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Fight for the Illini
Go Seminoles, Dakotas, and Fighting Sioux — and Fighting Irish for that matter. Plus: Loosened belts. Save Orlet. And much more.
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TEARING DOWN TEEPEES
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Re: Andrew Cline’s
Racist
Paternalism at the NCAA
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p>The NCAA ought to keep its nose out of college nicknames!
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—
Jack Hughes
, Class of 1959
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Fighting Irish University
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I have heard about the nickname rulings by the NCAA but Mr. Cline’s
article really put it into perspective. I thought it was an idiotic
PC move to start with but to ban the name Illini is insane. Of
course the target here is not the name Illini but Chief Illininek
himself. This
website
provides a very good background and
defense of the Chief and his dance. To quote from the page, “The
Illini people… spoke a dialect of the Algonquin language and used
the term “Illiniwek” to refer to “the complete human being-the
strong, agile human body; the unfettered human intellect; the
indomitable human spirit.” What better symbol can a team and school
have?
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