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    Meet and Greet Scheduled with Fighting Sioux Artist

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    Well they do show the Ralph, clips of hockey games, and the Sioux nickname was the name for all athletic teams of UND.  
    I'm a fan of the hockey team, have been for the better part of 35 years (I'm now 41) so I have nothing against the hockey program.  I just think this documentary may gain more support if it featured more than just hockey fans/REA.  Granted I don't know what else will be in the film, but the short clip certainly focused on REA/Hockey...just saying.

    Yeah I understand what you are saying. My point is that the focus of the film isn't how it affected any particular sport, it is about the fight to keep it and the fight to get rid of it. Of course you are going to see the Ralph and hockey more being it is the premier sport of the university. I love all of UND athletics as well, but I think it is irrelevant to the documentary to feature all sports when the documentary is about the logo that represented the teams not the teams themselves. 

    Meet and Greet Scheduled with Fighting Sioux Artist

    in UND Nickname

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    Meet and Greet Scheduled with Fighting Sioux Artist

    Bennett Brien visits Grand Forks to promote funding for feature film

    BISMARCK—The artist and creator of the now-retired Fighting Sioux logo, Bennett Brien, will appear at the Alerius Center in Grand Forks this Friday, December 11th from 4 to 7 pm, to meet with the public and help promote the upcoming film, “UNAUTHORIZED! The Story of the Fighting Sioux.”

    This event is free and open to the public.

    “UNAUTHORIZED!” is a documentary that tells the story of University of North Dakota's controversial athletics icon through one-on-one interviews with fans, tribal leaders, students, bloggers, reporters, politicians, and super fans.

    Brien, who is a Native American artist from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, will meet and take pictures with attendees, while the film's director, Matt Fern, will answer questions and show clips from the film.

    Fern and his team have already shot much of the film; however, they are seeking investment via Kickstarter to capture additional footage, finalize edits and license music.

    Kickstarter is a website used by artists and entrepreneurs to fund projects such as this through small private donations from the public.

    Supporters for this campaign receive copies of the film, hand-drawn art from Brien and other premiums, depending on their donation.

    To attend, visit the Alerius Center, Room 5, this Friday, December 11th from 4 to 7 pm next to Entrance 7. To learn more and participate in the Kickstarter campaign, visit www.FightingSiouxMovie.com. 

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    Matt, have you sent this release to the Fargo Forum, Grand Forks Herald, Minot Daily?

    UND FIGHTING HAWKS @ Duluth

    in Men's Hockey

    Posted

    @beersong is a real a**hole as well... For years at the Final Five I had a large group of Duluth fans sitting behind me on the eastside upper deck. These guys all wore the same tees that said F**k Sioux Sioux and were chanting racist stuff the entire tournament. Really brought my respect for the Duluth fanbase down as well. I know not every Duluth fan is like this but these guys made me sick.

    Lennon

    in Football

    Posted

    I think he got sick and tired of the lack of support for the FB program by the Administration. Also, the Athletic Department was in total chaos at the time and he didn't want to work under those conditions. The blame lies with UND's lack of support for FB, not Lennon.

    EXACTLY.

    Lennon

    in Football

    Posted

    He didn't bail on us... He won't come back to UND either. He left because the administration at the time wasn't willing to get behind a full-on move to Division One. They wanted to do it half-assed and that is what we got... Dale is a great guy and a true Fighting Sioux.

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    What makes a great sports logo?

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    I think I'd take the best logo available at this point, to help salvage a weak nickname.  It would be fun if Bennett Brien ended up providing something great, but if the best logo comes from a designer in New York, Bratislava, etc., I'm still all for using it.

    I have never seen anything bad come out of Bennett Briens art.

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    What makes a great sports logo?

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    We all remember when Kelley decided to have 3 names advance to the runoff and he said that the winner of that would be the nickname.  The majority thought this was a horrible idea because the winner was sure to not have 50% of the vote.  So what did we do?  We emailed the people who make the decisions, voiced our concerns, and ultimately the process was changed to ensure a majority of at least 50% was required to select a new name.

    This issue required the same response.  We do not need some outside firm from New York designing the new Fighting Hawks logo.  There are plenty of local people with local ties to the University and the state that can come up with something that will be far superior to what a design firm out wast could come up with.  Like I have said before, the last local guy with ties to the University designed a pretty good logo last time!!

    So voice your concerns to the appropriate people.  You want to make a change in the process and make your voices heard?  Contact the people who have a say in the matter.  Let them know how UND's stakeholders feel.  Give them a change to hear and possibly change their mind on the process  It worked before, it can work again.

    As always, be respectful in your emails.

    robert.kelley@email.und.edu

    peter.johnson@email.und.edu

     

    EXACTLY. LETTER SENT.

    Bennet Brien Must Design This Logo

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    As in Kelley actually said this or that there is a full blown marketing process that needs to be completed as part of the new rebranding and Ben Brien is more than welcome to have his chance to provide input along with other people? This is more than just a single logo, though that will be a big part of it.

    Did you not watch the press conference? 

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    Fighting Hawks .vs Roughriders

    in UND Nickname

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    I have seriously not met one person who is a Fighting Hawks supporter... I see there are a couple of them on here but I have yet to actually meet one in person. I don't understand where all these votes are coming from? I have talked with a lot of students on campus as well. The funny thing is that the requirements for a name to make the final vote are nowhere to be found in the name "Fighting Hawks." 

    Here is the list of nickname trait requirements:

    • Representative of state/region (Ok, our state has Hawks, so does every other state)
    • Honor past/look to future (Just because it has "Fighting" in it doesn't mean it honors our past. You can add "Fighting" to anything.)
    • Promote pride, strength, fierceness, passion (this is a personal opinion)
    • Sense of community/connectedness (Definitely isn't going to bring us all together)
    • Intimidation to competitors (Well then we should be intimidated by many teams given the popular use of any Hawk name)
    • Unique, recognizable, distinctly UND (Not even close)
    • Formidable/fierce (once again, personal opinion)
    • Inspiring, unforgettable (Not even close)
    • Beautiful/classy (Hawks are beautiful animals, I will agree with that)

    If you can make the case that Fighting Hawks represents these traits with GOOD reasoning then I'm all ears...

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    NORTH DAKOTA vs. Miami

    in Men's Hockey

    Posted

    This is going to be such a historic series; Hawks versus Hawks this weekend.  Everyone cheering for the Hawks to score on the Hawks, checking the Hawks off the puck, clearing the puck out of the Hawk's zone during a Hawk's power play or penalty kill.  Can it get anymore awesome than that?  This will be the most politically correctly cheered game in the history of North Dakota Hockey,and we have to look forward to these kind of games from here on out.  Let's Go Hawks ! Let's go Hawks!

    /s

     

     

    Gross. 

    And then there were 2....

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    This is awful... If we become the Fighting Hawks and look back at the set of criteria that was supposed to shape the new nickname, you couldn't  match any of them up to this name. I'll support the teams but I'll call them what they are... Fighting Sioux.

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