Deaf President Now

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Across
  1. 3. ___ was the national TV news network that selected Greg Hlibok as the most important person in the country for the week of March 7, 1988.
  2. 4. The number of student leaders.
  3. 6. Jerry ____ was a government major; today he is director of the Illinois Commission of the Deaf.
  4. 7. The Board of Trustees selected Elizabeth A. ____ as the 7th president of GU.
  5. 9. Students at GU and other deaf individuals reacted with ___ when the Board of Trustees picked Dr. Zinser.
  6. 11. At first, Dr. I King Jordan announced his ____ for the newly selected president, Dr. Zinser.
  7. 13. The Deaf President Now protest lasted ____ days.
  8. 14. Dr. Jordan changed his mind and announced his support for the ______ and a deaf president for GU.
  9. 16. A large meeting of people for a cause or to take action is called a ______.
  10. 17. Students demanded a ____ president.
Down
  1. 1. The students planned a _____ to the United States Capitol.
  2. 2. Students also demanded more deaf people on the board of Gallaudet ___ of Trustees
  3. 5. To make objections; to take action against some event or condition is to
  4. 8. A national TV news program called ______ asked Greg Hlibok, Marlee Matlin, and Elizabeth Zinser to explain their views.
  5. 10. The acronym for Deaf President Now is _____.
  6. 12. On ____Zinser announced her resignation.
  7. 13. On _____March 13, the Board of Trustees announced that Dr. Jordan was the new president of Gallaudet University.
  8. 15. The name of the Board of Trustees president.