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Maybe with the state's billion dollar surplus they could chip in.

Yeah, then Dorgan or Conrad could finally weigh in on the subject... ;)

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Yeah, then Dorgan or Conrad could finally weigh in on the subject... :D

It seems the best chance we had was with the Protection of University Governance Act of 2006 when Bush was president and both houses of congress were controlled by the Republicans. Too bad they didn't weigh in on the subject ;)

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It seems the best chance we had was with the Protection of University Governance Act of 2006 when Bush was president and both houses of congress were controlled by the Republicans. Too bad they didn't weigh in on the subject ;)

Was it because they had no opinion or were they just to scared to offend potential constituents? Christ, I thought this was North Dakota...

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A friend of mine had this idea:

He suggests that the pro-nickname tribal members should file suit against the State of ND and the NCAA. The basis would be that prohibiting the use of the Sioux nickname would reduce opportunities for American Indian students at UND as well as suppress wider dissemination of American Indian awareness throughout the state. Therefore it becomes a civil rights issue.

It's an interesting perspective.

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A friend of mine had this idea:

He suggests that the pro-nickname tribal members should file suit against the State of ND and the NCAA. The basis would be that prohibiting the use of the Sioux nickname would reduce opportunities for American Indian students at UND as well as suppress wider dissemination of American Indian awareness throughout the state. Therefore it becomes a civil rights issue.

It's an interesting perspective.

That it is, no doubt. But how would you prove that the
presence
of the Sioux nickname promotes "wider dissemination of American Indian awareness throughout the state" and provides greater "opportunities for American Indian students at UND"?

It's been my viewpoint that the nickname doesn't do all the harm that the whiners complain about. So OTOH I can't honestly say that I think it does much at all to concretely affect the University in a positive way; a positive way that would be provable in a court of law in other words. That's MHO.

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