(Top)Meet the Conlangers: The World-wide Community of Language Creators

 

8.A. Text: Introductory paragraph

Conlanging transcends national boundaries and enjoys a global community of enthusiasts. A “census” of the Zompist Bulletin Board reveals members from the USA, Finland, France, New Zealand, Germany, UK, Hungary, Scandinavia, and South America. Conlanging is also multigenerational with ages of language creators and enthusiasts ranging from teens to senior citizens. Take a look at the attendees of the Language Creation Conference in this exhibit case. So, without further ado, may we introduce...

 

(Top left) David J. Peterson

Conlanger Extraordinaire

California

One of the most active conlangers on the web is David J. Peterson. He wrote the "Conlanger's Manifesto," was one of the speakers at both Language Creation Conferences so far (2006 and 2007), has been a vocal member of the CONLANG listserv for well over five years, has one of the finest web sites (http://dedalvs.free.fr) on the Internet devoted to conlanging (and his other various pursuits), and was President of the Society of Linguistics Undergraduates (SLUG) at UC Berkeley. In addition to creating languages like Kamakawi, Zhyler, Wasabi, Megdevi, and many others, David also created SLIPA (Sign Language International Phonetic Alphabet), a detailed system for representing all possible gestures in any signed language which can also be used to create a constructed sign language. Currently, David is also a member of the Board of Directors, as well as Treasurer and Secretary of the Language Creation Society (http://www.conlang.org) and is a contributor to The Speculative Grammarian (http://specgram.com), an online journal of linguistics humor.

 

David is a University of California (UC), Berkeley, alumnus (where he majored in English and linguistics); his Master's degree in Linguistics is from UC San Diego. David is currently adjunct professor of English at Fullerton College in California: the "Writing Guide" section of his web site is humorous as well as highly informative. He was also engaged last year to a fellow UCSD graduate, Erin McPherson. In his 2-man band, Number 6, David plays guitar, bass, and ukulele, and he sings. David is a devoted Mac user when it comes to computers: "I very use a Mac (try to make sense of that one, Chomsky!)."

 

Several Babel Texts translated by David are included throughout this exhibit, as well as the "Conlanger's Manifesto," (Exhibit Case #2) and his Amazon.com review of Describing Morphosyntax (Exhibit Case #3).

 

The Babel Text in Kamakawi (transliteration)

1.Ka peka i ape kalaka oi oalala poi.

2.Kau imawawakaiu upea a ie ku neva'a i ava ae peka Tinala pe, ku hepale ae pe.

3.Ku hekala i ika ti, "He'ea, he lama ue i timitiú u kava i uamo." Kae timitiú i leya ka iele i i'iele poupea.

4.Ku hekala poiu ti, "He paki ue i paleumi oi penute i ue a kopu ono o penute iu kawi, au atau ue, heoku u kawakawa'u heva e ave o peka."

5.Ka kau Takepolilao ele mata ie paleumi oie penute kau paki mali tiemi i.

6.Ke hekala poiu ti, "He! Ape peka, a ape kalaka i upea uila, au hepaka upea i iko. Oku li'u eleumi au takepo'u upea i hoa liwi'u upea a.

7.Ima! He kau ei e mimile ie kalaka o upea pe, aupe kala upea ioku ika.

8.Ke kawakawa Takepolilao i upeape heva e ave o peka, kau pu'uke upea ie paleumi.

9.Ape tomi'u amo ti "Imimile", ale mimile Takepolilao ie kalaka o inotu uila pe, e kawakawa i upeape heva e ave o peka.

Translated by David J. Peterson

(http://dedalvs.free.fr/kamakawi/babel.html)

 

(Top right) Mark Rosenfelder

"The Zompist"

Illinois

Mark Rosenfelder, a.k.a. “The Zompist” or “The Zomp”, has been creating languages and worlds since he was in grade school. One of The Zomp’s major gifts to the conlanging community is his Language Construction Kit (http://www.zompist.com/kit.html), often the first stop for beginning conlangers. The Kit provides a step-by-step approach to creating one’s own language compiled from resources gathered by Mark while attempting to learn linguistics on his own. Topics as diverse as what sounds to use in a conlang to how to construct language families and dialects are covered. The Zompist Bulletin Board, one of the Internet’s main forums for conlangers and con-worlders, is yet another of Mark’s contributions and is available at www.spinnoff.com/zbb.

