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Last year had Montana on the home schedule, leading to higher attendance than there otherwise would have been. So I'd say the bump this year, although modest, is a good sign for future growth. Just win, and keep winning, and they will eventually come.

https://www.facebook.com/wasfightinghawksplannedallalong/?fref=ts

Because of his extensive experience managing people?

Unfortunately the nazi association has ruined a lot of cool Egyptian, Norse, and German symbols.

No tenure, but I wouldn't be surprised if his contract requires at least a 1 year notice prior to dismissal (and thus a payout of 1 year's salary upon his dismissal).

There you have it.

Of course right after getting a picture here, I see this one on the facebook.

Ah that's a much better picture. Is there storage space for soccer nets/hurdles/other equipment already attached to the building or will that be in Phase 2?

So is there a big space of bare floor between the west wall and where the track starts or where will the seating be going? It didn't look like there was much space between the track and the walls in any of the pictures.

I feel like that hawk is peeping at me through a window. With UND's recent personnel issues, we don't need any peeping hawks.

I wonder if they'll be the Hawk Bloc next....

Hawks are cool birds and can represent fierceness, power, agility, etc. In a bubble they are a great nickname for a university. Unfortunately we don't exist in a bubble and we are 50 colleges/universities late to the party. Because of this, our hawk logo will be confused with everybody else's hawk logo, pretty much regardless of what it looks like. With that said, it is becoming apparent that Fighting Hawks will be the new nickname, so I guess it's time to start working through the stages.

I don't think Kelley will be around for the final logo selection. I can't imagine feathers not being allowed on a hawk logo, but they'll need to be done in a way that appears relatively natural. I'm in agreement with the other posters regarding the name being a problem due to its spirituality in Native American culture. Plenty of other animals that are viewed as spiritual are already used as mascots/logos. There are already a lot of real problems with the Fighting Hawks nickname, kind of pointless to make up additional fake ones. If the Fighting Hawk supporters didn't already get it, this won't change them. I don't like the name, but it's time to start preparing for it, because it has a 98% (made up number, actual statistics may place it higher) chance of being the new nickname.

For Fetch:

Only thing I've seen was the Blackhawk logo.

So is the bison, and the eagle, and the....... They got the "people not mascots" thing, they don't get animals too. Fighting Hawks is a weak name, but it's looking like it's time to start preparing for it. "Control what's yours to control" if you will.

Yeah I just did a lookup for Native American hawk art and those wings came up. They are really busy.

Funny you should mention that jdub...

Well I'm trying to resign myself to accepting that we will soon be the Fighting Hawks. Since many want Ben Brien to have a shot a the logo, I've been looking at Native American artwork relating to hawks. I don't think we'll get a hawk with a headdress, but I can see a new president potentially allowing it to have characteristics common in tribal/Native American artwork. Here's some hawks.....

https://sayanythingblog.com/entry/state-board-of-higher-ed-to-vote-on-ed-schafer-recommendation-for-und-president/

Anyone remember when the Ben Brien logo was adopted if there was some sort of process to gauge alumni and student support for it?

I'm not sure how that would happen unless the students and a significant number of alumni united and made a push for a certain name (which doesn't seem likely to me). Even when the Sioux name was adopted, it was met with resistance. I think we'll be sitting with Hawks for 25+ years.

I don't think UND is going to go through a similar process for the logo as they did for the name. They'll simply release what the logo is and move on from there. However, there will be a lot of Hawks voters who are very disappointed and a lot of Roughriders voters saying "I told you so," which could lead to future protests, unfortunately.

Hopefully the hockey team gets a new design soon. I can't imagine ever buying a jersey with the current design. The giant hole in the center of the jersey (when you don't pay extra to have numbers put there) makes it look awful. I agree that they likely won't have a big hawk on the front of the jersey though.