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The NCAA brainiac(s) would probably "mistake" our "sieve" chant and hand motion after goals with the infamous tomahawk chop the way so many of our PC anti-nickname faculty members on campus either ignorantly or intentionally mischaracterize it. Need to have someone close by who is educated enough to inform them of what is truly going on.

Ok, I'm such a nerd... but I love this sh#t. Obviously, the big four in women's hockey are in the WCHA -- UND, Wisco, Minny and UMD. I crunched the numbers based on the official box scores listed on USCHO from week 2 to this past week 6. All programs have six home games in the books, including UND's exhibition against Manitoba in week 2 of the college hockey season. Here is the breakdown: UMD: Total attendance = 5,904 Avg. per game = 984 Minny: Total attendance = 5,136 Avg. per game = 856 Wisco: Total attendance = 11,050 Avg. per game = 1,841.6 UND: Total attendance = 11,669 Avg. per game = 1,944.8

Yes! Here's my top 5. 1. University of California-Berkeley 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison 3. Dartmouth 4. St. Cloud State University 5. University of Colorado-Boulder

Yes; I agree; I wish he would be more passionate and transparent in his defense of the nickname, but I think that he thinks that that kind of stance by a chief executive might jeopardize UND's prospects for conference affiliation with the BSC, or he just thinks that no matter what, it is important to this University to get this controversy behind us and move on. That's a lot of speculation on my part but it's all I got to go with, and I prefer to give folks the benefit of the doubt until, as Frank Blackcloud likes to say, "I walk a mile in their moccasins."

If a leader did everything that we wanted and toed that perfect line, unquestioningly following the majority opinion without regard to anything else would he then be, in fact, a leader or a lemming?

That's a good point and I can appreciate your views. I had the same question about the ads featuring beer grandma, and here's the response I got. Those ads were used less and less to the point that they were pulled as UND steered toward a new marketing campaign, called "UND and Me." You might have seen some of them lately, with Dave St. Peter of the Twins and Karla Christofferson, co-owner of the LA Sparks. However, the fact that they were used at all, I think, is one of those situations where UND marketing rode the waves of a popular, albeit, recent tradition, and Kelley initially thought it was ok because of its focus on online education instead of alcohol. But, again, my hunch is that Kelley started second guessing the ads and their loose association with alcohol and they were eventually phased out. That coincided with the move to a new marketing campaign. My read of the tea leaves is that It looks like a clear case of a leader, through his administration, second guessing a decision and making moves to go another direction.

Mrs. Delano, the class act that she is, doesn't seem to mind it all that much.

Thanks! I'm a giver.

Good point. However, as more stuff is revealed it appears that this whole thing stemmed from a passing comment or a request made over a year ago to REA staff members and not an ultimatum or dictate that it was originally made out to be. Though, I disagree that the "beer gramma" is detrimental to the image of the University, I do think that it is definitely in Kelley's job description to worry about the image of his organization. You can call it micromanaging, but it sounds like he left it up to REA to decide if they would honor the request. To that end, I've also been told that the REA has actually been looking to feature the "beer gramma" on the big screen for the past few games, but they have not been able to spot her. So it appears that maybe the request was that REA just feature her less instead of do away with it altogether. The reason I believe that it was a passing comment and not an official request is that Kelley tends to use the "chain of command" in those instances, meaning that an official request to the arena management would have come from Faison and not straight from the top.

While others are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Pick your idiom to fit your views on Kelley's leadership and him as a person, I guess. The jury is still out on my opinion of the man. Overall, as a whole, I have seen solid leadership (best in the University System, by far, though, that is not saying much right now). That is not to say that I have not seen some missteps. So far, I've seen a guy trying to make decisions for the good of the entire institution and not just a few parochial interests. I think this is a bad example of an "issue" for us to start oiling the torches and sharpening the pitch forks to run the guy out of town. On balance, I give Kelley a C+.

Yes. He was at times. But not all the time. In the late 1960s through the fall of the Nixon Administration, Tom was viewed as very much the establishment, and was often at odds with students over the counter culture causes of the times. I think he handeled those situations quite well, in hindsight, and "we" often wax eloquently and fondly about him, even to this day because of it. But, I think, "we" tend to be the type of folks who agree with the political slant that Tom espoused. That was not the ideological temperment of the students body once upon a time ago. Sadly, if he were president today, I think even our old friend Tom would have succummed to some of the PC pressures and voracious political agendas that dominate our society. You could get a way with a lot more in Tom's day, before the 24-hour news cycle, the Internet, message boards, Facebook, Twitter, partisan blogs, local and regional issues talk radio and Government Sunshine and Freedom of Information laws. It was a beautiful time to be an executive of any big organization back then, but, again, those days are long gone.

From the Herald circa January, 2008: "Kelley has a distinctive voice, quiet and husky, which his wife, Marcia, said creates a beautiful tenor. "I sound like my father down to the line," Kelley said. "I can let Marcia (a speech pathology lecturer at Wyoming) explain it anatomically... I have very tight, narrow vocal cords. My larynx is my larynx. That's what I've got and that's what I sound like." Buzzkill. I know; I'm sorry.

Well said. "overly fastidious and pedantic fussbudget," I like that. Kind of sums up the inflation of this totally overblown topic.

This is exactly what happened. Much ado about nothing.

How do you sit next to someone in an online classroom? Just asking. Please explain.

Well, of course, NDSU online courses are going to require "very little effort." Try an accredited online curriculum from UND sometime and you can become an alum of a true flagship school!

I like what I am seeing out of Men's BB, after so many tough transitional years. All five of our starters from the end of last season's Great West champion team are back and they are all SOPHOMORES!!! Three more solid seasons (hopefully), including two seasons full-D1 in an autobid conference, to look forward to with this roster. I also like the fact that two big men, Goodman (6'8") and Wilmer (6'11''), are back from injuries this year. Don't know much about the incoming frosh, especially this Antwi Lenny kid out of Canada. Should be an exciting run for the next few years. I hope Jones can keep loading up like it appears he has been doing in recent years. Oh by the way, last year's 19-15 record was an +11 swing from the year prior! Very nice

Hands to the face

Personal foul SUU

Sioux pick 2!!!

safey sioux!!!!

3 and out SUU

PUnt downed at SUU 2 yd line

Sioux to receive kick off.

Pass protection will be key for Sioux offense today. If that is solid. I like our chances.