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Oregon bans Native American mascots in schools

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 10:32pm

SALEM, Ore. -- Eight Oregon high schools will have to retire their Native American mascots after the Board of Education voted Thursday to prohibit them, giving the state some of the nation's toughest restrictions on Native American mascots, nicknames and logos.

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UND denied meet invite over Fighting Sioux name

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 27, 2012 - 6:26pm

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa has decided not to invite the University of North Dakota to an April track meet because of the school's Fighting Sioux nickname.

The Iowa City Press-Citizen (http://icp-c.com/wgG1UN ) reported Monday that associate athletic director Mark Abbott says Iowa decided against the invitation when UND re-instated the name earlier this month.

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'Cougars' for mascot not all that bad, considering

Mark Saal Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 9:01am

Now that the laughter has all but subsided over a Utah high school almost making Demi Moore its official mascot, we can explore the issue objectively.

I applaud the Canyons School District for erring on the side of caution by avoiding "Cougar" as the mascot for the new Corner Canyon High School in Draper. But here's the irony: Even if they had called it the Corner Canyon Sexually Predatory Older Women, that still wouldn't be as bad as some of the others in the state. That's right, folks, there's more housecleaning to be done on this whole high school mascot problem.

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No joke: New Utah school won't be 'cougars'

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 2:45pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah school district has decided against using "Cougars" as a mascot for a new high school in part because of the negative connotation of the word in popular culture.

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