This CD captures Mike Cashman from two nights at the Educational Interpreter Institute at MSAD in the summer of 2002. The first section focuses on an evening of talking about current events. The second part captures his descriptions of the buildings and history of the Minnesota State Academy of the Deaf. Each text is accompanied by a written summary. Mike Cashman has been honored by the Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing People, the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens, and MSAD for his work at the Minnesota legislature as an advocate on behalf of people who are Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing. Capturing his use of language and understanding of issues, this CD is an excellent resource for interpreters to prepare working in a governmental or legislative setting.
The titles of the texts from the Current Events lecture includes:
- School’s On in a Blizzard
- The Events of 9/11
- In the Command Center
- Task Force on Terrorism
- The Governor
- On Legislative Allies
- The 2002 Governor’s Race
- All Aboard Light Rail
- Putting Light Rail in the Budget
- The Importance of the Legislature
- Changing Face of the Legislature
- Redistricting and the 2002 Election
- On Stocks and Cell Phones
- Pagers and Beyond
- Strike Three?
- A Valuable Baseball Card
- Cochlear Implants
The titles of the texts from the tour of the Minnesota State Academy of the Deaf campus are:
- A Cannon on Campus
- Frechette Hall
- Barron Hall
- Mott Hall
- Rodney Mott
- Noyes and the No Yes Society
- Ghost Stories
- A Legacy of Good Teachers
- Mary Bowen
- Signs of Minnesota
- Life in the Tunnels
- And the Consequences….
These texts offer a great variety of language use. They are each accompanied by an English summary for support of comprehension and analysis.