 

Mark’s monumental online work, Virtual Verduria (http://www.zompist.com/virtuver.htm), began as a Dungeons & Dragons setting in his college days. It is the result of over twenty years of tinkering with concepts as diverse as language, history, chemistry, biology, and mythology. Virtual Verduria provides myriad details of Mark’s fantasy world of Almea, from the creation of its planetary system to the evolution of its indigenous inhabitants, and includes comprehensive maps, native stories, and myths of the various nations. There are a dozen individual languages or language families with grammars, vocabulary, and text samples. Mark has succinctly explained how he does all this by saying, “I have no kids and I don’t watch TV.”

 

Although The Zomp’s day job may be as a programmer, he has assured himself a spot in the Pantheon of Conlangers with his selfless activities in support of the art.

 

(Photo courtesy of Mark Rosenfelder)

 

(Bottom left) The Official Conlang Flag

The idea of a “conlang flag” was proposed by David J. Peterson on the CONLANG listserv in a message on Aug. 29, 2004. The next day, Adrian Morgan responded by saying: “Right, it's time to take this seriously,” and a rough sketch was submitted. Discussion on the topic was brisk, over twenty designs and revisions were submitted, and the results were announced on September 23, 2004. The basic layout was suggested by Leland Paul, but the winning flag’s final design was created by Christian Thalmann. Paul’s posting provides some of the symbolism: “Against a purple sky, signifying creativity, an orange sun rises, orange signifying energy, imagination, and communication. It sheds its light over a dark, not-yet-seen world. Silhouetted against the sun is the Tower of Babel, proclaiming the noble nature of the linguistic diversity.” The Tower of Babel also brings to mind the ubiquitous Babel Text often used as a translation exercise. The Conlang Flag has been displayed prominently at the Language Creation Conferences and can be seen on numerous conlangers’ web pages.

 

(Bottom Middle) Andrew Smith

Creator of Brithenig

New Zealand

Born in Invercargill, New Zealand, in 1965, Andrew currently lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is an Archives Assistant for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Archives. His native language is English, and, although he speaks several languages, Andrew admits that none are to "conversational level." Brithenig is the result of Andrew's attempt to create an alternative Romance language akin to French and Spanish: namely what would have happened to Latin if it had become established in the Celtic areas of Britain and evolved accordingly. "The earliest known record of Brithenig dates back to 1997," Andrew states. "It was inspired earlier by a reference to a Celtic-influenced romance language I discovered in a book on Celtic languages in 1990, my last year of study at the University of Otago. It would take me another four years before I returned to Dunedin to re-read the reference and create the language. The rest is history. Ill Bethisad is legacy." Ill Bethisad is the imaginary country where Bethisad is spoken. The extensive site dedicated to the imaginary nation and language can be found at www.bethisad.com. With maps, history, grammars, and more, Andrew's site rivals that of Mark Rosenfelder's Virtual Verduria.

 

Andrew continues: "As well as Brithenig I keep a journal in a conlang based on Old English. In recent years I have started on an eclectic language based on my collection of Teach Yourself Language books. I have about 40 of them. They are getting harder to find."

 

"Apart from creating languages I have created imaginary worlds, attempted writing, been involved in Mediaeval Re-enactment, work out at the gym for cardio, and practise religion. I have never travelled outside my country. I collect books, CDs, RSS-feeds, and occasionally hats."

 

(Photo courtesy of Andrew Smith. Quotes taken from an email to Don Boozer.)

 

The Babel Text in Brithenig

1.Hures il munn inter hav yn linghedig e yn cant commyn.

2.Sig il pobol summoden di'l est, ysses ligavan yn luin in Sennar e lâs'ysteblivan.

3.Ysses digevan il yn a'l altr, "Gwenitz, gwans a fager brics e cogher les interevent." Ysses ysavan brics in log di bedr, e arill per chelcin.

4.Afos ysses digevan, "Gwenitz, gwans a eddifigar per nos yn giwdad, cun yn tyr che tang a'ls cels, sig nos fagians yn novn per nos e no scians ysparied pas syss la fag di la der inter."

