Earth VS. Eyeth

a.) The primary argument of the Deaf students was that Gallaudet, being a school for the deaf should have a deaf president, just as most black universities had a black president.
b.) The students thought that a deaf president would be better suited towards attending to the needs of the deaf community and would better understand and preserve Deaf Culture. A President who grew up hearing could never begin to understand the minds of the deaf students as evident in the anecdote of the woman who, during the fire alarm, said "How can you understand me in all this noise?"
c.) Spending too much time in either Earth or Eyeth is the isolation. While deaf people identify themselves as being deaf and naturally gravitating towards each other to form a community, this formation excludes people who are not deaf. This causes a problem when deaf people demand to be treated just like everyone else, when they naturally cut themselves off from the hearing world.
d.) While the school board must have considered all the candidates qualified, the students wanted a deaf Gallaudet president that was best suited for their goals and needs. The students were right in demanding a deaf president because any other president would not be best qualified for the school.