Voting Begins Monday for UND’s New Nickname

A day that has been years in the making is almost here.

Voting begins tomorrow on a new nickname for UND.

Current students, UND employees, donors, retirees, season ticketholders and alumni are eligible to vote.

The five options include Fighting Hawks, Nodaks, North Stars, Roughriders and Sundogs.

If one name received more than 50 percent of the vote, it will become the new nickname.

If not, another vote will take place.

A lawsuit was filed last week trying to stop the vote.

A UND spokesman says the vote will go on unless the courts intervene.