Greetings, A few months ago the President of UND, Kendall Baker, announced that the Blackhawk indian head logo used by the hockey team would be removed. It was reported that the Blackhawk symbol was "borrowed" from the NHL team Chicago Blackhawks. The symbol will be replaced with a generic green indian head. On top of that all fixtures at Englestad Arena will have the Blackhawk symbol removed. It's only a matter of time before the university drops the nickname "Fighting Sioux". This has been a real hot issue here on campus. UND's nickname could be changed back to the Flickertails, which was the original name back in the '30s. Another interesting topic is on the UND mascot, Thunder the Bleacher Creature. Thunder is a 6 foot pink and green gorilla who attends all UND sporting events. Indian students on campus are upset about Thunder because they say it has a negative image of indians. Kinda strange since Thunder is a Gorilla not an indian! It's just too darn hard to any compromise! No matter what anyone does someone will always find offense. Just my 2 cents! Rob ======================================================================= Roberto Alvarez (Internet) [log in to unmask] Programmer/Analyst (Bitnet) UD156844@NDSUVM1 University of North Dakota (Bitnet) ADRXA@UNDJES2 Owner of the FRESNO THUNDER!