5.Mais il Tiern gweniv a vas a widder la giwdad e'l tyr che'l pobol eddifig.

6.Il Tiern digev, "Ec'h, altresi yn pobol che barol il linghedig medissiv, ysses yst han gyvnidiad a fager. Hures ys lâ no haverai negarad ren a les che ysses provassen a fager.

7.Gwenitz, gwans a vas a ystyrddir sew linghedig di les sig ysses no c'hompruinnessen ren di'l yn a'l altr."

8.Sig il Tiern yspariav di lâ syss tud la der, e ysses calvavan a eddifigar la giwdad.

9.Ho es perc'he sa afell Babel -- perc'he lâ il Tiern ystyrddiv il linghedig di'l munn inter. Di lâ il Tiern les yspariav syss la fag di la der inter.

Translated by Andrew Smith

(http://hobbit.griffler.co.nz/babeltext.html)

 

(Bottom right) Dr. Sarah L. Higley

a.k.a. Sally Caves

Academic Conlanger

New York

Earning her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Sarah L. Higley is currently Associate Professor of English at the University of Rochester and a teacher of medieval languages and literature. She is also known by her alias, Sally Caves, which is the name you'll see on her website (http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html) outlining her conlang Teonaht. According to her site, Sally began documenting her language creation in 1962 at the age of nine. Dr. Higley goes on to say that in "the Fall of 2000, she co-taught an independent study with linguistics Professor Jeffrey Runner, wherein then freshman (and linguistics major) Douglas Ball was allowed to develop grammar and text for his invented language Skerre." Sally was a presenter at the first Language Creation Conference, has been interviewed by her local NPR radio station about conlanging, wrote an article entitled "Audience, Uglossia, and CONLANG" for M/C Journal (available online at journal.media-culture.org.au/0003/languages.php), and, in December 2007, published the definitive study of St. Hildegard of Bingen and her Lingua Ignota entitled Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An Edition, Translation, and Discussion. (For more information on St. Hildegard, see Exhibit Case #4). Dr. Higley is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Language Creation Society (http://www.conlang.org).

 

The Babel Text in Teonaht

1.Send tand potom takrem tefye uõnim kalalya, uõnim mongwyf.

2.Send seawim il plevvysta elai renek, he twe esteratwe armmandy; rilua-il twe nrinarem celil hea Hsinnarid, send eldwav hovar endõ.

3.Send euab ouarje eldwa jane: "Mantets! Nittaopra uents, uo ad õ potemaht flehhtyzmats." Send nittaopra eldwav uen to mimmivua uo nerik to cicya.

4.Send eldwav ebra: "Mantets! Tesa-ilz lirifel-jo hadhhamats ta mehuen aid kempa ar Erahenahil, send rõ tyr aittearmats, ta vera listsõ hyny il takrem ro ssosyarem.

5.Send Le Hrel elo hsommante sa lõ kerem il tesa liriffel-jo hadhhama-uarrel ihhain le plevvysta.

6.Send Le Hrel elo ebra, "Keyts, il plevvysta somad, uo uõnim kalalya twavhha; aibba estwa mippa: to vokraikarem, send vawem dihhai twav kare deytwav dal ai sebrarem esai lis.

7."Hsobmmantets; send twe kalalya vilvviglats ta vera pre-twav twe mongav rin euab ouarjo."

8.Le Hrel ad hyny il takrem elo toaaiba sossya, send il tesa eldwa beg hadha.

9.Evvaiba Bavel li'aittear ilid lirifel, uanner Le Hrel il uõm kalalya ilid potom takrem elo vilvvigla, send il plevvystan eldwa hovvandy sossyab.

Translation by Sally Caves

(http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/babel.html)

 

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The NSUI's attempts to cover up the Congress's anti-people character has reached new levels 01 .absurdity Nitll it clatming in 1ts oanpiN::l ~~ ~h..rday that the? Emergency-the attack on people's democratic rights, the incarceration of thousand~ wilhoul trial, the Youth Congress terr(~ ~~t...<iJs the muzzling of the Press-were all attempts to defend democracy from communal fascism The NSUI says, ·EMergency is what saved 1r.di.;:lr .

