[olezip]

Voters ultimately rejected the constitutional amendment on Tuesday. However, a measure to change the University of North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" logo and nickname did pass.

Maybe the nickname should be changed to "Fighting Sissies" to match the courage of the legislators.

[kearnyirish2]

See #5; I’m sure the people who voted to keep them knew exactly what they were doing. Here in NJ the permanent underclass would vote to abolish them (so they could have goodies paid for by other areas), while the hardworking people would want to keep them to prevent that from happening.

The issue is more complex than it seems; it wasn’t like North Dakota was eliminating any kind of spending. The spending would just be controlled at higher levels where taxpayers’ votes would be more diluted. People who pay no taxes should have no say in how tax revenues are spent; this doesn’t quite accomplish that, but property taxes provide a measure of protection.

As a NJ property tax payer, I hate them; until a better alternative comes along, I would vote to keep them.

[pepsionice]

Actually, I don’t see how you can even use the name “Dakota”, in any NCAA situation.

[Verginius Rufus]

I'm wondering what the new name will be.

Maybe "Fighting Flickertails."