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UND Official Wanted More Time to State Nickname Opposition

GRAND FORKS, N.D. The leader of American Indian Student Services at the University of North Dakota says staff members were not given enough time to detail their opposition to the school’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname when a Sioux tribal delegation came to visit.

November 6, 2007

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Sioux Tribal Members Visiting UND Campus

GRAND FORKS N.D. Some of the Standing Rock Sioux tribal members who visited the University of North Dakota campus this week believe UND efforts to win support for its “Fighting Sioux” nickname might be harmful.

November 6, 2007

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UND Nickname Lawsuit Fund Exhausted

GRAND FORKS N.D. A fund set up to pay legal bills in the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname lawsuit against the NCAA has been exhausted.

November 4, 2007

Ex-Duquesne Student Pleads Guilty in Basketball Player Shooting Case

PITTSBURGH A former Duquesne University student pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that she helped her armed friends get into a school dance the night five basketball players were shot and wounded.

October 30, 2007

Assistant Coach at Center of Indiana U. Recruit Calls Case Resigns

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana assistant Rob Senderoff, the focus of an investigation into improper telephone calls to recruits that already has cost the Hoosiers one basketball scholarship and coach Kelvin Sampson a $500,000 pay raise, resigned Tuesday.

October 30, 2007

Arkansas State U Drops Indian Nickname

JONESBORO Ark. Now that it is dropping the nickname Indians, Arkansas State is free from some NCAA restrictions.

October 29, 2007

University of Illinois Allows Chief Illiniwek Images in Homecoming Parade

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Chief Illiniwek may be gone, but images depicting the controversial University of Illinois mascot will stick around at least during homecoming.

October 28, 2007

University of North Dakota Needs Tribal Approval to Keep Sioux Nickname

GRAND FORKS, N.D. The state Board of Higher Education settled a lawsuit with the NCAA over the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname, giving the school three years to get tribal approval to keep it.

October 25, 2007

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Report: Judge Was in 1960s Student Group With Cartoon Mascot

GRAND FORKS, N.D. The judge hearing arguments in a lawsuit over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname belonged to a student group in the 1960s whose members wore a cartoon American Indian mascot on their jackets, The Forum reports in a copyright story.

October 23, 2007

Textbook Probe at Alabama Includes All Athletes

TUSCALOOSA Ala. The University of Alabama is investigating the distribution of textbooks to athletes on scholarship in all sports after five football players were suspended for violating rules covering free books for course work.

October 23, 2007

Bad Reception the Least of Sampson’s Phone Problems at Indiana University

Kelvin Sampson has phone trouble. He puts it down due to lousy reception, but by the time NCAA investigators are finished poring over his bill, a weak signal could turn out to be the least of his problems.

October 16, 2007

Indiana University Punishing Basketball Coach Over Improper Recruiting Calls

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson will not receive a $500,000 raise and his team will lose one scholarship for next season after violating NCAA-imposed sanctions on phone calls, the school announced Sunday.

October 15, 2007

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