''7mr..cracy" The fact remains that what really saved Indian democracy was the massive popular upsurge againsl Emergency. The JI~U stud~·nf , .T"rJUn,ty played an exemplary role in this upsurge and a large number of JNU students-includinq the IP.adcrship 0f 'he then JNUSU-fac.:~ ~-· lr.-ilc;alion and e-ven Imprisonment in order to oppose the authoritarian regime. SFI-AISF takes pride m being part of this legacy of struggles. In keeping with this tradilion the last JNUSU, iormed after a massive maPdat.:; .

w!i'e student community 1n favour of SFI-AISF mobilised the student community 1n the struggles agamst communalism and the communal1~ation a1r n'· -31 'Sation of education Some of the maJOr issues taken up by this Union are: .

'!lffr11~~ill!li'lh~11N@!~ii'il! The JNUSU had taken the initiative in organising a peace march after the condemnable Godhra incident. H0w~ve-l 11' Sangh Giroh elsewhere in the country, the RSS-ABVP on campus also went on a aggressive communal campa1gn tcllowing Gcdhra. hnngin9.

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' t ~r e:<tremely communal and provocative march on 28th February. The very next day. hundreds of students JOinea a '11arch tn favour of pf.~-:e-a · .

i'l11unal rarmor y called by the JNUSU Th1s was the beginning of a series of mobilisations under the JNUSU bannE'r Nilhrn and outs1de !he carrpJ .

·· . ; ·:ulmtnated ;n a massive human chain in which more than 600 students, teachers and karmacharies participated Once agan, vren 'i·:e: .

.drrl ..~~ c;uddenly came to know that the RSS had been allowed by the Administration to hold its gurudakshma programme w1thin the Ad. 810.::.. an~! .

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~ ·.: :o. S1nghal w3s to be the Chief Guest. it was the JNUSU representatives from SFI-AISF who took the leaa ", the spontaneo~.;s )ITJ!f~' j.;mnstration and who bore the brunt of the attack by the RSS-ABVP lumpens led by the ABVP's campus leadersho. tJSUI's presence tn'uiQiXu hl':'c;'' m)bilisatior.s never reached a double-drgit figure-something to be expected from an organrsa!ron thai thm~s Ihat the Emergency ·..V~s ·· ·-~~'-nse to communalism. The AISA too, dubbed these mobilisations as "designer protests· and dtd not bother to r.orr.e nur on the streetc:. tu 1,0 nt~ .

communal attack. .

Wf!1!~~illllMl'JlllR!.1!~tld[NE1~11:f;ll'/!111--tlltNIll311fif!lf[tl~llji:IJ!ftUI]ji:Pijf!.1~1 The ABVP, having failed 1. · g-lr rr~ .

.:.n, r.opular support in favour of obscurantist and irrational courses. resorted to a systematic strategy of organrsed vJolence m order to crsrup1 t'lP .

-kjPnts struggle against the Administration's X Plan Proposals. Despite this, not only could the struggles under the JNUSU banner k;rc !Iii: .

~c;r.1nstra!ion to review the X Plan, but also ensured that the HRD Ministry's game plan of replacing the last Adminis:ration by a RSS one wa~ fr;iiE<i .

~·tt-r repeated demonstrations, strikes and a seven-day long hunger-strike the Administration has been forced to agree that any proposal befon:-.

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he UGC's X Plan team only if it is put forward by some specific School/Centre, supported by an academic argument, the democratic bodie~ )f the School pass it and then accepted by a specifically constituted Dean's Committee. All proposals, and not just academic proposals, wil· come within the purview of this committee. This means that only those proposal which have the acceptance of the. '-lU academic communrty. wh1.:J .

:; ::~!ieve rs still largely secular and democratic. will be part of our university's X Plan. In face of th1s ma1or breakthro.rgr 'he AISA once again r;:; sr:.;.. G .,,.,...,r,, remajned on huf er strike. .

l*U33~1#j The SFI-AISF-IedJNUSU of 1999 had formulated a Perspective Plan for the l1brary wh!cr r:a!leo lor t~e upgrada: Jn anL .:-.,...r.cratisation c·f Library facihttes. However, the struggle to implement this Perspective was hampered by the inactivity of the ABVP eadership of the 2001-02 Union-with the President busy protecting his lumpen ABVP colleagues and the Joint Secretary being totallv 3bsent. r-owever the SFI-AISF representatives 1n that Union took initiatives in. organising protests on tnese deme1nds as a ~esult of Nr c! t;,." : ·-~,r ·stration had to agree to acquire books in the Library based on students' requ1sitions during the World Book Fa' The-books requisi~''" ~· ~.; i ~'llC ·19 the 4,500 new books which are now on lhe Library shelves. The DELNET facility for rnter library loan ,vas rev1ved Aher tne recent ag1'<:' ~..,,, .

