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Best part of cake, IMO.

He's down! Safely, too. Captivating stuff. Thanks for the tip!

Hmmmm. http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/3990525-letter-military-maneuvers-startle-already-stressed-und-campus Meanwhile, at UND...

Watching some basketball and wondering... - How does "March Madness" not inflame the passions of advocates for the mentally ill? - Doesn't "Rounds" ridicule the obese? - Could the gratuitous use of the phrase "low seeds" be insensitive to the impotent? - Does "Sweet Sixteen" sound an awful lot like a pro-pedophilia movement? Maybe the NCAA should form a committee or something to look into this.

I suspect it varies from league to league, but I have no doubt that there are at least some resources for needy families just about everywhere. (As hard as it may be to ask for help, that's all it takes.) USA Hockey also sponsors a number of initiatives. Youth hockey parents are, in my experience as a travel parent, some of the most caring and generous people you will find, notwithstanding what they are already laying out for their own player(s).

Hiring college coaches is now a thing…ADs everywhere are clenching.

http://www.inforum.com/letters/3987559-letter-choices-hockey-parents-preclude-smarter-opportunities My response to this guy…"Kids can't skate, huh?" In all seriousness, though. Does this guy have any clue what youth hockey -- and I'm thinking specifically of the recently concluded, 3-week Squirt International -- does in terms of local and regional economic impact in Fargo? Hotels? Restaurants? Teams, parents, and families that literally fly in from afar? Maybe if he opened his eyes, he would realize that the overall impact of the "hockey religion" is actually creating additional opportunities for his children, albeit indirect. And hockey "cathedrals" tend to do more than host hockey in their respective school districts and communities. Performances? Graduations? Recreational ice and non-ice uses? Emergency shelters? Not to mention that they are a source of pride for many. This guy needs to go and see a few HS football stadiums in Texas.

I caught this the other day when re-visting the 2005 press release announcing the NCAA policy in another topic, and it probably does bear repeating in this thread. This school song scrubbing exercise is more than just hypersensitivity on the part of NDSU, who definitely likes to host championship events on a regular basis.

Loving Sioux, loving Fighting Hawks, and most of all loving UND are NOT mutually exclusive. I am not criticizing anyone for loving Sioux. I am critical of people who seem to go out of their way to complain about Fighting Hawks and a logo they haven't even seen yet, all in the name of some self-proclaimed healthy love of Sioux and, strangely, out of love for UND.

As we inch ever closer to the dawn of a new era at UND, it is increasingly frustrating to read these kinds of comments from what I perceive to be passionate UND fans. "Sioux," "Fighting Sioux," a drawing…these are just transitory symbols. If your passion starts and stops at these symbols, I hope you get the worst, lamest, gimmicky, cartoonish, caricature of a goofy-looking bird imaginable, because that is what you deserve. (And let's face it, because you are setting the bar so high, and because you refuse to see the logo for what it is, that is EXACTLY what you are going to get.) At some point, y'all can huddle together somewhere and wallow in your collective misery. But for the love of God, not here. Not anymore. The University of North Dakota is where your passion should start and stop. It is the constant. Still, many have not embraced "Fighting Hawks" (another symbol), and many have predetermined that they are not going to embrace whatever visual representation comes next. With sarcasm and negative energy and vitriol and bile, you treat this entire process as an ongoing insult and a disgrace, and an affront, rather than the necessary transition it became. Yes, you're "stuck" with it. Get over it. It's done. It's bigger than any of us, and all of us. For UND fans, loving the school's nickname is not an option. Nor is pouring your passion into the yet-to-be-determined logo. Because at the end of the day, what the hell else is anyone cheering for? Drawing your own unofficial logos, making your own unofficial shirts, dismissing artwork that hasn't yet been conceived, criticizing everyone and everything…to what end? You're all coming across as a bunch of petulant brats, acting out because they didn't get their way. Maybe the University doesn't need you as much as you think. And I think there are an increasing number of fans on this site who, though quiet, are tired of the routine. The logo will be chosen, and many of you will not 'like' it. Not at first, anyway. You might question a line or a brush or a color or a gesture or a this or a that. You may want to hate it altogether. But it's yours and you sure as heck won't be able to do anything about it. So why not bite your lip, put on a smile, embrace it, and buy and wear the hell out of it. Whatever it looks like. Come on here and rave about it. And if you don't love it, then shame on you, because it is merely another symbol of that which you already proclaim to. Negative nellies, vote me down all you want, but do us all a favor and look inwardly first. Because there is likely something amiss in there; a personal pain or flaw that you are simply projecting here. The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks are fighting to hang number 8, and they and their fans need your energy.

