UND President Robert Kelley who has tried to appear neutral in the past on the Fighting Sioux Logo and nickname, let his feeling be known for the media yesterday, Kelly said that he “would have urged the committee to oppose the bill. ” I don’t think any of us are all that shocked that a college professor that gradated from liberal Cal Berkley is against the Fighting Sioux nickname.
Grand Forks Herald --- UND President Robert and other officials sat through the four-hour morning session, waiting their turn, but time ran out before they and several others on both sides could testify. “We covered a lot of the same ground” as was presented before the House Education Committee, Kelley said, “and I think the chairman balanced the testimony effectively. I had a testimony, but I wanted to give our students a chance to speak. Also, I knew the board (two members of the Board of Higher Education) would testify effectively.”
Kelley said he “would have urged the committee to oppose the bill” because he’s increasingly concerned about the “uncertainty” it raises for the university as a whole.
