Andy Weise writes: >I hope this doesn't get drawn into another PC debate. For those who were >not on the list last year, UMass-Lowell had to change from the Chiefs to >the River Hawks due to the outcry of native Americans in eastern >Massachusetts. I thought Lowell changed its nickname voluntarily after a vote by the faculty and students. I don't remember anything about any complaints from Native Americans - in fact, I seem to recall that the change was made partly because Lowell wanted to be able to have a mascot and could not have an appropriate one with the nickname Chiefs. Now they have those weird looking bluebirds. :-) --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93