I can't read the article.  Can someone tell us the high points?

Sara
SLU '77
Let's go SAINTS!!!

Rowe, Thomas wrote:

>And here is the answer to what Florida State might do.
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>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-NCAA-Indian-Nicknames.html
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>Subject: Re: NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason events
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangemen
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>mike patten wrote:
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>>why does orangemen bother someone of irish-american decent? is it
>>considered anti green?
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>>>Time to climb on the soapbox.  First the ban from using the name/logo
>>>during postseason events; then a ban from using the name/logo at all???
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>>>I personally find the name of the Syracuse "Orangemen" offensive, my
>>>ancestors having come from Ireland.  Where is the NCAA concern about
>>>that?  Having an athletic team named the Orangemen is as offensive to an
>>>Irish-American as having a team named the Ku Klux Klan would be to an
>>>African-American.
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>>>I would be very interested in hearing from persons of American Indian
>>>descent on the issue referred to below.
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>>>
>>>Cathy Spreeman
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
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>>>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:38 PM
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>>>Subject: NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason events
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>>>NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason events
>>>Associated Press
>>>August 5, 2005
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>>>INDIANAPOLIS- The NCAA banned the use of American Indian mascots by
>>>sports teams during its postseason tournaments, but will not prohibit
>>>them otherwise.
>>>
>>>The NCAA's executive committee decided this week the organization did
>>>not have the authority to bar Indian mascots by individual schools,
>>>committee chairman Walter Harrison said Friday.
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>>>Nicknames or mascots deemed "hostile or abusive'' would not be allowed
>>>by teams on their uniforms or other clothing beginning with any NCAA
>>>tournament after Feb. 1, said Harrison, the University of Hartford's
>>>president.
>>>
>>>"What each institution decides to do is really its own business''
>>>outside NCAA championship events, he said.
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>>>Guidelines were not immediately available on which logos and nicknames
>>>would be considered "hostile or abusive.''
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>>>The NCAA two years ago recommended that schools determine for themselves
>>>whether the Indian depictions were offensive.
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>>>Among the schools to change nicknames in recent years over such concerns
>>>were St. John's (from Redmen to Red Storm) and Marquette (from Warriors
>>>to Golden Eagles).
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>>>The NCAA plans to ban schools using Indian nicknames from hosting
>>>postseason events. Harrison said schools with such mascots that have
>>>already been selected as tournament sites would be asked to cover any
>>>offensive logos.
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>>>Such logos also would be prohibited at postseason games on cheerleader
>>>and band uniforms starting in 2008.
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