UL remains up in arms about name

[evangelinetiger]

I'm just sick of reading papers from other cities in Louisiana bashing UL. The same thing happened in Lake Charles' Friday paper. Written by an idiot who was holed-up in the Advertiser during Rita. My thoughts is just, if you want to use our resources, but then bad mouth us, then screw you. They bad mouth us until they need us, then they become our best friends. Its aggravating. I have a hard time believing LSU is undefunded. Also, I would like to see the numbers from other states, such as funding for the "flagship" and other schools in the state. Louisiana probably has one of the biggest disparity. I was watching Louisville vs Kentucky in football on ESPN. I was like, that must be nice to have two nationally known schools in one state. Then I realized that when I visited Kentucky last year their sign read: "Welcome to Kentucky, Where Education Matters". That sign has always stuck with me. Kentucky is not a rich state, but if you have your priorities straight, you can accomplish what you need to. Until Louisiana changes its attitude and begin to care about Higher Education, nothing will change. We will continue to be number 49.

go to the Council for a Better LA or Public Affairs Research website, there is a good discussion of this issue. LSU compared to UGA, UNC, TN, FL, AL, UT, UK, UVA is vastly underfunded.
UL is also vastly underfunded. One is not exclusive of the other. they are in the same boat, they just have different missions. ULS is essentially designed as regional schools, LSUs is the main research/flagship school.

[BonCajun]

LSUs is the main research/flagship school.

With the hospital funds included State gets over two BILLION $ a year. We don't want to be no stinkin flagship but can we have its veterinary school back?

[evangelinetiger]

With the hospital funds included State gets over two BILLION $ a year. We don't want to be no stinkin flagship but can we have its veterinary school back?

the charity funding has nothing to do with the university, the med schools are seperate campuses and are more ULM and ULL than part of the main campus in BR.

[CajunCharlie]

ULS is essentially designed as regional schools, LSUs is the main research/flagship school.

I assume ULS is a typo. :confused: Who "designed" UL as a regional school? :confused: :confused:

[srevere51]

Funny it seems as though most of the other state schools across the nation are pretty much equally funded, except for here. AND I QUOTE AN LSU GRAD" growing up all i knew was USL, I had no clue what LSU was, but when I attended school at LSU I realized that the main focus of the University was to keep all the other Louisiana School Down. I started to realize why LSU is such a great school. They strip funding from other schools who have better programs to better LSU's programs. Basically instead of a University in La having a top 10 program in the country, the state would rather strip their funding and to give it to LSU, now neither is in the top 10." That was a great friend of mine whom said that at the UL vs. LSU game. What happened to equality?

[RaginFan2]

I assume ULS is a typo. :confused: Who "designed" UL as a regional school? :confused: :confused:

No, CC, I think it refers to the University of Louisiana System. ULS is, of course, in charge of all of the schools not in the LSU or SU systems. I also believe he was referring to all of us in the ULS being designated as "regional" schools.

[CajunCharlie]

:confused:

No, CC, I think it refers to the University of Louisiana System. ULS is, of course, in charge of all of the schools not in the LSU or SU systems. I also believe he was referring to all of us in the ULS being designated as "regional" schools.

Thanks for the clarification. I still have a question as to who designates the ULS as having regional schools. Is it the state legislature? Who does this?:confused: :confused:

[ShowDog]

I'm just sick of reading papers from other cities in Louisiana bashing UL. The same thing happened in Lake Charles' Friday paper. Written by an idiot who was holed-up in the Advertiser during Rita. My thoughts is just, if you want to use our resources, but then bad mouth us, then screw you. They bad mouth us until they need us, then they become our best friends. Its aggravating. I have a hard time believing LSU is undefunded. Also, I would like to see the numbers from other states, such as funding for the "flagship" and other schools in the state. Louisiana probably has one of the biggest disparity. I was watching Louisville vs Kentucky in football on ESPN. I was like, that must be nice to have two nationally known schools in one state. Then I realized that when I visited Kentucky last year their sign read: "Welcome to Kentucky, Where Education Matters". That sign has always stuck with me. Kentucky is not a rich state, but if you have your priorities straight, you can accomplish what you need to. Until Louisiana changes its attitude and begin to care about Higher Education, nothing will change. We will continue to be number 49.

LSU is underfunded. The whole system in our state is underfunded. Politicians in this state continue to rob the public blind and we suffer for it in many ways: education, roads, etc.

I also would like to see at least 2 schools in this state be on equal ground, mainly LSU and UL. The LA Tech crowd though, and rightfully so, would then feel slighted and want to be one of the two.

Maybe if we would quit giving millions to a pro football team that frankly stinks year after year, we could have at least two universities that could have a rivalry.

Right now LSU has no rival in this state.

[DaddyCajun]

While the attitude displayed in the article is typical of many NO people, there was nothing in it that was factually incorrect. there is a great amount of self-conc. among the UL faithful. UL as an institution acts as if it is always being slighted. All this garbage about money under the table is just urban legend. According to every outside source in the country, LSU is the most underfunded flagship school in the nation. I am not saying that UL is not underfunded either, just that LSU is not overfunded. stop hating LSU and start working to wake the legislature up and get it to fund all schools at the correct level.

HEY!!!! Now maybe we are getting somewhere!!! THE LEGISLATURE IS OVER 60% LSU A&M GRADUATES/ALUMNI, WAKE UP TIGGER!!!

These guys have just followed in the footsteps of their brother Huey Long, in that they continue to first give to their flagship and crumbs to the rest.

Thru the fifties all Universities in the state of Louisiana were allowed a $50,000 budget that is except LSU A&M!!!!

Many here could post the multitude of times SLI, SLII, USL and UL have been attacked legislatively!!

There has been know reason to know anyone elses plight as you have always been worried about your own underfunding(and you are compared to the rest of the country) but the rest of the states schools are even MORE underfunded!!!!

DaddyCajun