March 7, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The State Board of Higher Education is suing to block a June statewide vote on a North Dakota law that says the University of North Dakota’s sports teams must be known as the Fighting Sioux. Continue Reading
February 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
All the UND Law School connections are hardly surprising in a state where the large majority of lawyers are UND graduates. And at least one political science observer doesn’t see anyone making an issue of it.
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February 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education is suing Secretary of State Al Jaeger over a proposed referendum on whether the University of North Dakota’s sports teams must be called the Fighting Sioux. Continue Reading
February 17, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem was asked to take the nickname issue to North Dakota’s high court by the State Board of Higher Education, which has sought to retire the nickname and contends that the Legislature’s adoption of a law last April requiring UND to keep it infringed on the board’s authority. Continue Reading
February 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The law is constitutional and the North Dakota Legislature will defend it if the State Board of Higher Education challenges it in the state Supreme Court, House Majority Leader Al Carlson of Fargo said today. Continue Reading
February 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Kylie Michelle Oversen’s open-letter plea was particularly aimed at people seeking to keep the UND Fighting Sioux nickname. Continue Reading
February 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he’S hoping the North Dakota Supreme Court will take up the dispute over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname by mid-March. Continue Reading
February 13, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The published agenda for today’s meeting of the State Board of Higher Education suggests that the board’s planned discussion with Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem concerning UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname could be a closed session, but Board president Grant Shaft says that’s not likely. Continue Reading
February 10, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Grant Shaft says any of the four men would make a good chief executive, and he says each one has his own strengths. Continue Reading
January 18, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Board of Higher Education President Grant Shaft is chairman of the search committee. He says the semifinalists have strong credentials. Twenty-one people applied for the job. The committee plans to interview the semifinalists Feb. 9. Incumbent chancellor William Goetz is retiring in August. Continue Reading
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