The NCAA had some good news and some bad news for the University of Illinois today. The good news is that the university will be allowed to use its existing nicknames, “Illini” and “Fighting Illini,” which were deemed to be connected to the name of the state and thereby, not offensive. The bad news is that Chief Illiniwek, the mascot, must go. The penalty for keeping the big chief will be a prohibition on playing in post-season tournaments.
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Archives for November 11, 2005
Hyperbole Rules!
About a month ago, I posted an article called Don’t Bullshit a Bullshitter about a guy named Bill, who was the biggest bullshitter I’ve ever met. As background for the article, one of the other blogs I read had a great expose about Bill called “The BillFiles.” I’ve just been reading the comments appended to that article, which have been quite entertaining.
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