FYI, the Washington Post readership have been dramatically plummetted unlike the past readership of pre-late 90s, because of the Internet access to wide array of news.

We have to write out our responses in very public ways – various media mediums.

Sadly, the Washington Post newspaper have been through the real change within the different Graham, Kathleen Graham’s son.

If Kathleen Graham is still alive. She would not let the IKJ’s Op-Ed article running her fingers til the balance of opposition’s viewpoint to rebutt IKJ’s claims.

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

Now, first off, “dire consequences” means what? -That any and all protesters get life in prison? That if one person dares to speak up, the MSA will swoop down on Gally with bulldozers and level the land for parking lot? -That accreditation will be taken away permanently, never to be restored? No, no, and no again. It only means they would have to seriously look into everything, and decide their next course of action. They do NOT say that immediate and permanent loss of all accreditation would automatically occur. That is what Jordan would like all to believe. It’s a gun held to your head. “Behave now or the world ends”!

But one thing being missed or forgotten here. If there should have to be yet another protest, lockdown, or lunchroom boycott… does it not matter WHY? Like the DPN shutdown, there was a reason for this. And if it needs to happen again, there would be a true and dire need for it. If people want to dish out warnings of “dire consequences,” remember that it’s dire circumstances which created a dire need, to defeat a dire mistake by a dire tyrant. I get the impression “dire” is yet another word being tossed around in the PR spins, to strike fear into the masses. “Anything YOU do will now have dire consequences!” But what about actions of the BoT and Jordan stooges that could still force more action? I do not advocate further lockdowns, sitdowns, or any other types of “strike,” but perhaps if it did come to it, then “dire consequences” may be just the “armageddon” needed to bring about total change?

Remember, when T.H. Gallaudet could not get the help he needed from the Braidwoods, he went to France and got even better help from Clerc, Sicard, and their people. Perhaps, faced with the loss of MSA accreditation, Gallaudet would strike out to new frontiers, with a totally new agenda, new leaders, and new accreditation…?

As Jordan himself states in his article:
“A visiting team from the Middle States Association’s Commission on Higher Education made clear in its exit report to the campus community this month that closing a university and denying the free exchange of ideas is not an acceptable expression of disagreement. If this were to occur again, it stated, there would be “dire consequences” from Middle States with respect to the university’s accreditation.”

dire –adjective, dir·er, dir·est.
1. causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible
2. indicating trouble, disaster, misfortune, or the like
3. urgent; desperate
[Origin: 1560–70;

Pamela, I am a CI user and there are also others like me, as well as different backgrounds of deaf/hoh people involved and supported the protest.

This is being blown out of proportion….