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Protests sparked by the selection of the next president of Gallaudet University escalated yesterday, with students walking out of classes, camping out and yelling to disrupt celebrations honoring longtime president I. King Jordan and his wife, Linda.

A dusty gravel driveway leads to an old house once occupied by an Appalachian family. Next door is a little shack that sells hot dogs and ice cream, and a few miles away is a series of coal processing plants. From the outside, the house looks like any oth...