Alex Friedrich
This year didn’t spare any sector of Minnesota higher education from headlines.
Campuses in the public, for-profit and nonprofit sectors struggled with crime, labor dissatisfaction, legal troubles or complaints over race relations. Read more →
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Tag: mascots
An American Indian student group at the University of Minnesota has sent President Eric Kaler a letter urging him to keep the Washington “Redskins” name and logo out of TCF Bank Stadium when the team plays the Vikings Nov. 2. Read more →
I had no idea balloons went that high. Fun clip: A team of students from the University of Minnesota sent their mascot, Goldy the Gopher, up to nearly 100,000 feet on a high altitude balloon mission. Goldy reached the edge of space along with experiments designed by the team of mostly Aerospace Engineering students. (Don’t Read more →
It’s time for Goldy Gopher to prove his stuff. After winning the mascot championship this year — I covered his big win in 2011 — he’s gearing up for nationals again. Here’s his 2012-13 highlight video, which got him in with a 6th place berth.
Now that the University of North Dakota has retired its “Fighting Sioux” mascot, the school has been changing the names of associations and programs affiliated with the old name, the Grand Forks Herald reports. (It has no replacement, because by law it’s not supposed to take on another mascot or nickname for a few years.) Read more →
With North Dakota Board of Higher Education President Grant Shaft having suggested the retirement of the controversial Fighting Sioux college mascot, the University of North Dakota’s president and athletics director says the school would indeed be better off without it. From the Associated Press: (Today) members of the North Dakota House and Senate education committees Read more →
This cat can dance.
“We have exhausted all avenues, and we are now going to have to retire the nickname.” — State Board of Higher Education President Grant Shaft on efforts to keep the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux mascot in the face of NCAA opposition. (For those who’ve questioned the North Dakota sanctions in the face of Read more →
A reader named John saw an NCAA double-standard in the controversy over the University of North Dakota’s use of the “Fighting Sioux” nickname and mascot. Here’s his comment on MPR’s Question of the Day, Is the University of North Dakota doing the right thing in retiring the Fighting Sioux nickname? I believe it is hypocritical Read more →
You may have read about the University of North Dakota’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname debate in my Notes in the Margins link roundup — and the latest development here. Now the issue has made MPR’s Question of the Day feature: Higher education officials have voted to retire the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname by Read more →