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Old 04-01-2015, 01:22 PM  
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Ever wanted to name a university's mascot? Now's your chance!

The University of North Dakota got rid of the Fighting Sioux in 2012, and since that time, they have been simply "The University of North Dakota." No mascot. Fighting Sioux was beloved by the community of Grand Forks largely because of the tradition associated with it in the university's college hockey program, which has been historically and recently one of the top college hockey programs in the NCAA.

The university has finally assembled a committee to look through suggestions and recommend a new mascot to the president of the university. They just need the suggestions. That's where you come in. Simply click the link and fill out the online form: http://und.edu/nickname/

Here are the basic guidelines to consider (from the UND announcement):

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Since I'm originally from Grand Forks, I have connections to people who are abuzz with this process. I can tell you that there are already some favorites being championed:

--Flickertails. This was the university's mascot prior to becoming the Fighting Sioux in the 1930s. Given the university's recent goals of expanding into a tier-one research university, it makes a lot of sense to go with rodentia like their counterparts in the Big 10 (gophers, badgers). North Dakota is also known as the Flickertail State.

--Roughriders. The safest bet. Nothing says North Dakota pride like references to Teddy Roosevelt. Would also still manage to piss off a few people, since Teddy Roosevelt probably killed a few Indians when he was out in the North Dakota Badlands. It largely boils down to whether or not the university is cool with proudly stating to people, "Yeah, you might think of condoms when you hear our name, but we're still going to beat you in hockey!"

--Pilots. UND's aviation research and development program is unanimously known as the best in the country. It's odd to pick a mascot based on the strength of an academic program, but eh... weirder things have happened.

--Green Meadowlarks. This one combines creativity with tradition and old-sounding college mascot nomenclature, but it's also kind of weird. The Western Meadowlark is the state bird of North Dakota, and green and white are the school's primary colors. A problem with this is that I believe the Western Meadowlark is also the state bird of like 20 other states. It's still better than Banana Slugs.

--Keep using no mascot. The most likely option, I think. It's the last method that UND fans have to tell the NCAA to go **** itself for making the university ditch Fighting Sioux. There's a rule in place that they can't have a racial mascot, but there is no rule that says the school has to have a mascot, just a nice little memo that says, "It would be really nice if your school had a mascot so we could maintain the entire aesthetic of the neighborhood. Smiley face." It would also make the university stand out and be truly unique.

But that doesn't mean you can't play a role in creating collegiate athletic history! So get in there!

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Old 04-02-2015, 10:46 AM   #121
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Question for you: will the new nickname lead to selecting new team colors? Right now, it looks like they're going with green and white. But if they go with the Ermine, I would suggest a change to red and white: white for the ermine, and red for the blood of everything that encounters the ermine.
I really doubt they would change colors, but it works for this mascot. White ermine maybe wearing a green hockey jersey, or mid-pounce among the trees of an evergreen forest.
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Old 04-02-2015, 10:57 AM   #122
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I really doubt they would change colors, but it works for this mascot. White ermine maybe wearing a green hockey jersey, or mid-pounce among the trees of an evergreen forest.
I guess the nice thing is that everything goes with ermine.


I hope people are still nominating it. I hope that ermine will be so strongly suggested that it cannot be ignored. If we can get it into the finals, then I'm sure it'll win.
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Old 04-02-2015, 11:19 AM   #123
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I guess the nice thing is that everything goes with ermine.


I hope people are still nominating it. I hope that ermine will be so strongly suggested that it cannot be ignored. If we can get it into the finals, then I'm sure it'll win.
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Old 04-02-2015, 12:02 PM   #124
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Option1: Ermines
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Excellent work. Hopefully the UND administration is taking note.
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Old 04-02-2015, 12:04 PM   #125
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Old 04-02-2015, 12:51 PM   #127
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My vote is in! Don't you dare mess with a stoat! (uhhmm... ermine)

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Old 04-02-2015, 12:55 PM   #128
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Did anyone know that Leonardo Da Vinci only painted four portraits of women, and one of those featured an ermine? I bet the Mona Lisa was just one or two beers away from posing with an ermine.

Here's an interesting article about Da Vinci's painting, "Lady With An Ermine". Apparently she didn't initially have an ermine, and then he added a gray one, and then later changed it to a white one. Just like the future UND mascot.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/se...evealed-117891

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We can with the otters for some riverine college, but ermine is definitely the way to go for UND. UND is the ermine - small, fierce, and mostly white.

We probably shouldn't include the "mostly white" part in our nominations, by the way.

The North Dakota White Weasels has a nice ring to it.
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