OT: U of North Dakota releases official rejected nicknames list....
If you aren't a hockey fan, the North Dakota Fighting Sioux have been without a nickname since they were forced to drop the Fighting Sioux name back in 2012-13.
They're just simply known as "North Dakota".
The University of North Dakota in an OFFICIAL DOCUMENT released a list of every rejected suggested nickname.
Many of them are vulgar and it's unbelievable that the university would release them. To top it off, people put the reason for suggesting the nickname!
My personal favorite suggestions for UND's new nickname-
- Flaming Sex Panthers
- Big dick north dakotans
- Dicklickers
- Bush did 911
- asrffdsaasdffdsaasdffdsaa
It probably got FOIA'd. They're a public institution, so they have to release stuff like this if they get a request.
Someone got paid a lot of money to type all of this out...think about that.
Likely a work/study intern.
Looking at the law in ND, I highly doubt they were able to charge anything for an electronic document like this.
Nobody typed this, its just an output from the database they used to collect suggestions. NOW someone might have had to go through each one and say yes or no.
"Anal seepage is a staple of campus life at UND"
Beats a newspaper sending in a FOIA for the full list and blasting the university for not disclosing everything. This has been a LONG, drawn out, controversial, and emotional process out there. You don't really get the Fighting Sioux controversy until you go to Grand Forks and see what that fanbase is really like. Can't blame the university for just laying it all out there, both to save themselves a news cycle, and to really underscore how insane their mouthbreathing fans can be.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
I see someone got an iPhone/iPad.
Or possibly an iPhone & an iPad? Baller.
...three years ago?
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
Or you got MGoApp.
You stalking him or nah?
When did "mouth breathing" become such a terrible thing ?
I'll tell you what, my allergies have made it nearly impossible to breath through my nose the past couple of days. I'm very thankful for the ability to breath through my mouth right now.
The will be the Eagles because no one has any creativity any more.
or Wildcats?
Big 'ol Pussies
The People and Government of ND showed what spineless cowards they are by laying down to the daft PC crowd.Nice Job! / Go Pussies! (Just Go!)
Wow. Just wow
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
AaRRgh!! RagEr!!! kill ThEM aLl!!
This is one of the name submissions and accompanying rationale.
nicknaming a school after a genocide is fine. Just fine.
comment edited for unnecessary assholery.
this is what you post here, I can only imagine what you post on other websites.
I think a few people failed to realize that was one of the suggestions in the document...
wasn't the part I objected to.
Upvote you for that one.
Almost as good as the Rhode Island School of Design Nads- with a giant dick and balls as their mascot...
The sperm badge is a nice touch.
As are the blue balls, I guess there's not much action at the RISD
Their basketball team is the Balls, as in "When things get hot, our Balls stick together."
whats wrong and/or offensive about the Fighting Sioux? Its better than the Redskins.
...don't know the answer to your question though. Because no one says anything about the Fighting Irish.
If a number people of Irish descent felt exploited or slurred by the name, it would need to be changed. They apparently don't, so it's not a problem.
See also: Florida State and their dealings with the Seminole tribe. That certainly seems like a great relationship for both sides, although I don't know if it was always reciprocal.
I don't think there should be any kind of blanket ban on tribal names as mascots, but at the very least I think it's reasonable to say it's in bad taste to use someone else's name and imagry when they don't want you to.
It doesn't have to be more complicated than that. It's a shame that basic politeness is controversial.
I do believe that when they play in Ireland Nore Dame drops the Fighting Irish name.
Not sure if you know this or not but neither ND, Indiana or the US genocided the Irish or stole their land & homes prior to using them as a name and mascot.
Canyouseehowthatmightmakeadifference???
true, but they weren't exactly immune to hateful stereotyping either. not suggesting equivalency, just playing the "not sure if you know this" game:
The Irish especially faced this problem in America, often being depicted in anti Irish cartoons as hot-headed, old-fashioned, and drunkards. During the 19th century, political cartoons were widely used to express the widespread negative opinions about Irish immigrants.
steal Irish land and commit genocide, and the Fighting Irish name itself plays off the very popular American anti-Irish-immigration notion of the Irish as a barbaric, violent, uneducated people. Discrimination of the Irish from the 1850s forward was intense. Heck, there were even concerns JFK couldn't get elected because of his Irish heritage (and he almost didn't). So is the difference really that great?
We have a lot of weed
These weren't my suggestions...
If we can't be the Fighting Sioux might as well be the Fighting Whities
Boxers rule!
The Acrimonious Caucasions.
Mostly because everyone there gobbles cock.
Michigan is better than NoDak
Well shit. I thought they were still the Fighting Sioux. I thought they had permission from the Sioux tribe to continue using the nickname.
And I watched quite a few North Dakota hockey games this year and never realized they were without nickname. Guess I never really paid attention to it as I thought it was settled.
IIRC, the problem is that there are two Sioux tribal groups that have a say. One said yes, the other said no. It's sort of a mess.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad