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Dartmouth College rocked by racist controversies Did I miss something. I thought that the AD apologized for scheduling the Sioux prior to anyone even opposing the game. The article makes it sound like there was opposition and there is some sort of linkage between that other incidents.

Something for your Christmas list. Music Review: Tom Brosseau - Grand Forks

Link to Steve Johnson in Lincoln

You want small? Remember the Antique before they expanded? It was like a 14'x80' corridor packed with people. They actually had people trying to play pool in there.

Football Saturday started at the Antique about 9:00 AM, Southgate for some munchies, stop at Delaney's on the way to the game to buy small bottles of schapps to put in the back of the cowboy boots. Halftime we usually ended up at Judy's and if the score wasn't close at halftime we stayed at Judy's for a while. I thought $0.35 at the Spud was on Thursday nights.

I definitely think that UND Football attendance will improve with the jump to Division I. UND football has great coaches, tradition and a great venue. I saw the comparison above with NDSU's numbers. SDSU made the jump at the same time and they have seen a similar increase in attendance, with the exception of 2005 when they played 8 home games. Not to dis SDSU, but they have no football tradition and an antiquated stadium and still had a great increase in attendance. SDSU 2002 5967 (-11.4%) 2003 5547 (-7.03%) 2004 9846 (+77.5%) 2005 6972 (-22.2%) 2006 9652 (+38.4%) 61.7% increase over the span of 5 years. If UND's attenance increases even 40% over the next 5 years, that would the average at 13,409. As Hammersmith stated the capacity is actually 12,300. Imagine a averaging a full house every home game. Give the fans something to get excited about and they will be there. I'm quite certain that these figures aren't lost on the people in the AD. Someone would definintely have to be checking into expanded seating at the Al.

Thanks, but are you sure UND is moving to Division I? I'm sure there are still some people that think Kupchella is bluffing. Hold'em (AKA JBB) for instance.

I like the nice little gem in there, "dictatorial mandates", refering to the NCAA. How long does it typically take to get from hearings to a vote on the house floor?

Thanks for the info.

How sad and pathetic is this. [url=http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec06/Jensen12.htm]Saying Goodbye to My

Born in Park River. Raised in GF. Graduated from GFRR in 1980 and from UND in 1984. Moved to Seattle in 1985, hated the weather. Moved to Florida, back to North Dakota and back to Florida and have been here since 1993. Married a Southerner, so very little chance of ever living in ND again, although I miss it from time to time.

Aren't these agenda items just for CS Football and would have no implications beyond that in regards to conferences or other sports. That being said, I don't think that it would affect NDSU in regards to the Mid-Con.

More news on the Research Park which is scheduled to break ground today. Tech park construction set to start UND: Foundation unveils Research Park project While this is all wonderful news, the primary objective of the U is to educate and I hope that is not getting lost. That being said I think that Peter Alfonso is doing a great job for UND.

This one strikes me as being huge. If UND is able to get an early invite (sorry for the "IF" S2C), the transition is negligible and wouldn't impact recruiting nearly as much, as the student-athletes and teams would be playing for something.

Do you hear any other little tidbits?

Aren't we quickly approaching the end of fall? Has anyone heard anthing on the report or even rumors of the report?

In FDR's famous speech, he refers to the attack that occured yesterday (Dec. 7), but I would still think that even the print media would have stories on December 8. Next time I'm at the Naval Aviation Museum, I'll check out some of the newspaper headlines.

Maybe the NCAA should be looking into the President of Dartmouth's lack of institutional control. Dartmouth paper: cover of Indian scalper was mistake

I echo your thoughts as to the state of the country today and especially the media. I just came back from NAS Pensacola and saw flags flying at half-staff and our young people training and got a lump in my throat. Thank God we still have people willing to put their lives on the line for this country.

Hmm... JBB, NanoBison and BisonBacker as moderators. I think I'll pass.

I read where the attendance was 1471. For a Tuesday night game against an 0-8 team, that isn't too bad. Sure I'd love to see it higher and I think you will see the attendance start to increase when the level of competition and level of play increase. It looks like Coach Jones has the level of play heading in the right direction. It's going to be interesting to see where he takes the team in the next couple of years with his own recruits.

Dartmouth responds back to Kupchella's letter. UND NICKNAME: Dartmouth sends letter to Kupchella, calls Hoeven

I agree with that REA may be too big with the schedule that UND is playing right now, but when you start getting some higher profile schools in, that will change. I watched a few conference games a couple of years ago when all of the conference games were being played in the Ralph and enjoyed it. Additionally, wouldn't REA make more money off concessions and suites if the games were held in REA instead of BESC?? I'm thinking that just the lower bowl and suites would be used for BB. What would be the capacity in that scenario?