University of North Dakota News

This is the 30th year for the honor student group's annual event, which provides a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for families that might otherwise go without.

North Dakota's attorney general says the state will seek to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Spirit Lake Sioux tribal members who want the University of North Dakota to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname.

University of North Dakota police are investigating whether threats were made against leaders of the University Senate.

THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION HAS SAID IT WOULD RETIRE THE NICKNAME AND INDIAN HEAD LOGO UNLESS THE STATE'S TWO NAMESAKE TRIBES SIGN 30-YEAR AGREEMENTS GIVING PERMISSION.

The University of North Dakota says it has added six Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft to its training fleet.

Sambursky is serving 30 years for sexual assaults around the University of North Dakota.

The awards are announced in the December issue of Popular Science , which is on stands now.

A University of North Dakota student is learning on the road. Julie Hjelle of Lankin is getting her online degree while working as a truck driver.

Moving on general news and sports services. GRAND FORKS, N.D. The Universit9 of North Dakota and the Ralph Engelstad Arena say the9 will enforce a new fan code of conduc4 that bans offensive messages on signs or clothing and includes a help line to repor4 bad behavior during men's hockey games.

9 court hearing in Devils Lake. The tribal members sa9 UND cannot take an9 action to change the name for another year.

BILL GOETZ SAYS HE AND CHARLES MURPHY WILL BE DISCUSSING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA'S FIGHTING SIOUX NICKNAME AND WHETHER THE TRIBE IS WILLING TO ENDORSE IT.

STENEHJEM SAID HE TALKED OVER THE ISSUE THURSDAY WITH BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT RICHIE SMITH, UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CHANCELLOR WILLIAM GOETZ AND HIGHER EDUCATION ATTORNEY PAT SEAWORTH.

The general manager of the Ralph Engelstad Arena says the business has no role in a lawsuit that supports the University of North Dakota`s Fighting Sioux nickname.

A former University of North Dakota football player accused of assaulting four men on campus has pleaded guilty.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated. Moving on general news and sports services. BISMARCK, N.D. The president of North Dakota's Board of Higher Education says a judge's order on the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname is "bizarre." Northeast District Judge Michael Sturdevant has barred the board from changing the nickname before a Dec.

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University of North Dakota Adds 44th Skyhawk To Its Training Program The University of North Dakota's John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences has added six new Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft for delivery next month, bringing its Cessna fleet to 44 new aircraft added in the past 18 months.

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