and Ivan Jarama competed in the Swarthmore Open Invitational
at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.
LaVine registered the team's first win of
1. Sherry Bradley
2. Corina Gutierrez
3. Sheryl Simpson
4. Nona Sutherland
5. Joanne O'Neill
6. Felice Peyser
7. Ronda Jo Miller
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1,250
1,246
1,140
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Congratulations,
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the season with a 6-3 decision over an
opponent in the consolations.
In the following week, more bad news
came as junior Jeremy Hamke suffered his
second concussion in two months, and was
forced to cease wrestling for the rest of the
season. In addition, junior Jay Einhom
found out from Coach Marty Willigan on
return from break that he was over the ten
semester eligibility rule under the NCAA.
Einhom will still help the team out occasionally during practice. Ochoa also
severely bruised his ribs in practice and
was sidelined for almost two weeks.
Gallaudet played against York College on
January 24th. Although Gallaudet did not
register any points against York or King's
College, the Bison wrestlers fought hard
against their opponents. Each wrestler
gave their best effort to show Coach
WRESTLING CONT ON PAGE 18
Casey Martin vs. PGA: ADA-Granted Right to Accessibility Invoked
[Background of the case:
Currently, a topic of heated debate in the
sports world is the case of Casey Martin
versus the Professional Golf Association.
Martin has been crippled since birth with a
shruken leg
resulting
from a rare
J a k e Nunez
blood circuContributing
Writer
latory disorder, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome.
The right leg is half the size of his good leg
and bulges with purple veins that swell
with blood when he stands up. Martin
doesn't have the vein that runs along the
bone in his lower leg. Blood returning to
the heart goes through a jumble of veins
near the surface of the skin. When they get
sirgssed. t b ^ bleed, causing, pj^in and
Commentary
damage in the leg, especially in the knee
area.
[Martin claims walking to be an
extremely difficult and painful activity and
has requested that he be allowed to use a
motorized cart when playing in PGAsponsored tournaments. Upon his original
appeal, the PGA refused, saying that it
would grant him an unfair advantage since
the physical exertion and mental exhaustion golfers get from walking several miles
during four-hour-a-day, four-day tournaments are both considered inextricable
aspects of the sport, and if a cart was
allowed, many other golfers would create
excuses to get carts too. The sports world
fears a ripple effect may be created in
which people would demand accessibility
in other sports (i.e. Jie£uing guides for deaf
hunters in tournaments) which would
undermine the integrity of the sport.
Martin has since then sued the PGA, saying the accessibility provision of the ADA
law was violated. A PGA spokesman has
retorted, saying that the fundamental
appeal of sports is that all participants are
given fair competition, regardless of their
athletic superiority or
inferiority.
Currently, there is a Nike commercial featuring Martin with the slogan "I Can"
being aired on the ESPN channels. -Ed.]
I have been reading about the
case of Casey Martin vs. PGA, in which
Martin, who has problems walking, sued
the PGA because they are not allowing
him to use a golf cart for PGA tournaments. This is a very interesting case here.
I never thought that this issue would come
up. I can understand Martin's argument
and the PGA's argument, too. If Martin
used a cart, he would have the advantage
of saving his energy and being mentally
prepared for the next hole.
However, if the PGA allows him
to use a cart, would he have an unfair
advantage? That's a question that I am
qualified to answer. Many people don't
realize that the golfers walk 4 to 5 miles in
one competition. By using a cart, Martin
would have much more energy than other
golfers. I use a wheelchair myself and it is
hard for me to get around campus every
day. I think I would love to challenge
myself by using a wheelchair on the tour
and see how I do. If I was a good golfer
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