NDSU Dean Unhappy with Pharmacy Measure Supporters

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The head of the pharmacy program at North Dakota State University is unhappy with supporters of the pharmacy measure who marched in school's homecoming parade last week.

The group wore NDSU colors and carried banners that read "Bring home NDSU pharmacy school graduates" and "Vote yes on Measure 7."

Pharmacy dean Charles Peterson tells KFGO radio that the supporters crossed the line of appropriate campaigning and professionalism. He's asked the university's legal office to write a letter to measure supporters telling to stop any promotion that may be perceived as an endorsement of the issue by NDSU or the pharmacy program.

The proposed measure would change a requirement in North Dakota law that says majority ownership in pharmacies in the state must be held by a registered pharmacist.