2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[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.

[CajunEXPRESS]

They can give us the pharmacy school, and we can keep quiet. LOL There is no common ground.

[Turbine]

ULL was never a condition of changing the name, it was a suggestion.

Actually it was ULR (Rayne) that was suggested as an example option.

[Hammer58]

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.

You are delusional if you think we could ever do anything to make them happy that would also be acceptable to us.

[Cajunsmike]

When last night was over, we were called the most important name there is-WINNER. Let's keep playing like we have in the last 6 quarters so we get to keep that name.