[Peace-discuss] Chief going bye-bye

[Ricky Baldwin]

Hallelujah!

And a big congrats to all who worked on this-

Ricky
--- "Chas. 'Mark' Bee" <c-bee1 at itg.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>   I assumed you have this, but haven't sen it posted
> here yet.  Congrats.
> 
> 
> "To members of the campus community,
> 
> A decision has been made regarding the Chief
> Illiniwek tradition. For more
> information, go to: www.uillinois.edu/chief...."
> 
>   Which says...
> 
> Chief Illiniwek Will No Longer Perform
> 
> NCAA to lift sanctions on Illini athletics
> 
> URBANA—The University of Illinois today announced
> that Chief Illiniwek will 
> no longer perform at athletic events on the
> Urbana-Champaign campus after 
> this season’s last men’s home basketball game in
> Assembly Hall on February 
> 21.
> 
> As a consequence, the University will immediately
> become eligible to host 
> post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association
> (NCAA) championship 
> events.
> 
> In a February 15, 2007, letter to the University,
> the NCAA stated that 
> "[o]nce this action is taken, the university will be
> immediately removed 
> from the list of institutions subject to the NCAA
> Executive Committee’s 
> policy regarding Native American mascots, nicknames
> and imagery at NCAA 
> championship events. Continued removal from the list
> is conditioned upon the 
> university’s future non-use of ‘Chief Illiniwek’ and
> the related Native 
> American imagery in connection with university
> athletics.
> 
> "Assuming the announced changes are affected and
> assuming such use does not 
> reoccur, the university will be in full compliance
> with the policy," the 
> letter stated. "Accordingly, the policy will not
> preclude the university 
> from hosting or participating in NCAA championship
> events, should the 
> university be otherwise eligible."
> 
> The NCAA letter was signed by Bernard Franklin,
> senior vice president for 
> governance, membership, education and research
> services.
> 
> U. of I. Board of Trustees Chair Lawrence C. Eppley
> said today’s 
> announcement marks a critical step toward finishing
> the work of the 
> consensus process. "This step is in the best
> interest of the University and 
> is consistent with the Board’s previously stated
> goal of concluding this 
> year its consensus process regarding Chief
> Illiniwek. Among our objectives 
> was recognizing the goal of having high integrity
> athletic programs and 
> student athletes who have the opportunity to compete
> at the highest levels," 
> Eppley said.
> 
> "We made and met many friends through the consensus
> process. And while 
> people differed on their opinions of the Chief, the
> overwhelming majority of 
> those voices put their love for the University ahead
> of their opinion on the 
> Chief," Eppley said.
> 
> "The Chief Illiniwek tradition inspired and thrilled
> members of the 
> University of Illinois community for 80 years,"
> Eppley said. "It was 
> created, carried on, and enjoyed by people with
> great respect for tradition, 
> and we appreciate their dedication and commitment.
> It will be important now 
> to ensure the accurate recounting and safekeeping of
> the tradition as an 
> integral part of the history of the University. We
> also have the 
> responsibility to work together to capture and put
> to good use the goodwill 
> created by the tradition and to maintain other great
> traditions like the 
> Three-In-One for decades to come."
> 
> The Chief Illiniwek tradition began in 1926 in
> conjunction with the Marching 
> Illini, the nation’s premier marching band.
> Criticism of the tradition 
> intensified in recent years, although the symbol and
> iconic halftime 
> performance remained popular among alumni and the
> public. The Board of 
> Trustees’ consensus process for resolving issues
> regarding Chief Illiniwek 
> was underway when the NCAA Executive Committee
> established its policy in 
> August 2005. During two rounds of appeals by the
> University to the NCAA over 
> its policy, the NCAA rescinded its objection to the
> names "Illini" and 
> "Fighting Illini" but retained Illinois on its
> non-compliant list because of 
> the Chief Illiniwek name, logo and the performance.
> The University exhausted 
> the NCAA appeals process last April and since then
> has been banned from 
> hosting NCAA championship events on the Urbana
> campus.
> 
> ##
> 
> For more information, including a link to the NCAA
> letter, refer to the 
> following website:
> 
> www.uillinois.edu/chief
> 
> Page 2
> 
> 
> 
> 
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