Comments on: DPN: An Act of Violence http://www.mishkazena.com/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:35:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joseph Pietro Riolo http://www.mishkazena.com/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Joseph Pietro Riolo Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:25:57 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/#comment-1637 Just because MSA's review on Gallaudet University in 1990 did not say anything about DPN does not necessarily mean that it viewed DPN favorably. Its silence on DPN could be interpreted in either ways. What are missing from the picture are the standards that were in effect when MSA evaluated Gallaudet University in 1990. Did any of these standards have any similar wording as the current standards in respect to academic and intellectual freedom? MSA's silence on DPN can't be used as precedent for MSA's position on UFG. It could be that MSA decided not to address DPN in 1990 but decided to address UFG this year. Although there exist some commonalities between DPN and UFG, I think that there is a real but subtle difference between them. It seems that DPN got the overwhelming support from the community not just in Gallaudet University but also in different places all over the world and if there were any dissenters, the number would be extremely low. However, UFG did not get support as much as DPN. There were a sizeable number of dissenters who did not agree with the method of closing the campus. This might have prompted MSA to object to closure of campus because doing so deprived the academic and intellectual freedom of the dissenters. That is just my perspective and it is definitely not infallible. (This is just a fancy way of saying, "I could be wrong". :-) Joseph Pietro Riolo josephpietrojeungriolo@gmail.com Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Just because MSA’s review on Gallaudet University in 1990 did not say anything about DPN does not necessarily mean that it viewed DPN favorably. Its silence on DPN could be interpreted in either ways.

What are missing from the picture are the standards that were in effect when MSA evaluated Gallaudet University in 1990. Did any of these standards have any similar wording as the current standards in respect to academic and intellectual freedom?

MSA’s silence on DPN can’t be used as precedent for MSA’s position on UFG. It could be that MSA decided not to address DPN in 1990 but decided to address UFG this year.

Although there exist some commonalities between DPN and UFG, I think that there is a real but subtle difference between them. It seems that DPN got the overwhelming support from the community not just in Gallaudet University but also in different places all over the world and if there were any dissenters, the number would be extremely low. However, UFG did not get support as much as DPN. There were a sizeable number of dissenters who did not agree with the method of closing the campus. This might have prompted MSA to object to closure of campus because doing so deprived the academic and intellectual freedom of the dissenters.

That is just my perspective and it is definitely not infallible. (This is just a fancy way of saying, “I could be wrong”. :-)

Joseph Pietro Riolo
josephpietrojeungriolo@gmail.com

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain.

]]> By: Mishka Zena http://www.mishkazena.com/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 Mishka Zena Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:25:05 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/#comment-1636 I do wonder, Cy. The whole thing is too contradictory. I do wonder, Cy. The whole thing is too contradictory.

]]> By: Cy http://www.mishkazena.com/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 Cy Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:33:26 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/#comment-1635 MZ, Precisely what I was saying in your other post re: MSA suppoedly being neutral. I asked just how long is Jordan's reach? Just how many friends he has on the MSA team that is investigating Gallaudet? SOmething that should be checked. MZ,

Precisely what I was saying in your other post re: MSA suppoedly being neutral. I asked just how long is Jordan’s reach? Just how many friends he has on the MSA team that is investigating Gallaudet? SOmething that should be checked.

]]> By: Mishka Zena http://www.mishkazena.com/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Mishka Zena Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:28:29 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/#comment-1634 Hmm. I can understand that from Gallaudet's POV, but MSA? Isn't it supposed to be a neutral party? Hmm. I can understand that from Gallaudet’s POV, but MSA? Isn’t it supposed to be a neutral party?

]]> By: Dianrez http://www.mishkazena.com/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1633 Dianrez Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:39:27 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/#comment-1633 Efforts are being made to discredit the recent protest, which sounds strange because so much parallels the last protest including the reasons mentioned in IKJ's own words. The intensity of the discredition could be due to legal and political issues that we do not know about. This might be more than a case of covering one's ***. Efforts are being made to discredit the recent protest, which sounds strange because so much parallels the last protest including the reasons mentioned in IKJ’s own words.
The intensity of the discredition could be due to legal and political issues that we do not know about. This might be more than a case of covering one’s ***.

]]> By: IamMine http://www.mishkazena.com/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 IamMine Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:09:03 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2007/01/23/dpn-an-act-of-violence/#comment-1632 That does raise very good questions. Good observations, MZ. Can anyone explain this? That does raise very good questions.

Good observations, MZ.

Can anyone explain this?

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