In 2015 a change was made where only the first verse of the alma mater is recognized by the university.
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Twins rookie embraces the challenge History repeated: Late goal sinks Loons in loss at Sporting Kansas City Back and forth continues as new Bde Maka Ska signs start to go up Broadening a campsite menu isn't so daunting with these ideas # 'Troubling' lyrics prompt action on NDSU song The "troub­ling" lyr­ics come in the third stan­za, which the pres­i­dent of the school said he has never heard. By Ben Farniok Star Tribune February 25, 2016 — 2:11pm A North Dakota State University school song will come under review due to "troub­ling" lyr­ics in a sel­dom-heard stan­za. In a let­ter to the cam­pus com­muni­ty sent Wednesday, NDSU Pres­i­dent Dean Bresciani said he was noti­fied that the third stan­za of the song con­tains cul­tur­al and eth­nic re­fer­ences that are "troub­ling" by modern stand­ards. The school in Fargo will be re­mov­ing all but the first stan­za of the song from all university web­sites and pub­li­ca­tions, which Bresciani called an "intermediary but immediate" step. In addition, Timothy Alvarez, vice pres­i­dent for stu­dent af­fairs at NDSU, and Provost Beth Ingram will gath­er stu­dents, staff and fac­ul­ty to dis­cuss how to bal­ance the his­to­ry of the song with the need to be ap­pro­pri­ate. The third part of the song reads: Hushed upon the bound­less prai­ries Is the bi­son's thund'ring tread, Bob Nelson, NDSU There was a "Yellow Out" at the Fargodome as 18,823 witnessed North Dakota State's 28-19 win over Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 8. 2007 And the red man pass­es with him On his spoil­ers' boun­ty fed. But the Norse, the Celt and Sax­on With their herd in­crease, and find Mid these fields of green and yel­low Plenty e'en for all man­kind. Bresciani said he had nev­er heard that part of the song performed, but was noti­fied of the is­sue through the university's an­ony­mous re­port­ing sys­tem for bias is­sues. "Our school song, the 'Yel­low and the Green,' has been a long-stand­ing and broad­ly en­joyed tra­di­tion of our cam­pus since 1908. Typ­i­cal­ly it is only per­formed through its first stan­za; to be hon­est I have nev­er heard it be­yond that and I sus­pect most in our University com­muni­ty are like me," he said in the re­lease. Bresciani said some may find his reaction an "overstated concern," while others "will find it central to a deep and sober examination of our campus history." The change comes months af­ter the University of North Dakota changed their team name to "The Fight­ing Hawks." UND, in Grand Forks, also faced crit­i­cism earlier this month for con­tinu­ing to sell mer­chan­dise with the old "Fighting Sioux" name and logo. Ben Farniok is a University of Minnesota stu­dent on as­sign­ment for the Star Tribune. 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North Dakota State University
History.:20th century.
In 1908, the school's alma mater "The Yellow and The Green" was written and a year later the school's official colors, Yellow and Green, were selected.