Chicken and egg. The ONLY place IMHO to launch this brand if UND is serious is right there, front-and-center on the hockey jersey. It will sink or swim (or fly) from there.

Sounds like the plot setup for an (ahem) adult film. Or a peeping tom entry on the UNDPD blotter.

If hack first you don't succeed, hack, hack again. http://www.inforum.com/opinion/cartoons/3984194-steve-stark-cartoon-march-11-2016

The Bureau of Labor Statistics routinely reports on the changing workplace and the fact that there are now entire job classifications that didn't exist 20, 10, or even 5 years ago. Non-teaching areas of higher ed are not immune. Pick your cause: new and emerging technologies driving IT bloat, expanded media (e.g., web and social media platforms) driving advertising/PR bloat, specialization within various professions driving all kinds of bloat, federal bureaucracy driving regulatory bloat, etc. If Congress or the WH or a federal agency passes a law or enacts a regulation saying that colleges must do X and Y or risk losing financial aid, and colleges don't have existing FTEs who can drop everything, then for every new federal mandate you've got at least 1-3 new jobs PER SCHOOL. And don't forget, as Americans become more educated, and more go to graduate school, so increases the likelihood that a job that would have been filled a generation ago by a BS level candidate is now an 'executive' level position being filled by MS/PhDs with commensurate salaries.

We're not disagreeing. A BS or MS could 'administrate' circles around a PhD. It's just a little too pat to blow off 'administrative bloat' without a serious discussion of needs, roles, responsibilities, qualifications, and the competitive landscape. Job titles are basically meaningless without context, except for the fact that I guarantee there are folks out there whose blood would boil about an "Assistant VP" making $100k but for whom a "Director" or "Division Chief" at the same salary would not even show up on the radar screen.

Somebody's going to have to back up the bus a bit here. I hear a lot of griping about numbers and job titles and salaries but what is sorely lacking are meaningful critiques and feasible alternatives. Effective leadership occurs through delegation, right? Are you suggesting that a figurehead President can do everything? Is gutting the administration for the sake of it a smart move from a risk management standpoint? The fact that a UND president 20-odd years ago had fewer "vice presidents" is wholly irrelevant because (1) his subordinates could have gone by different names, and (2) the regulatory landscape has changed dramatically due to myriad levels of federal oversight and legislative mandates. The 'arms race' of executive salaries started long ago and isn't going away any time soon. Ignoring titles, if you pay your "president" $350k, you'll be paying your "VPs" $150-$250k, and your "assistant VPs" $75-150k, and so on. Why do I get the feeling that most of the complaints are coming from people who based on qualifications couldn't sniff an executive job or an executive salary, and all of this amounts to pay envy and class warfare rather than an honest discussion about how to run a university?

+1 for having a reaction .gif queued up and at the ready. But you have to admit, whether it's a logo or a president, the "generic and cartoonish" test does have a certain universal applicability.

Really impressed with SME. Surprised Ben Brien didn't throw his hat in the ring. I just hope we don't get something generic or cartoonish.

Cartoon is dated 2015, so I think the editors are to blame on this one. That said, guy is a hack.

Great question. If I were a betting man, I would say no, since the '16 conference banner will pair up nicely with the '15 conference banner, and nobody will yet have had a real opportunity to digest the new logo/graphic identity. And 'consistency' would be a convenient out if the Hawks logo is not warmly received ("they didn't play under that logo, so the interlocking ND it is"). They could, however, follow the Sioux/REA model eventually, and retroactively apply a future Hawks logo to previous banners. Intentionally silent on NC talk.

This should be required viewing for this thread: http://imgur.com/gallery/tBgCZ Imagine the possibilities.

You're not changing my mind. It's dumb and boorish, and I think we should expect a little class from all fans. (FWIW, I don't think the boos were only coming from the student section.)

For what it's worth, if they're gonna play 4 (or 5) straight in Denver, the first two are actually the least important.