Martin Lewison writes:
 
> I understand the calls for changing Native American nicknames, but why
> does noone bring up Notre Dame's Fightin' Irish?  What constitutes
> propriety or impropriety on this issue?
 
This is difficult to determine, which is why I am advocating inanimate
objects as team mascots.  To borrow one from the plant kingdom, how
about the Notre Dame Fighting Iris?  ;-)
 
-- Erik