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Sioux nickname, Morrie Lanning on 'McFeely Show' For those who want to discuss the issue....Phone numbers are 293-9000 and 1-800-279-9329.

I know I'm going to take my lumps for this, but as I said here, win the Spirit Lake vote and change the name. The University comes out looking like the good guys, the anti-nickname people, the bad. Sure you can say that UND should continue to fight for the name, but the anti crowd isn't going to stop and they have time working in their favor. UND has a deadline to meet with NCAA and a possible conference invitation waiting for resolving the issue. The point has been made by this vote, that the NA community doesn't agree with the NCAA that the nickname is "hostile and abusive". UND has been vindicated. As Sica always says, "Control what is yours to control." UND and the SBoHE can control the issue right now.

I think they would be hard pressed to dispute the totals. 2/3 of the vote in favor would be tough to argue, but you never know.

Nice. I wonder what comes next?

Kelley distances UND from tribal decisions on Fighting Sioux nickname

Does it look better trimmed?

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 20 April 2009

AgCam activated aboard International Space Station

Putting the arrow on the "N" reminded me too much of the North Stars logo. I've been drawing/reading blue prints for 30 years and am more used to seeing the arrow thru the "N" like this...North Arrow

Slightly altered arrow. I didn't like that the line wasn't continuous between the "U" and the arrow.

I put some more thought into a possible new logo, bolder font and adding the north arrow from previous discussions.

Obama flunks Global Warming 101 on Fargo This piece is not so much an indictment of Obama as it is a geologic history of the RRV. I find the last two sentences of the piece especially poignant for our country today...

I started a thread a while back titled "The Writing is on the Wall". I think it is even more true now. My desire at this point is for thee to be overwhelming support for the Fighting Sioux name at the upcoming Spirit Lake vote and then UND change the name. Then the change would be on UND's terms. The anti-nickname people at Spirit Lake, who would at that point be in the minority, would be left holding the bag after the vote. The kind of crap that has happened in the last week, has proven the Fighting Sioux name cannot survive. Imagine what kind of chicanery will happen prior to the Standing Rock vote. Win the Spirit Lake vote.... Change the name.

To clarify, the records I was talking about are football records.

Wahpeton track standout Smith has Division I football options Let's hope he follows in Dressler's footsteps. I would love to see some of Weston's records fall.

Standing Rock nickname supporters to urge referendum

Nickname divides UND senate

Less than an hour to Ladd-Peebles for me. I think I could stand a road game against USA.

Ask the folks who had houses in the Lincoln Drive area if it was easy to give up their houses. There were folks on both sides of the river that wanted to rebuild but couldn't. They had to make way for a plan that would ultimately make the two cities safer. How about pouring everything you have into a business that never reopens? Easy, I don't think so.

Pat Warcup passed away in Las Vegas last week. Pat was the first Women's BB coach at UND and helped start UND's Women's athletic program. Patricia A. (Pat) Warcup

One of my favorite radio shows in the Neal Boortz show, which you can listen to online here. Neal has in his program notes a Fargo vs. New Orleans comparison. Neal lives in Atlanta, but said if he had a choice of living in Fargo or New Orleans, he would pick Fargo. He likes the non-victim lifestyle of Fargo. Fargo vs New Orleans He has mentioned the comparison frequently this morning.

This post pretty much sums up my feelings. I followed the game via blackberry yesterday, as I was out most of the day. I was in total shock at what happened and very frustrated, but like you said we're only fans and nothing we feel even comes to close to how the team feels. I felt bad for the Princeton guys the night before, not that I wanted to Duluth to win or lose, I just felt bad for Princeton. It never entered my mind that UND would go through the same thing the next day. I will always be a fan of UND athletics, no matter what.

Gracias.

Chanting crowd gives Oshie a moment to remember I would love to see a clip of this one.

Good luck with your fight. We prayed as family for those fighting the flood in ND and MN.