Teeder11

Hey, Einstein, do you know the difference between a news story and an editorial? Hint: one is an opinion usually based on careful weighing of facts. The other is an objective take on something of interest and usually includes opinions from sources from boths sides of an issue. Now, from that, can you figure out which is which?

I don't think the profession could handle the likes of PCM; it could only hope to contain him!

Great feature story just posted on the UND homepage about our three alumni playing for Lord Stanley's Cup. Even though it is not credited to him, I have it on good authority that it was written by our very own (but seldom seen) Pseudo Reporter -- PCM. http://und.edu/features/2012/06/stanley-cup.cfm Because it's the Cup!

Would have been nice if you and more like you would have been around 6 years ago when the rest of us, who you so ignorantly dismiss and berate, were fighting the good hard fight in honor of the nickname and logo. Now you show up quite late to the battle only to criticize and mock those who've been in the arena carrying your water and fighting tooth and nail against the PC zealots for years. Many of us were doing this long before the NCAA's misguided policy was even a budding seed of an idea in Bernard Franklin's mind -- and not just on message boards. So, welcome, son; glad you could finally join us. Now please check your ill-informed blanket accusations at the door and maybe try to educate yourself on the very real gradual negative impacts that continuation of the nickname and logo will have on our beloved University. When you live at ground zero of the fight, like many of us who you so casually scoff at, the realities are a bit more stark than they might seem from thousands of miles away on your deck chair on Vero Beach.

I don't know. I think things could have been vastly different if SL would have made as much noise back then as the Committee from SL is making today. A lot of this could have been averted. Not that I solely blame SL for this. But they sure weren't helpful back in 2005 and 2006. The tribal chairwoman at the time, Pearson, couldn't find enough Northern Plains American Indian councils to sidle up next to and to vote in the affirmative with to rid the world of all American Indian nicknames, and then she would come back home to SL and hide from anyone seeking an official opinion on the matter, and if she was ever cornered, she resorted to the old apathetic line that the tribe had more important matters to worry about. Where was the Committee for Respect back then??!! -- when it mattered and would have made a difference.

What's your take on "Chewey"? I notice you leave him out of your sanctimonious defenses of DaveK and Fetchy. You two have had some very classic and very personal public rows on here over the past few months . It'd be only fair to include your friend, Chewey, as another champion in your hollow protests against "hypocricy" and your cheerleading for blind consistency and ignorance in the face of new realities. Don't get me wrong, I like Chewy's well thought out opposing take on things. He adds value to the discussion; I'm just curious why you left out someone who's been your obsession for so long now.

Ok, thanks. You lost me at "I no longer live in North Dakota."

Seriously, you lost a long time ago. And we are all dumber for having watched you BS your way out of that corner you painted yourself into. You're either a bald face liar, on par with "Baghdad Bob," or you seriously misstated your original premise and what you intended it to mean and are now too juvenile to admit it. Because, it's very clear to everyone but you what your original statement actually said. Whether you intended it to convey something else is a mystery to the rest of us. You adjusted your statement to be more plausible in subsequent posts and stated it is what you'd been saying the whole time. Clearly, it was not. And all this means nothing in the end other than providing the rest is us with further evidence, Dave, that you are such a child.

She comes off as a very sharp and engaging person. And she presented heself very well in public during her campus visit in April. The big challenge will be learning the political environment in North Dakota and finding ways to work with Bismarck instead of against it. The best thing about her is that she used to test ride Harleys when she worked for HD in Milwaukee!

http://undnews.areavoices.com/2012/05/23/susan-balcom-walton-named-und-vice-president-for-university-and-public-affairs/

^^^^^^Where do these Johnny Come Latelys come from? Do we seriously have to go through the whole saga again to bring this one up to speed? I swear one falls off the board and another one fills the hole.

http://www.kpax.com/mobile/news/big-sky-thriving-a-midst-college-conference-changes/ Found an interesting article from Mont. media. Wish I knew how old it is. Anyway, sorry of this does not link right. I am trying to do this from my phone.

