The Sicatoka

Didn't someone say a while back that just as NDSU and SDSU were tired of the watering down of DII with Upper Iowas, Texas and Florida would soon tire of the watering down of DI? (Who was that guy? He must be really smart. ) Welcome to the first strike by the BCS conferences.

<obligatory cheap-shot> Uh, $3 million over? Should they be teaching business or any sort of administration? </obligatory cheap-shot>

KFGO.com is reporting that the NDSU president's house total has crossed into the $2 million range. http://www.kfgo.com/news_Detail.php?ID=9383 Worse? ND State Sen. John Andrist (Crosby, ND, not MN like the KFGO story says) thinks a criminal investigation is warranted. Why? Well the president's house, and now this revelation ... http://www.kfgo.com/news_Detail.php?ID=9382 I wonder how Bill Goetz is feeling about taking that 'cushy' Chancellor of the NDUS position now.

That's every town.

Why not just ... Go to FightingSioux.com Just below the main banner, near top right click "Free Clips" Play "Sioux Coaches Show 10-7-09"

What's Noah Shepherd's career record v. UND now?

I like this Trimble fellow ... Charles E. Trimble, Oglala Lakota, was principal founder of the American Indian Press Association in 1970, and was executive director of the National Congress of American Indians from 1972

You mean it takes more than slick marketing and flashy self-aggrandizing promotions to really be something?

Not to be a stickler, OK, to be a stickler, UND's official green color-shade is Pantone 347 in the Pantone color matching system. See bottom of page in this link: http://www.und.edu/dept/our/html/logosPrint.html#5

But what about, "Also included in the more than $18 million in new commitments are gifts from ... " Does that mean they lined up a good chunk of the remaining $24 million already, but it hasn't arrived yet?

I'm a little confused by all the numbers rolling around in that article. Like ... What I do get is this: If $30 million in other donors show up, this anonymous person makes a total of $40 million.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/135417/

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/135417/

If it makes you feel better, KFGO is running it in the local news on-air and on-line. http://www.kfgo.com/news_Detail.php?ID=9285

1. Murphy was on the ND SBoHE for seven months. (He couldn't keep up with the time commitment and resigned.) However, that should give him some credibility with that group. That's good news. 2. What about the rest of those elected yesterday? What about the 2/3 council vote needed to a) repeal the ban on tribal referendums (savvy play by RHHIT getting that one passed just last year), and b) 2/3 council vote needed to call for a tribal vote on the issue? That's bad news. 3. Will we get this far based on 2?

That's called "Don Adam reporting", also known as "I just make this $#!+ up as I go along."

You won't change what the SBoHE decides to do. However, showing up at noon (get some "lunch time" crowd walk-ups) with more than 50 people to promote Demcracy All Over: Free Standing Rock! would be a mighty, mighty statement. And it would pressure the media to talk about it.

Name protesters rally ...

I'm still missing Dr. Charles E. Kupchella:

http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.d...TCLID=204804147

I have a feeling Womens Hockey may soon need its own forum.

Is it amazing to anyone else that the number of people who are supposed to decide this issue keeps getting smaller and smaller. When the tribal councils passed resolutions against the nickname, they were thrown in our faces as "proof" that all Sioux people were against UND's use of Fighting Sioux. Now that the people of the reservations show that they don't agree, they're thrown under the bus. The only opinions that count are those of a few AI students at UND. Let's roll back to a 2006 Charles Kupchella interview with USCHO.com:

All this begs the question: How many American Indian students at UND see the issue the same way that Annis does? Once again, I'll bet it's not as great as we've been led to believe. (see: Spirit Lake referendum results)

Strange, ... when Ms. Annis (I believe the daughter of a long-time protester) thought the tribe was on her side it was "respect the tribe!" Now that Spirit Lake supports UND and Standing Rock may soon show the same, suddenly, she throws them under the bus. She's now claiming that it's not the tribal government or the whole of tribal members that matter, but only the tribal students on campus whose opinion matters.

Make it a simple theme: Free Standing Rock