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In a letter to the campus community Wednesday, Kennedy condemned the two photos, but said a zero-tolerance policy is not possible for UND's campus. "While I appreciate the desire for such a policy, it is unachievable under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution," Kennedy wrote. "The challenge we all face is to find the balance between wanting to eliminate expressions of racism and bigotry and supporting the free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. If we value freedom of speech, we must acknowledge that some may find the expressions of others unwelcome, painful, or even, offensive. We can, however, speak out and condemn such expressions, and we can work to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment." Kennedy couldn't have handled this any better. Refreshing to see after how big of disaster Kelley was in situations like this. Well done.

If you look at UND's schedule in all reality they can't lose the following games and still have a realistic shot at the playoffs, even if they win every other game. @ Sac State @ Idaho State Weber State I think losing any of those 3 games would torpedo them so far in the rankings they couldn't dig themselves out. That's why, especially on the road this game makes me nervous. It's exciting though, every game has huge implications! Just keep winning!

You are right, read your post wrong.

Missing the 3 straight losses to Idaho State, Weber State and Montana last year.

Anyone else feel when you read about some of the questions / conversations that happen in these committee meetings that you are Luke Wilson in the movie Idiocracy?

If at the end of the day, the University gets down to 17 or 18 athletic programs and they join the Summit for all but Football, I'll consider it a great success. To me this seems like the most logical solution that will allow UND to not only save money on a couple non-revenue sports, but also save for travel. Reinvest those saving into the other sports and become more completive across the board. Get it done Kennedy!

"forcing the coaches to put on a presentation that probably doesn't matter a single bit, is cruel and does not make one big, happy family at UND." It's borderline psychotic to have those coaches give a presentation. What could they say to change anything? How degrading / cruel. I'm with Kennedy on his vision for athletics and do believe programs need to be cut, but look at the numbers and make the cuts. Don't have the coaches try to beg for their sports when it ultimately won't matter.

Franks Lounge on 52nd always has UND hockey games on.

Big Sky Conference tweeted out an hour ago to "Be on the lookout for a big announcement coming tomorrow". If you go to all the other school websites they don't have conference football schedules past 2017 either.