Gallaudet University this afternoon indefinitely postponed its annual homecoming weekend because protests over the incoming president have disrupted the campus, it said. “Protesters continue to refuse to open all of the gates,” according to a statement by I. King Jordan, the university’s current president, so “we must postpone homecoming and all related activities,” which had been scheduled for this coming weekend.

Student, faculty, and alumni critics of the president-designate, Jane K. Fernandes, resumed protests this fall that began last spring, after her appointment was announced. The protests, which cited the search process that chose her and her suitability to be president, intensified last week, with a campus takeover that shut down the campus altogether. The campus blockade was broken up on Friday, with the arrest of more than 130 students, but protesters continue to block the main entrance. Further arrests seem a distinct possibility.

Classes resumed on Monday, the same day that faculty members called for the removal or resignation of Ms. Fernandes and voted no confidence in the governing board and in Mr. Jordan (The Chronicle, October 17). Mr. Jordan responded with a statement vowing that Ms. Fernandes will become Gallaudet’s next president, despite the “anger and vitriolic demands and demonstrations on campus.”