2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[tetragrammaton]

I know I might be the minority here, but I didn't have a problem with ULL. It was a condition of changing the name.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, when you have two school systems (the University of Louisiana System and the Louisiana State University System), it makes no logical sense to argue there can't be a school which views itself as THE University of Louisiana. Well, it does, but only because North Louisiana and Baton Rouge folks insist on defending to the death the "flagship" status of LSU A&M@BR.

In any case, I would have no problem with ULM referring to themselves in athletics as the Louisiana Warthogs (whoops.... I mean Warhawks). Apparently, though, the school is perfectly content with being ULM. I say, let those who aspire to greatness achieve it.

[wcd35]

How can someone be so thick. WE'RE NOT USING "UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA," WE'RE USING "LOUISIANA." Find a law preventing that. Or better yet, sue us.

So stupid

[Hammer58]

I wonder what would happen if our representatives pushed this issue?

Our representatives need to be made aware of this and be prepared to fight it. If any changes to the laws are passed our guys need to insist that it read that only the full official name of the university can be used and that it applies to all universities in the state with no exceptions. Equal protection under the law.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Why is Francis Thompson not fighting the good fight to provide funds to LTUR,ULM, Grambling, Northwestern State, instead of cutting all these colleges to the bone? Hell he should even be doing for good old EllisWho. Nobody seems to care about anything except names, not actual education.

I ask those people at ULM, LTUR, and NWestern State who actually think about their university. Why are your representatives not fighting for your schools diplomas to mean something instead of your diplomas having an equal name?

[billbeck451]

Reality ulm is s bump in the road that w ould be a junior college anywhere else or a satellite campus of latech

[ultracajun]

This article needs to be defended on the TDA website. Already there are comments being made that the university is somehow trying to bully other schools and orginizations into using the UL name. Nothing could be further from the truth. We're simply trying to promote our school in the best light possible as any other school would do. I'd do this myself but I'm the last person on earth who is not a facebook member.

[CajunNation]

If they FIX the loophole, move for a name change. As Basin Bear said, change to Louisiana University, so there is no confusion on our being remotely considered the Flagship of the UL System. It is something we should have done anyway. All of this could have been avoided with just the tiniest bit of vision by Dr. Authement.

Louisiana University would never get approval from the legislature.

If it is true that a name change by one school forces a name change by the other school, then a closing of the loophole would require a name change by us.

The 2 choices would be USL, University of South Louisiana, or University of Acadiana.

I prefer University of Acadiana. It's original, culturally significant, and very marketable. See my avatar.

[CajunEXPRESS]

You mean even Evil U in Baton Rouge Hammer?

[CajunRebel]

One thing is clear to me. If we ever want to "win" this fight we're going to have to come to some sort of agreement with ULM and the Louisiana State Legislature. If not we'll be fighting this battle for decades to come.

We want to be called Louisiana. And ULM doesn't want that because they don't want to be seen as a secondary school to us. I get that. We need to get together with them and come up with a solution we can both agree on, because as things stand today neither school is happy.

[Hammer58]

You mean even Evil U in Baton Rouge Hammer?

Every last one of them.