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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Calling All Deaf Advocates! </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>UCF ASL Professors Need Help</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Thursday, February 26th, 2004</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>4:00 PM</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>University of Central Florida</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Student Union</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Key West Room</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Orlando, Florida</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">UCF offers 84 BA programs, 64 MA programs, 23 PhD programs and yet still refuses to recognize ASL for exit credit in spite of recent legislation. You can help change this. Just come to UCF for ONE hour on Thursday, February 26th, and tell the Faculty Senate how you feel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">On February 26th at 4:00 PM the UCF Faculty Senate will vote, once again, on whether or not ASL (American Sign Language) will be allowed to satisfy the foreign language graduate requirement. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">This is very important for members of the Deaf community. If ASL is not accepted, the quality of signers and services will remain poor. Students who might elect to take ASL to fulfill a foreign language requirement will be forced to take other languages. They will never learn about the beauty and artistry of ASL. They will never learn about Deaf people. They will continue to believe "Deaf people can't".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">If ASL is accepted, the program will grow. Qualified signers, interpreters, and professionals, who are aware of what ASL means to the Deaf community, will be able to get the kind of professional scholarship they need to help ALL Deaf people succeed. They will know "Deaf people can do anything!"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">In spite of the passage of state legislation mandating ASL as a FULL and TRUE foreign language, there is a great deal of Faculty Senate opposition to this issue. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">If you are a Deaf person or someone who wishes to support Deaf people, please attend this meeting and support this vote. This is VERY important for everyone who is a member of the Deaf community. <STRONG><U>Please tell all your friends.</U></STRONG> Please come help. Your presence will make all the difference. If the Faculty Senate sees that Deaf people really exist -- and care about the quality of interpreters and signers -- they will do the right thing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">WHERE?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">UCF is set up like a wagon wheel. The Student Union is the center "hub" of the campus. It is in the middle of the campus. Here is a map: <A href="http://www.ucf.edu/campusmap/">http://www.ucf.edu/campusmap/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#004080>The adddress is </FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000>4000 Central Florida Blvd. It is right off 434. Here is a map: <A href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=4000+Central+Florida+Blvd.&city=orlando+&state=fl&zipcode=&submit=Get+Map">http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map..adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=4000+Central+Florida+Blvd.&city=orlando+&state=fl&zipcode=&submit=Get+Map</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Thursday, February 26th, 2004</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>4:00 PM</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>University of Central Florida</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Student Union</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Key West Room</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Orlando, Florida</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>