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p> TEARING DOWN TEEPEES br> Re: Andrew Cline's Racist Paternalism at the NCAA : /p> p>The NCAA ought to keep its nose out of college nicknames! br> -- Jack Hughes , Class of 1959 br> Fighting Irish University /p> p> 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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