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Aandavr GBM has endorsed this proposals and a working committee headed by the Dean of Students has been ccnstituted to take the intliali1;e r -.r.....,ing these CO-!Jperatives. The ABVP's opposition to this proposal without putting forward any other alternative amounts to a supoort to ... ___ messes uite In line with its arent a 's espousal of privatlsation. .

-As a result of repeated struggles by the JNUSU t11e Admin1strat on has already started m.Jk .·,,.~ :ff0rts for the provision of post-matric scholarship for SC/ST students. 8 new scholarships of Rs. 1,000/· per month for SC/ST students havE' '"lePr r,-·, . t.:d The financtal assistance to 16 students employed on a part-time basis in the Lrbrary has been rncreased from Rs 600 p.m. to Rs 900 p.rr M.fter the last italian the AdministratJon has a reed to the continuation and enhancement of the thesis and field trip grants .

~ Srnce 1997. the JNUSU has been conduct1ng free enlrance coachmg classes for stude··~o; frUJ .,eprrved sections and the SC/ST quota too has been fulfilled since that year. This year a record number of 714 students participated in th~s..-c!asses this ~ear and a total of 23.27% SC/ST students took admission In our university ti*'1*Miltllffli!UI#f.1 Together w1th the rest of Delhi, the transport facilities m JNU have suHered severely because of the bungl r:J b~ ~'1.. 1e:r and the Central Govenments over the CNG conversion process Despite this as a result of the Un1o:1's persrsten! efforts !he services of F.('~.;le r -:.%were regularised and a computensed bus-pass facility set up in the university though it is the policy of the D-e to dtscontinue student passes AilE 1r.e 'ast agitation the Admmistration has committed to expedite the conversion of the univers1ty bus to CNG The NSUI, which has long been raising the issue of transport problems, rather coming out openly against the Delhi government's transport policy. has chosen to invite as a gues the very Transport Minister who is implementing these policies. .

These achievements are the result of the united struggles of the student commun1ty on campus. a unity againsl the policies of pnv:Jiisahtltl .

,. i r,omrnunalisatlon which is itself a rebuff to the ABVP's divisive politics. These achievements are also a tesumon~~ 10 the pctentialities of Sludents ··r·u·~gle precisely those potentialities regarding which organisations like the NSUI and the AISA have been attempting to spread cynic1sm and auat11v d;r' ~ugtt Iheir campaigns and non-participation We appeal to the student community to isolate these forces anci rarrv forward the JNL. sturt~r· ,...t11!lurity's glorious legacy of struggles. .

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OD 21.3.1996(Thrusday) an Academic Council Meeting is supposed to .

place in the University which are given below for your info~ation.take place. .

the V .c. gave a written lett er t o the JNUSU agreeing to set up a Committee ta.

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After the historic Anti-Privatisation Movement in August 1995 .

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to review the past financial ~rformance of JNtJ and make reconanendations .

Dean of Each one of the School.

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representations of JNU Students' Union. 4. Four representati on of JNU .

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This Committee was to be headed by a Chairperson. Row post-facto the .

v.c. wants to nominate one or two senior faculty members on the Connittee .

The JNUSU believes that the Comnittee agreed upon after the Anti-.

Any attempt t o change its .

Privation movement should be strictly adhered to. .

composition or charter will amount to goving back on the written agreement .

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between the JNUSU & Vice-Chancellor (Letter of v.c. is being displayed .

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Many P1 c ategoryalong with this notice). now has beccme intolerable. 2) The Hostel Problem.

4r Instead of solving this pressure on hostels, the administration students are still on the roads and the new hostel' still r emains a .

has been conducting raids and is imposing f ines on bonafide student s who.

