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