July 22nd, 2011
by goon

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Here is the latest from the meeting between the NCAA and the UND delegation.

BISMARCK — A meeting between North Dakota and NCAA officials to discuss the University of North Dakota‘s Fighting Sioux nickname has been rescheduled for Aug. 12.

It’s being held in the association’s headquarters in Indianapolis. It is set three days before the NCAA intends to sanction the university for continuing to use its Fighting Sioux nickname and an American Indian head logo.

The NCAA considers the name and logo offensive, but a new state law says UND has to use them.

The meeting had been set for Monday, but it was postponed because of the death of the North Dakota Senate’s Republican majority leader, Bob Stenehjem (STEN’-jum).

State Board of Higher Education president Grant Shaft says the meeting is likely to be in the afternoon.

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