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North Dakota decisions end Fighting Sioux nickname
StarTribune.com ^ | 4/8/10 | DAVE KOLPACK, Associated Press

Posted on 04/08/2010 6:41:09 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A state Supreme Court ruling and a Board of Higher Education decision have retired for good the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname after a four-year legal battle.

The court ruled Thursday that the board had the authority to dump the nickname at any time. The court rejected an appeal that sought to delay action.

A motion later Thursday at the board's regularly scheduled meeting in Mayville to reconsider its vote in May to retire the nickname died after nobody seconded it.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: dakota; fightingsioux; fightingwhiteys; hockey; nd; pc; sioux
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To: Huskrrrr

I would have liked Shane Osborne. Pilot/Commander of the P3-C rammed by the Chicoms, and now Nebraska’s Sec. Treasury.


21 posted on 04/08/2010 9:59:53 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
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