Cal. State Monterey is known as a multi-cultural university.  I know the
Director of Disabled Student Services from my days at UCSC.  Margaret Keith
is known for her disability activism.  It used to be a military base, and
so everyone praises to it as a huge success.  I'm surprised I didn't hear
about this earlier.

With those additudes towards us, I don't want to think what he's doing in
his free time.

Becky
>
>Are any of you aware of a posting to the bulletin board (computer) at =
>Cal. State University, Monterey, by an employee graduate  named Jody =
>Dunkel? This young man in his post asked for nondisabled individuals to =
>physically attack and assault disabled individuals as well as destroy =
>mobility equipment used by diasbled persons. He later said that this =
>posting was an example of "extreme" humor and was meant as a joke, and =
>then offered a half-assed apology which was smug and arrogant. Had this =
>"joke" been directed at a racial or ethnic group I doubt very seriously =
>if Dunkel would still have his job. If anyone would like the  email =
>address of the dean it is [log in to unmask]  let him know that =
>smacking Dunkel on the wrist and saying 'bad boy' just isnt going to cut =
>it. He offered a copy of the original letter as well as what he called =
>his
>apology at  www.geocities.com/ihatecripples
>Judy
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>Friday January 21 7:59 PM ET
>
>Man Writes Anti-Handicapped E-mail
>
>MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - A California State University employee is in
>trouble with the university for posting a computer message urging =
>opponents of handicapped parking to do ``something nasty'' to people who =
>use wheelchairs.
>
>``If anybody wants to start up an anti-handicapped parking coalition let =
>me know,'' Jody Dunkel wrote in a message posted on a university =
>bulletin board Jan. 6. ``You vow to yourself that the next cripple in a =
>wheelchair you see you're going to do something nasty and annoying to =
>them.''
>
>Dunkel, 22, said Friday that the message wasn't meant to be taken =
>seriously.``I wrote it to be controversial and stir things up,'' he =
>said. ``It was extreme humor.''
>
>He said a disabled person who was offended by the message sent it to
>university officials.
>
>Dunkel has worked as a Web page designer at the school's Monterey Bay =
>campus since he graduated last spring.
>
>University President Peter Smith would not say how Dunkel was being
>disciplined, citing employee confidentiality.
>
>Dunkel also wouldn't say what his punishment was, but he said he still
>works at the university.
>
>The message frightened some of the university's 100 disabled students.
>
>``It may be a joke, but subtle things like that hurt just as much as =
>overt
>statements,'' said Greg Lukas, 52, who uses a wheelchair.
>
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