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Newsreel
 A
periodic compilation of references to Ithaca College in the nation's media.
The Cleveland Indians
are rewriting the history of their nickname a little bit this year.
For more than 30 years, the team has claimed it was named in honor of
Louis Sockalexis, a Penobscot Indian who played for the Cleveland Spiders
from 1897 to 1899. The name "Indians" was said to have been given as
a tribute to Sockalexis after Cleveland fans were asked to vote on a
name by local newspapers in 1915. However, [team vice president Bob]
DiBiasio said research has shown that Cleveland owner Charles W. Somers
had wanted to use the nickname "Indians" and asked local baseball writers
to solicit their readers for their favorite nickname. Dibiasio said
the change was prompted by research done by Ellen Staurowsky, an Ithaca
College professor who has been campaigning for the Indians to change
their name.
— New York
Times, January 18, 2000
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