La Louisiane morphing into "at Lafayette" Magazine

[Hammer58]

"Acadiana" would have been a nice, clean branding, indeed. The Acadiana Cajuns--sounds beautiful and something those even those idiotic ESPN announcers could handle.

What a muddle this "Louisiana-Lafayette/UL Lafayette/UL" name chaos is. We have no coherent policy on branding with public realtions, students, athletics and alumni all on different pages.

I got this further admonishment from a student leader:

"I understand that, personally, you don't like the branding decision of the Communications and Marketing department. Regardless, a name doesn't change the credibility of the university, and if the name was really hindering the university from marketing to students then I'm sure there would be a push for the name to change. We also have a University of Louisiana at Monroe, and I'm sure many of its students and alumni feel as though they should be the University of Louisiana. Ultimately, it is a decision that will be decided regardless of what you or I think. As a UL Lafayette student leader, it is our duty to support the decisions that the university makes and be an ambassador for the university."

Isn't that great?

Our students are being indoctrinated into being good little sheeple who know that we must "keep our place" as a directional, sub-regional university.

I'm sure this makes the dolts about 50 miles east of here happy.

That student "leader" sounds like a future spineless politician. who give a ____ what the morons at moanroe think? God, what a bunch of _______ our citizens have become.

[Boomer]

All we have to do is what Nevada did. They were Nevada Reno forever until they were just Nevada but still the university of Nevada at Reno!!!!

[HoustonCajun]

All we have to do is what Nevada did. They were Nevada Reno forever until they were just Nevada but still the university of Nevada at Reno!!!!

Exactly. Nevada - UNLV; Louisiana - ULM.

[Boomer]

It is so simple we are not Acadiana we are the UNIVERSITY of LOUISIANA--say it write it live it!!!!!

[CajunEXPRESS]

Well one thing is for sure, you cannot go back because MoanRow would then be free to claim jump Louisiana, and that would have made this all the worse.

Spilt milk, water under the bridge, let bygones be bygones, whatever. We simply have to demand that our university clearly claims Louisiana to whatever legal level they can, and be consistent. Any two bit lawyer could get them that information, and if we don't like the answer we don't like the answer, but make clear what the answer is.

[CajunNation]

All we have to do is what Nevada did. They were Nevada Reno forever until they were just Nevada but still the university of Nevada at Reno!!!!

In a perfect world, you would be correct.

But, Nevada didn't have uber-paranoid big brother, Nevada State, stomping on them at every turn.

Even so, Nevada received lots of flack in-state from UNLV politicians every step of the way.

[Turbine]

How odd that a magazine named 'Louisiana' (albeit in French) can't find a way to use its own name when referring to the school it writes about.

[Policarp]

How odd that a magazine named 'Louisiana' (albeit in French) can't find a way to use its own name when referring to the school it writes about.

Well said......cowardly actions on their part

[ultracajun]

The Acadiana name would have never flown. It would not have been deemed "diverse" enough. Be thankful we can still call ourselves Ragin Cajuns.

Just goes to show the many dynamics at play here over this name thing.

[Boomer]

How about in the list of our former names they fail to mention THE University of Louisiana---you ever heard of it ??? That school in Lafayette that had an entire graduating class with the name of the school (The University of Louisiana) on their Diploma!!!! Oh well we must do this and that----God I HATE THIS spineless printing in our BRAND MAG!!!