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Decision on UND Fighting Sioux Nickname Postponed

by Dave Kolpack, Associated Press Writer , October 2, 2009

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William Goetz, chancellor of the North Dakota University System
William Goetz, chancellor of the North Dakota University System, has expressed concern that the nickname controversy is distracting the University of North Dakota’s president from important priorities.

GRAND FORKS, N.D.

 

The state Board of Higher Education has postponed a decision on the fate of the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname, saying it wants to give one of the namesake tribes a chance to vote on the issue.

 

The board had set an Oct. 1 deadline to drop the logo, which the NCAA and some others consider offensive. Board members said during a conference call Thursday there was a misunderstanding about the date of tribal elections on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and more time is needed to get the opinions of the new council.

 

"If we make a motion to extend this, I want this thing done," board member Duaine Espegard, of Grand Forks, said before the group voted 6-1 to extend the deadline. Board member Claus Lembke, of Bismarck, was absent and did not vote.

 

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