You gotta give Faison credit, though, for sticking to his guns and demanding what the fans truly want -- and that is to see the great rivalry played out every year. Don't get me wrong, I will take every other year, but it wouldn't be my first choice.

WE never claimed we didn't. We are interested in both UND and NDSU as citizens of North Dakota and/or fans of teams in North Dakota . WE never "moved on." A lot in your fanbase say you have "moved on"; but clearly you and they have not. Which is great! Hey, at least now, you won't have to manufacture some contrived rivalry with SDSU, which you guys clearly do not have the same hate, digust and disdain for.

I graduated two years behind Chris. I looked up to him and respected his kind, quiet approach to life and how he modestly handled his academics and athletic abilities. He never boasted, he never put anyone down unnecessarily and he always acted like he'd been there before -- no matter how many TD passes he threw for or yards he rushed for or three-pointers he drained or sprint relays he helped dominate. The Dickinson High-Fargo South rivalry (a David v. Goliath situation on paper) was a hot one at the time. Chris evened things up considerably for the littel guy out west against the big metro, rife with specialized athletes. God bless you, Chris. Rest In Peace.

I wasn't one to "jump all over" you, but I did tend to agree with the sentiment (not necessarily the delivery) of those who did. I think this one can be chalked up under the category of "Beating a Dead Horse," at this stage in the game. No one really likes it (there are surely realities we're not privvy to that make it a necessity and too difficult to cancel or replace only three and a half months from kick-off), but, as someone said, it is what it is. Time to move on and make the best of what we've got for our first real run out of the chute. I'm all for constructive criticims, but this topic is far beyond broken to the point of no return with no hope of fixing. I don't think feeling that way should negate anyone's privelige to criticize our teams in the future. Far be it for me to be the criticism police, though.

Rest assured, there was no winner. Other than the fact you showed how childish grown men can act on a discussion boad. Sad. Sad. Sad.

It's in Benson County.

You surprise me on this one. I thought for sure you'd have knowledge of the CPA (Corrupt Practices Act). Of course it's predictable; deferring to a private UND-supportive organization, like the Alumni Association is, to take the lead on this fight, is the most logical course of action for UND and the SBoHE. UND and SBoHE can't actively lobby or advocate for Measure 4, but the Alumni Association can. It has nothing to do with perceived popularity or lack there of.

Who cares? Let him do it. He does more to undermine his own crediblity than anyone. It's an amusing spectacle to watch.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/235529/ Here we go!

Looks like the stars are beginning to align for the "new" management of the Alerus Center. (1) It's a political year and it landed one of the two big conventions in the state, (2) it landed the grandaddy of them all in North Dakota -- The Class B Tourney, (3) like Darell said above, this will be the first year that we are playoff eligible, the Big Sky competition alone should put more butts in the seats, and if we string together some wins -- look out. (4) Alerus management is brought under the fold of the city, eliminating the management fee and creating certain economies of scale that couldn't exist under the former arrangment (although this may be more of a wash given that we now pay the full load of salaries and benefits for Alerus workers.)

The writers and producers sent a letter, along with a script, to the university about a year ago, asking for permission to use official UND logos and imagery in the movie (particularly, I assume, for Kevin Hart's sweatshirt), but after reading the script, I guess the university told them "no thank you." UND couldn't tell them they couldn't use the name and not infringe on their creative rights, but they could nix the use of the official copy written imagery. That's about all they could do. Incidentally, the original script that was sent to UND had UND set in Bismarck. Lakes would have gone spastic had they mistakenly placed it in Fargo! It's kind of a back-handed compliment that they even considered UND in the first place over other schools in the state, which they've most assuredly never heard of.

I agree. On the offensive side Jameer Jackson was impressive today as well, with a little swagger, too. QB Hendrickson looked good, but Hanson continues to show more poise in the pocket and crispness on his passes, despite playing with mostly 2s and 3s. His short passes over the middle appear at first that they're going to be at the receivers' knees but his velocity is so great that it actually hits them right in the bread basket.

Spencer Goodman is done. And Josh Gentry has left the team per Herald reporting this morning. http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/234177/group/homepage/