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From the Green Mill, it's the Fighting Sioux Coaches' Show with UND hockey coach Dave Hakstol and hosts Tim Hennessy and Scott Swygman. TH: Those pesky Wisconsin Badgers are in town this weekend to take on the Sioux. UND will be losing some players to the World Junior Championships tour in Sweden. DH: Jonathan Toews flies to Calgary on Sunday. Taylor Chorney and Brian Lee will leave after the Michigan Tech series. They should be back Saturday afternoon on the weekend of the Colorado College series, but won

The people who demonstrate at the funerals of soldiers are truly sick and misguided. I would certainly be willing to volunteer to help this fallen soldier and his family receive the dignified funeral they deserve.

That's what I'd call it, too.

From the Harvard Crimson: No Sense In Anti-Mascot Crusade

I reject the idea that because of UND's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, the university is somehow responsible for the insensitive or racist behavior of other teams' fans. Does anyone seriously expect me to believe that the fans who engage in this type of behavior would be more sensitive and less racist if UND's athletic teams were still called the Flickertails? Of course they wouldn't because the factors that cause people to do such things far away from UND and the greater Grand Forks community would be there regardless of what the university called its teams. undsportsfan, you seem to be operating under the mistaken notion that these people would not behave the way they do if not for the Fighting Sioux name and logo. The fact is, the name and logo didn't make them what they are. You seem to believe that it's acceptable for people to behave in a racist, insensitive manner as long as you aren't subjected to it. The type of person who would say "Sioux suck" in front of Native American children in your presence would be just as likely to say something equally offensive in other circumstances. That isn't UND's fault and it's not UND's responsibility. I have seen, read and heard sports writers, fans and supposedly "enlightened" people make comments about American Indians that make me cringe. They are comments that I would never expect to see a Fighting Sioux fan make. That's because the vast majority of UND's fans understand the importance of treating the name and logo with dignity and respect. Very, very few of them would knowingly go out of their way to willfully insult or offend a Native American. There are many well-documented instances of fans making racist comments to black athletes or coaches and sexist comments to women athletes. When that happens, we don't tell a university to leave its women and minorities at home because their presence provokes bad behavior by opposing fans. We rightly come down hard on the fans who engaged in the behavior. We hold the school at which the behavior occurred accountable and demand that changes be made. That's the way it should be. That's the way it must be. To pretend that the absence of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo would somehow correct the type of behavior you claim to abhor is the moral equivalent of sticking your head in the sand and pretending the problem doesn't exist simply because you don't see it or hear it. We have two choices. We can make a feel-good, symbolic gesture that solves nothing or we can attempt to come to grips with the real problem and solve it at the base level. The second option is far more difficult to achieve, but it is a long-term solution and the only means of effectively dealing with the problem. That's what I think is so sad about this entire debate. People are being led to believe that changing the nicknames of sports teams will put a dent in racism. It won't, and it's a shame that we spend so much time, money and effort arguing over such a trivial issue.

They mentioned funds for one or two other people on the 10 p.m. news, but gave no details on how to contribute.

Last night on WDAZ news, it was reported that funds were being set up by UND students to a couple of the people who lost everything in the fire. Unfortunately, few details were reported and there's even less in today's Herald.

I'll keep an ear out. I'm sure there will be something to help them.

I shot some pictures of this fire because it's not far from where I live. At first, it just looked like a smokey fire that would be contained. But it continued to grow worse and worse as time went by. I'm sure the strong wind didn't help. It's fortunate that everyone got out okay. In light of the situation, the fire department did an excellent job of keeping the fire away from nearby homes and garages.

Lt. Col. Tom Buning.

I haven't seen any polls about what the rest of the world thinks about the use of American Indian nicknames by athletic teams, but every national poll I've seen shows that the rest of America agrees with UND's position on the issue. In fact, statewide and nationwide polls show that the majority of American Indians either support or have no problem with the practice. You can keep telling yourself that everyone agrees with you, but it's not true. Not even the majority of those supposedly being victimized by the Fighting Sioux nickname agree with you. PS: If you're going to write about UND's lawsuit, you should understand one basic fact:

Because you admit that changing the name will have no effect, what's the harm in leaving the name as it is?

I wasn't downplaying the significance of the 2001 senior class that won the national championship. Certainly that stands as the most significant feat ever accomplished by a UND football team, and that year's senior class deserves tremendous credit for it. However, as has been noted, UND

As the sign says: "For a better UND, people, not logos."

Fox Sports televised the UND-DU series last season from Denver.

It's been a great season. Fun and exciting. Thanks for the memories, Fighting Sioux, especially from the greatest senior Sioux class of all time.

Well, we made the score respectable. But it's tough to think about what might have been if not for that disasterous first quarter and a couple other bad breaks, such as Chappell's and Manke's fumbles.

Anyone see what happened to Wolf?

I think he's saying that the Sioux were like Spinal Tap trying to find the stage for their Cleveland concert.

Seems kind of stupid that GVSU keeps running Finnerty. Stein agrees with me.

Oops. Not negative enough, I guess. Manke's picked off.

I sense a Sioux TD coming.

Keep those posts coming! They're working wonders for the Sioux.

Fumble recovered by the Soux! We're still in it, baby!

Wow. Darn tootin' that should have been interference on the fourth down. Very obvious on the replay.