BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The University of North Dakota is opposing a bill that would extend a moratorium for a new nickname and moniker for the school.
Lawmakers put a three-year moratorium on replacing the UND "Fighting Sioux" nickname after residents voted overwhelmingly in 2012 to dump it.
Minot Republican Rep. Scott Louser is pushing the bill that would extend the moratorium until mid- 2017. Louser says there is nothing wrong with just calling UND "North Dakota" for now.
A task force is working on a plan for a new UND nickname and logo.
School President Robert Kelley says a delay "is unnecessary and does not help the University of North Dakota move on."
Kelley says not having a nickname and logo also has hurt the sale of UND merchandise.