Posted by Ed Seedhouse on 06/04/07 17:41

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:59:46 -0400, Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:

>Ed Seedhouse wrote:
>> While the events happened much as you say, I believe your timing is a
>> little out. Try a few *years*. The revolt at Gallaudet University
>> demanding a deaf president occured in 1988, if Wikipedia is correct, and
>> assuming that's the one you are talking about. That's a "few years" to
>> old folks like me.
>>
>> There was a more recent one in 2006, but the issue was that the *deaf*
>> president does not sign well enough.
>>
>> Other references seem to agree with Wikipedia. See for instance
>> http://pr.gallaudet.edu/dpn/index3.html
>>
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194669,00.html

As I read that story it doesn't say she is not deaf.

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