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Ever wanted to name a university's mascot? Now's your chance!
The University of North Dakota got rid of the Fighting Sioux in 2012, and since that time, they have been simply "The University of North Dakota." No mascot. Fighting Sioux was beloved by the community of Grand Forks largely because of the tradition associated with it in the university's college hockey program, which has been historically and recently one of the top college hockey programs in the NCAA.
The university has finally assembled a committee to look through suggestions and recommend a new mascot to the president of the university. They just need the suggestions. That's where you come in. Simply click the link and fill out the online form: http://und.edu/nickname/ Here are the basic guidelines to consider (from the UND announcement):
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Since I'm originally from Grand Forks, I have connections to people who are abuzz with this process. I can tell you that there are already some favorites being championed: --Flickertails. This was the university's mascot prior to becoming the Fighting Sioux in the 1930s. Given the university's recent goals of expanding into a tier-one research university, it makes a lot of sense to go with rodentia like their counterparts in the Big 10 (gophers, badgers). North Dakota is also known as the Flickertail State. --Roughriders. The safest bet. Nothing says North Dakota pride like references to Teddy Roosevelt. Would also still manage to piss off a few people, since Teddy Roosevelt probably killed a few Indians when he was out in the North Dakota Badlands. It largely boils down to whether or not the university is cool with proudly stating to people, "Yeah, you might think of condoms when you hear our name, but we're still going to beat you in hockey!" --Pilots. UND's aviation research and development program is unanimously known as the best in the country. It's odd to pick a mascot based on the strength of an academic program, but eh... weirder things have happened. --Green Meadowlarks. This one combines creativity with tradition and old-sounding college mascot nomenclature, but it's also kind of weird. The Western Meadowlark is the state bird of North Dakota, and green and white are the school's primary colors. A problem with this is that I believe the Western Meadowlark is also the state bird of like 20 other states. It's still better than Banana Slugs. --Keep using no mascot. The most likely option, I think. It's the last method that UND fans have to tell the NCAA to go **** itself for making the university ditch Fighting Sioux. There's a rule in place that they can't have a racial mascot, but there is no rule that says the school has to have a mascot, just a nice little memo that says, "It would be really nice if your school had a mascot so we could maintain the entire aesthetic of the neighborhood. Smiley face." It would also make the university stand out and be truly unique. But that doesn't mean you can't play a role in creating collegiate athletic history! So get in there! Last edited by RealSNR; 04-01-2015 at 01:29 PM.. |
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I mean this in the best way possible. I'm not trying to demonize a group of people here, and since a school mascot is there mostly for athletics, I understand why.
But that committee is stacked to the brim with jocks. Schweigert, St. Peter, and Goering are all classic examples of dudes who were good enough for UND athletics but couldn't go any further with the skills they had. They're all successful individuals (especially St. Peter, president of the Minnesota Twins), but I really question if they think the same way people like Rain Man or I do. And that's a problem. |
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My faith in the ermine remains whole. But I must admit that it's a little worrisome to see that "Big Green", "Fighting Green", and "Green Hawks" are moving on. It may be the reporter who's not imaginative, so I hope the committee is being misrepresented in that article, but the few non-Green names that she reported are very trite and traditional.
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"I believe the name committee has come up with a new UND mascot."
"What is it?" "It is..." *looks closer* "It is... ...it is green." |
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I've been making some phone calls to people connected with the Herald. Apparently Tom Dennis has been overloaded with political write-ins from people and wants to get those put out first because he claims that's what the letter section should be about for the most part.
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You guys are dead. Sorry. Don't shoot the messenger.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/site...ation-list.pdf They also didn't like the Butthole Lickers so you have that.
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Don't scare me like that. Those were just dupes that were eliminated. We were still on the consideration list as of last night, and they made a call on Ermines then. But I can't find an update. Somehow they held a public meeting, picked 38 names from the first half of the list, and nobody apparently bothered to write them down. Can anyone find the list of 38 from last night?
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