November 10, 2006
Technology and Influential Blogs Helped Galvanize Protests at Gallaudet
When Gallaudet University's Board of Trustees voted last month to revoke the controversial appointment of the institution's president-designate, Ricky D. Taylor rushed to his blog. And thousands of Gallaudet students and alumni who opposed Jane K. Fernandes's appointment followed him.
"We won," Mr. Taylor, a Gallaudet graduate, wrote on the Web site RidorLive. "When I learned that we actually did it, I got goose bumps all over my arms, head, shoulders. ... It is impossible to
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