There was another walkout today that took place promptly at 1:15 pm. About 400 students filled the bleachers to watch presenters from the faculty, students, and alumni. SBG President Noah Beckman announced that the SBG has been suspended by the university.
UPDATE: I was just notified that SBG had received a suspension warning, not the actual suspension. However, a suspension warning for students exercising their freedom of speech, as accorded to them by the Bill of Rights is still unacceptable in an university setting. People need to protest against this form of censorship. mishkazena
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I wrote in my blogsite (Kalalau's Korner):
Former SBG President Speaks Out
Student Body Government was heard being suspended at Gallaudet University. It was the most incompetent decision the Administration could have ever made. The Peter Principle merges to indicate that the Administration must go!
Why? OK, let me give you my personal account. Soon after elected as SBG president in 1979, I obtained a copy of Manual of Operations from the office of President Edward C. Merrill, Jr. It was so thick I could barely read everything in it. After rereading the Manual, I came to understand that it is about running Gallaudet, ranging from personnel to financing to communication policy.
With guide and help from my faculty advisor Professor Hal Domich, I discovered two key items in the Manual. (1) The student unit fee was distributed to various organizations and programs: SBG, Tower Clock, Buff and Blue, Theatre, and Athletic programs. (2) Dean of Student Affairs—Dr. Richard Phillips—was students’ voice within the Administration. The Manual helped me with my leadership throughout my SBG presidency.
By threatening to suspend SBG, Dean Carl Pramuk has been coping out. Simply stated, he could not articulate and facilitate SBG through the Administration. He could not communicate with student leaders, either. The Peter Principle informs us that Dean Pramuk was advanced to his highest level of competence and remained at this level at which he became incompetent. Now the Administration no longer has reliable students’ voice! All Dean Pramuk can do now is self-touting—an intimate part of himself.
Go SBG go! Be bold! Be opened! Be heard!