World Around You--Update from the May-June 1998 issue; Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University

M A Y / J U N E - 1 9 9 8

UPDATE

Signs and Friends

Bring Hearing to DPN!
Eight hearing students joined the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), in Washington, DC last spring to practice sign language. The students-all from Anderson Valley High in Boonville, California-came to meet their pen pals. They had been corresponding with MSSD freshmen students since fall.


	Hearing students join deaf pen pals to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DPN.

As they arrived on campus, MSSD joined Gallaudet University in celebrating the 10th anniversary of Deaf President Now! (DPN). Deaf President Now! happened 10 years ago when the Gallaudet students successfully protested a decision by the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees to hire a new hearing president. Supported by teachers, parents, staff, newspaper and TV reporters, and people around the world, the students closed Gallaudet University, carried signs, and marched to the U.S. Capitol. The hearing president was forced to resign and the Board of Trustees appointed Dr. I. King Jordan as the new president. As Gallaudet's first deaf president, Jordan is beginning his eleventh year.

You can learn more about DPN by visiting the DPN10 website.

Deaf Women to Climb

America's Highest Mountain
Heidi Zimmer and Lisa Flynn are determined to climb Mt. Aconcagua. Zimmer and Flynn are both deaf and they want to lead the first all-Deaf all-female expedition to the top of one of the world's highest mountains. Mt. Aconcagua, in Argentina, rises 22,835 feet-so high that climbers need to carry their own food, water, and oxygen to reach its top.

They plan to begin the climb during the summer in South America, while North America is having winter. Several women have decided to go, but there is room for more.

For more information, contact Flynn, 508-485-6625 TTY, lisaflynn@aol.com, or Zimmer, 510-556-1577 TTY, zimmy07@juno.com.

Captioning Bloopers *Translators Anyone?* TV captioning is wonderful-except when it's awful. But sometimes the mistakes in captions are...well, funny. Just ask Shirley Glassman, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Glassman has found some eye-catching mistakes. She calls them "loopy bloopers." Can you guess the words that the captioners really meant?
misspelling in caption	hint what the captioner meant
stew dents	people who go to school
eye sickles	hard water that hangs from rooftops
pee a know	a large instrument that fingers use to play tunes
flew shots	something to keep the bearer well
paul bearer	often friends of someone who died
heir plane	transportation through the air
Adapted from Newswaves

Jr. NAD to Hold Convention

California School for the Deaf
California School for the Deaf, Fremont will host the next convention of the Junior National Association of the Deaf (Jr. NAD). The convention will be held from July 24-29. Over 400 participants are anticipated. For more information, contact: Diana Herron Rhodes, Community Education Coordinator, California School for the Deaf, Fremont, 510-794-3708 TTY.

Off to Mexico

Disabled Travelers Welcome Deaf
Mobility International USA is seeking adventurous young adults for its international exchange programs. Melissa Mueller, Mexican Exchange Coordinator, notes that happen yearly and it is never to early to inquire and make plans. Sign Language interpreters are provided.

For more information, contact:
Mobility International USA
PO Box 10767
Eugene, OR 97440
541-343-1284 (T/V); 541-343-6812 (F)
info@miusa.org (e-mail); http://www.miusa.org/ (web).

Cities Named After Deaf People-in ASL
Answers to the March/April puzzle

San Antonio
by Catherine Valcourt

San Antonio,
Texas received its American Sign Language (ASL) name from students at the Texas School for the Deaf. TSD students used the G handshape on the chin to sign "San Antonio" because G on the chin was the sign for a very popular student named "George" and George was from San Antonio. Soon TSD teachers and staff began to use the sign. Now everyone uses it.

Minneapolis
by Yinka Fakunle

Minneapolis,
Minnesota received its ASL name from deaf people in St. Paul. The deaf people used the D handshape on the chest to sign Minneapolis because D on the chest was the sign for a popular deaf man whose name was "Dean" and Dean lived in Minneapolis. Often on Sundays, the St. Paul deaf people would climb into their buggies and travel to Minneapolis to visit Dean. Today, Dean's namesign and the sign for Minneapolis are the same.

—information from Jerry Hassel, NAD Broadcaster

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