1. Deaf President Now!
ASL 1140
October 3, 2013

2. DPN
What does DPN stand for ?

3. DPN
Deaf President Now!

4. DPN
Name the four demands that the protesters/activists presented to the Board of Trustees

5. DPN No reprisals against any student, faculty, or staff involved
The Chairman (Jane Spilman) resign from the Board
Elisabeth Zinser resign and a Deaf person be selected as president
The Board of Trustees must constitute a 51% majority of Deaf members

6. DPN
The DPN supporters believed that the time had come for a hearing person to run the world’s only university for the deaf and hard of hearing students.
TRUE FALSE

7. DPN
False

8. DPN
How many of the finalists for the President position was HEARING?

9. DPN
One

10. What announcement ignited the DPN protest?

11. DPN
The Board announced the selection of Zinser, the only hearing candidate, as the university's seventh president.

12. DPN
Name the 3 candidates for the position of President of Gallaudet.

13. DPN
Elisabeth Zinser
Dr. I King Jordan
Harvey Corson

14. DPN
Name the 4 students that emerged as student leaders in the protest.

15. DPN
Greg Hlibok
Bridgetta Bourne
Tim Rarus
Jerry Covell

16. DPN
What date was a crucial date in the history of DPN because it was the day of the first fully organized rally?

17. DPN
March 1, 1988

18. DPN
Approximately _____________ University students, elementary and high school students from the University’s College Programs, staff, faculty, alumni, and members from the local Deaf Community participated in the rally.

19. DPN
1,000 – 2,000

20. DPN
Jane Spilman supposedly said, “Deaf people are not able to function in a hearing world.”

21. DPN

22. DPN
The University’s ___________ __________ became the headquarters for the protest and the DPN Council.

23. DPN
Field House

24. DPN Where did the DPN protest happen? Location: _____________________
City/state: _____________________

25. DPN
Gallaudet University (Location)
Washington, D.C. (city/state)

26. DPN
Students were wearing buttons that had 3 ½ on them during the protest. What does this mean?

27. DPN
Students began wearing buttons with "3 ½" on them, signifying that there were only 3 ½ demands left to go.

28. DPN
_________________ was named Gallaudet’s eighth and first deaf president.

29. DPN
Dr. I King Jordan

30. DPN
The protest was violent, except for not obtaining march permits for all marches, and the protesters did not respect the law.

31. DPN

32. Who became the new chairperson for the Board of Trustees after DPN?

33. DPN
Phil Bravin

34. DPN
It was stated that. “Deaf people can do anything hearing people can do EXCEPT _____________________”

35. DPN
HEAR