News of the settlement worked its way around the campus Friday.

Sebastian Braun, a professor in the Indian studies department, said the agreement seems reasonable.

"I don't think the tribes are going to change their minds on this, but it will perhaps give everybody some time to come to terms with the inevitable," he said.

Samantha Plante, a freshman from Brooklyn Park, Minn., says she hopes an agreement can be reached with the tribes.

"I personally don't think the school uses it as a demeaning logo," Plante said. "I hope something can be worked out, but this has been going on for a long time."

Jackie Stebbins, a second-year law student from Bowman, N.D., said the logo should be retired.

"I think our school has a dark cloud hanging over it because of the logo. It's time for it to go," she said.

If the nickname is changed, UND would have to remove most of its Indian imagery on its Grand Forks campus. It could keep historical items and items embedded in the architecture, under the agreement.

Officials have estimated UND's Ralph Engelstad Arena has at least 3,000 Fighting Sioux logos, including a 10-foot sketch of an Indian head embedded in the granite floor.

The settlement includes a statement by the NCAA calling UND a "national leader in offering educational programs to Native Americans."

Board of Higher Education President John Q. Paulsen said he was pleased by the recognition.

"The University of North Dakota deserves to have its honor restored in terms of its long-standing commitment to programs for Native American students," Paulsen said.