After many, many months without an official nickname, the
University of North Dakota has finally selected one. They needed a new one
because they were forced to abandon their old one, the “Fighting Sioux,” after
being threatened and bludgeoned by the NCAA and a few politically-correct media
outlets, making sponsors and donors jittery. Racist, bigoted, insensitive and
offensive, you see. (No one cares that Notre Dame’s nickname is the “Fighting
Irish” and their mascot a pugnacious little leprechaun, because, well, they’re
Irish).
They
will henceforth be called the “Fighting Hawks.” Really. Not quite the same heft
for my money, but what do I know? Tradition is overrated. Their opponents
probably won’t have quite the same level of respect for the new moniker and
logo, either, but perhaps if they are giggling during play North Dakota teams
will have an edge.
It’s
probably just a matter of time, however, until PETA, or the Large Bird Center,
or some such, calls on the school to rid itself of that name too.
Surely
it’s offensive to passive raptors.
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