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Haha, I still can't believe the Sioux people shop at grocery stores like everybody else either.

I prefer "Our UND." Appears Gardner is double majoring in Sociology (safe) and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (not so safe). Sorry one of the majors you've chosen is worthless in the real world and therefore not a priority for state funding.

Per the SFI write-up, freshman safety Tim Ryan appears to have left the team. Not really a position we can afford to lose many players at, but apparently UND/D1 football weren't for him.

http://siouxfb.areavoices.com/2017/03/01/spring-ball-2017-defense/

Yeah, I do know where the Legacy Fund money is. It's in stocks, bonds, CDs, land, and other investments. Since its creation, it's made around $300 million in interest and investment gains and is approaching a $4 billion balance. Prof. Iseminger is sad UND is going to start prioritizing funding because he realized he and his discipline aren't a priority of the state. The schools are paid on a formula. NDSU is being cut. They just don't have the chicken littles running around screaming about it and the Fargo media is happy to push whatever story Deano puts out about how great he and his school are.

By expenses he incurred, I'm guessing you're referring to the new logo at a cost of $50,000 (not even a rounding error on UND's financial statements). Putting out the logo dumpster fire before a new president was hired was one of his primarily duties.

38% in the last 10 years in North Dakota really isn't much. And UND's percentage increase would be less than the system average. Higher Ed certainly needed a kick to encourage reorganization and prioritization, but they're going to have to do more than that to meet the current expected cuts. Also, the $650 million you reference was the Dalrumple number. The Senate took it down closer to $615 million (a 30% increase from 2007-09). Now, is the world ending? No, like you said, there's plenty of fat to cut. But the cuts are going to go a bit deeper than just the fat and most everybody will feel some pain from it.

And that's the highest rate. Vast majority are paying between 1.1% and 2.04%. Income tax rates have been cut nearly in half since the start of the oil boom. In 2007, comparable rates for the vast majority were between 2.1% and 3.92%, with a max of 5.54%.

Increased penalties.

Based purely on stats this year, Kawaguchi should be good. Jones and Adams should be solid. Rest will need to have a big offseason.

Berry and Schloss have started following Scheel now too.

OL, LB, and S are my question marks. For the first time in a long time, I'm not too worried about the CB spot. As long as Tyus Carter comes back 100%, whoever wins that spot opposite Harris will have truly earned it and be fully capable. Speaking of Tyus, I assume he's getting a medical redshirt for 2016?

Do we know if Tyus Carter will be participating in Spring Ball?

I'm referring to the contact to the head and checking from behind penalties. If your head/neck is "bruised" to the point where you were laying on the ice for a period of time, you should undergo an evaluation. It's not punishment, it's player safety.

Players who lay on the ice and act hurt (or legitimately are hurt) should have to sit for a minimum 5 minutes of game time to undergo mandatory concussion testing.

Pretty sure UND requires on-campus students to have received the MMR (mumps, measles, rubella) vaccine. According to the CDC, the vaccine is only 88% effective in preventing mumps. https://www.cdc.gov/mumps/vaccination.html

Higher Ed saw huge funding increases during the oil boom. How they prioritized the use of that funding is on the campus presidents, not the legislature. Schafer did more long-term positive work for UND than the last 3 presidents combined. Giving teams the chance to raise funds to keep programs afloat was the worst decision Schafer made.

Schools with the name Legacy have nothing to do with the state's Legacy Fund. Although some in Higher Ed think the Legacy Fund should be used for Higher Ed, don't expect Higher Ed to ever get any money from it. Power figures in the legislature plan to save it and eventually use it for more tax relief.

Are we technically members of the conference right now?

Fyp

It's so obvious what the best decision for UND and the state is, but I see no chance UND makes that decision.

It will be bad. Could see "war on women" bs all over social and traditional media. Huge mistake not to take a women's sport at the same time as baseball.

I'm not advocating for it, but we've had nothing but weak leadership on this issue.

S&D survive, but may lose a men's scholarship or 2. T&F will also lose a men's scholarship or 2. WIH gets trimmed by $250k, largely from coaching salaries and travel. One of either softball or soccer gets cut, to be joined by men's golf in a year.