Oct 13, 2006 15:35
**********BREAKING NEWS**************
- JANE FERNANDES FINALLY MAKES APPEARANCE BEFORE PROTESTERS
- 12 DAYS PASSED BEFORE FERNANDES APPEARED
- CRISIS BEGAN ON MONDAY OCTOBER 2, 2006
- NOW 12TH DAY OF CRISIS; FERNANDES FINALLY DOES SOMETHING
- CALLS TO MIND QUOTES FROM JORDAN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES CALLING HER AN EFFECTIVE LEADER
- DOES NOT SHOW ANY LEADERSHIP DURING LAST 12 DAYS
- REPUDIATES HER PREVIOUS PLEDGE TO NOT SPEAK WITH THE PROTESTERS UNTIL THE LOCKDOWN ENDS
- DC POLICE, NOT DPS OFFICERS, ESCORT HER
- FERNANDES REQUESTS MEETING WITH STUDENT LEADERS
- STUDENT LEADERS SAY THEY WANT LAWYER THERE
- STUDENT LEADERS ALSO SAY THEY WANT A CAMERA THERE FOR A LIVE FEED TO THE COMMUNITY
- FERNANDES DOES NOT AGREE
- NO MEETING WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
- STUDENTS REMAIN IN FULL CONTROL OF CAMPUS
- I KING JORDAN HAS YET TO APPEAR TODAY
- UNIVERSITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND UNIVERSITY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON SBG PRESIDENTS APPEAR AND GIVES SUPPORT TO PROTESTERS
- BOTH SBG PRESIDENTS SAY THEY WILL SEND FOOD, BLANKETS, ETC
- NAACP STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND COUSIN OF A GALLAUDET STUDENT, FROM GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, APPEARS AND DOES THE SAME
- ADDS TO THE SUPPORT GIVEN FROM UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SBG AND NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF (NTID) SBG
- MORE COLLEGES ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT PROTESTERS
- 15 TENT CITIES APPEAR AROUND THE UNITED STATES TO GIVE SUPPORT
- SAN FRANSISCO ALUMNI RAISE 2000 DOLLARS FOR THE PROTEST
MORE TO COME
- EARL