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This ha,s happened in Periyar, Narmada and Godavari. 'are ms. .

Studies outside the SPS will further increase pressure on hostels. .

the Administrations' intention to set up a new ce~tre for Mathematical .

should be given residential facilities immediat ely, the n·ew hostel should be .

JROSU categorically states that those students who don't have hostels .

are proper hostel facilit ies available,. Students are requested not to pay .

completed with in a month and no new centre should be opeaed unless t here fines imposed on them aftertho recent raids. .

It is long time since the JNUSU and individual students complained to .

3) including physical on 6th and the v.c. reqardinq anti-social activities, There was a massive demonst-ation to the v.c.s office and the UGBM resolnti'n was also handed .

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over to him. Even the Teachers Assoc i ation and othe r ,members of the Jtro .

Unfortunately the V.c.' Community have made other memhers of the JNU canmunity have made the v.c. .

aware of their displeasure regarding such attacks. .

aa an excuse, vari ous activities are being disallwed o~ the eaapus premises .

Office has maintained a dubious silence on the issue. ~n fact, using this .

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Against Partisan Score-Set~ling and Individualised Politiclusness and after rigorous ground,:vork, in order to ensure that the administration is left ·with no excuse to hide behind. In the case of Yainuna hostel, because the residents had obtained detailed informationabout the case, it \Vas necess:try for the newly-elected JN-USU to get some space to tnake note ofthem and build up an urgent agitation to address the san1e. Ho\vever, the student representatives ofthe hostel, decided to go ahead with their pre-decided n1odeofagitation i.e. hunger strike immediately and declared it publicly. In such a situation, JNUSU. \Vhile expressing full support and con1J11itment to fight for the Yamunahostel issues, had to come out with a \Jflitten statement appealingto Lhe representatives ofthe Yamuna hostel to review their 'decision ofthe hunger strike' and give JNUSU son1e space and ti.xne to further the struggle as a collective and representative hody of the entire student community vis-a-vis the administration. I Iov.rever, the entire issue set a very unfortunate precedent, \Vherein a serious course o,(acrion vvas unilaterally decided on, \Vith no discussion with the rest ofthe campus or JNUSU. And after unilaterally deciding and embarking on son1e course ofaction (which was as serious as an indefinite hunger strike), JNU SU ~·as asked to "lea::! the struggle,. through that particular mode. We hope student community will appreciate that this is against the democratic decision-making mechanism that we have collectively evolved over the years for the functioning ofJNUSU as an institution. IfJNUSU as an institution has to "lead" any struggle, should not JNUSU, \Vhich has already expressed unconditional support for the issue~ be allowed some time and space to decide the course ofaction to carry .

fon\·ard the Sln1ggle, keeping the interests ofthe entire student COlllJTIWlity in nund? .

The .JNUSU has time and again not only reiterated but also fulfilled its unconditional comrnitment towards the issues of the Yamuna Hostel, be it by talking to the JNUTA to con1e together on this issue, or holding sevc.~al rounds ofnegotiations with the adntinistration. The JNUSU also held a n1ccting \\'ith all the hostel presidents. strcngtheni.ng the platfonn ofelected representatives, in order to put collcct ive pressure on thq ndn1inistrat ion t0r rcso lving the Yan1una as \Nell as sevcral o thcr related issues. .

This collective pressure of the student and the teacher communitv.1 \vas instrun1cntal in forcino-b the cld ministration to come out 'vith hvo ,,,..itten staten1en ts on this issue on -t and 9 ApriL The second staten1ent or the administration stated that ··after talking to th~ .1~.\'L'l)'(land the JJVUTA ., il h~s decided to shitt a ne\v warden to the Ya1nuna warden's residence within one n1onth. It was based on this statement that lhc President ofthe Yarnuna I I()~1eJ agreed to Jill the hunger strike. [fthc authvr of'the lca1lel is now calling upon_!~) ·sa\·Q__ynn1unaj1ostel struggle j}·ul}l_l\ISA-led .IN u!su '' \Vhy did she, as the hostel president, \Vithdre\V the hunger sujke OJllhc basis() fan ·~!dn1i1Jistrative st~cmcn1Jhat was bascq on cot)sultation~ with JNUSl l? ,..!~....;<..! .

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