Mike, it's funny you should upload that article today, when I was going to come in and touch on a related subject. The new NC$$ News reports that the (Mpls.) Star Tribune will no longer publish "offensive" Native American nicknames. Which, in the D-I hockey community, will affect NoDak, Colgate, Miami, Lowell (for now) and Merrimack...have I missed anyone? My question was going to be, what is the current debate on these campuses regarding their nicknames? I guess that still is the question, actually. I seem to recall U-Minnesota and Wisconsin announcing, a few years back, that they would no longer schedule games against teams with politically incorrect nicknames, with the exception of traditional rivals and conference opponents. This sounded like an empty gesture to me...if you want to make a ballsy stand, forfeit the games to the Sioux! (Like Gopher football would ever be stoooopid enough to schedule Florida State...) The article Mike uploaded seemed typical for a region of the country not particularly known for a tradition of racial tolerance (busing, anyone?). Massachusetts high schools still use many Native American nicknames, and aren't under much pressure to change because, well, the Indians were all but wiped out of the region quite some time ago. In many cases, the *nickname* and symbols used can be tasteful and respectful, but when it comes to *mascots* and crowd rituals (tomahawk chop, etc.) things get messy. Would the white folks in New England be comfortable with a group of rowdy Providence fans sprinkling holy water around and reciting Hail Marys along with Goalie-Sieve chants? I doubt it, although it is nice to hear that the Skating Friar is back. It sounds like Mass-Lowell took the right path by allowing the university community to CHOOSE the switch, rather than having it dictated by an outside group. That's the path my present employer will take, if and when we ever stop using our PI nickname. Greg Sorenson Carthage College (home of the Redmen...just some eagle feathers in our "C" logo...that's it) (opinions are mine, not CC's)