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About two weeks after heated NIT game between UL and LSU, the two schools meet again in baseball
It wasn’t long ago that LSU followers could be heard directing chants of “Little Brother” – and others much too profane to repeat here – at Ragin’ Cajun faithful
Read Guilbeaux's article. He is back to calling us Louisiana Lafayette and ULL, in our own Lafayette paper. LSU people must have gotten to him about our name. It is bad enough to see it in the Advocate, but there is no room for this in the Advertiser.Quote:
Originally Posted by NewsCopy
That article was mostly about trying to get Maineiri to say negative things about our program. Not surprisingly he refused to accommodate those desires.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonCajun
I know what The Advocate does to our name, but there is no reason an Advertiser writer should not be calling us Louisiana and UL, even if he does cover LSU. He even wrote an article just prior to the NIT game about how ridiculous LSU is over our name and now he reverts to Louisiana Lafayette and ULL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajunsmike
Guilbeau writes for Gannett, not just for the Advertiser.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonCajun
Does the local editor have any control over what goes into the fish wrap?Quote:
Originally Posted by GeauxLouisiana
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by FacelessBuffoon
Probably not. Ganett tells them what to put.Quote:
Originally Posted by FacelessBuffoon
Your name is University of Louisiana at Lafayette!!!you can't just wake up one day and decide to be called something you are not...you are what you are the fluer de leis...learn to love it, get over it, or just shut up about it!!!
In 2004 the Daily Advertiser under the direction of then editor Juli Metzger did a poll https://forumeus.com/...out-name-issueQuote:
Originally Posted by GeauxLouisiana
Based on that poll she wrote an editorial that from that point on the Advertiser would exclusively use UL.
The current editor is slipping.