2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[Turbine]

In 2008. Reiterating that same message today would be helpful. Maybe we should make this Homecoming another "We are LOUISIANA" game.

Great idea. To late to change the theme though, however it has been proposed for ULM game. https://forumeus.com/...Louisiana-Game.

[AboveAverage]

Anyone else seen this? http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/2...ON03/310260010

[I_Bleed_RED]

Yay another thread about this!!!

[CajunsHat]

this is getting ridiculous...everyone is making these far fetched accusations. its becoming annoying more than anything else...

[SlappyCajun]

How is this related to WMHS?

[CajunRebel]

I would say his silence is deafening. Given the tone of the DA articles this week with little positive support for our use of Louisiana, it seems Dr. S' comments would lend a positive influence and might help sway this on behalf of a united stance by the university and the community which the paper should be representing. This has a major impact on how UL or Louisiana is perceived locally, statewide and nationally.

I just don't see how anything good can come from T-Joe making a statement on this. Anything we'd want him to say would either violate state law or stir the pot even more. The less controversy about the name, the better it is for us. Sometimes it's best to let other people do the talking for you, which is what Dr. S has been doing.

I've heard him speak enough at Cajun functions to know that he's 100% behind the cause and I don't think anyone would disagree with that. But what he can say in a private function filled with cajun supporters is much different than what he can say in the Daily Advertiser.

[uslol'dog]

Yay another thread about this!!!

Yawn..
Increase your donations to the RCAF.. I bumped mine up best I could. In the chase to
Keep up with us, ULM will face budget strains
Painful enough that the Southland conference
Will seem very inviting.
Fewer charter flights, as they can yellow dog it
To Huntsville TX and Nacigdoches, Lake Charles, etc..will save them... They can't beat us in an arms race.
Let's get to the AAC! Leave Monroe CC in the dust.

[Turbine]

I just don't see how anything good can come from T-Joe making a statement on this. Anything we'd want him to say would either violate state law or stir the pot even more. The less controversy about the name, the better it is for us. Sometimes it's best to let other people do the talking for you, which is what Dr. S has been doing.

I've heard him speak enough at Cajun functions to know that he's 100% behind the cause and I don't think anyone would disagree with that. But what he can say in a private function filled with cajun supporters is much different than what he can say in the Daily Advertiser.

I agree, if they will twist the words of a retired pres. they would have a pretzel fest with T-Joe.

[basinbear]

T-Joe and others are doing exactly what we want them to do.....they are on this where it counts...

[fanof71]

In the comments section Claire blames the error on an editor rewriting her story. If that us true thus "editor" needs to be outed and fired.

She tries to blow it off as everybody makes mistakes. Sure, we all make typos here. The difference is we are amateurs not alleged professional journalists.

The Late Dr.Vince Marino (Journalism) and Bernard Crocker (communications/News) have to be having a good laugh at this who debacle. Blame it on an editor....Doesn't she mean an intern? No editor for any daily newspaper making $8 an hour could make that sort of error, unless the editor is in another city, like Funroe. Isn't the paper printed there? Hmmm. BTW, canceling a subscription won't do you any good. Gannett is big enough to withstand that, they're getting ready to dish out over a billion bucks for Belo Broadcasting's 12 stations, which include WWL TV in NOLA. Go for the big dollars, get the guys who advertise to stop. An auto dealer or a real estate company would be good places to start. Have them cancel their ad buy, take half the money and reinvest it in other media and the other half goes to RCAF. There are so few readers of that paper (circulation is published on the first few pages) that the lowest rated radio station could make up the impressions in one week. They don't care about the $60 a month you spend, besides that hurts the carrier....but they will implode if 1 advertiser pulls his dollars....

[CajunRed]

Advertisers will pull their dollars if they see a significant drop in circulation. Point being...if they don't think they are reaching enough of their market due to a lack of DA customers to see and respond to their ads, they will not be able to justify the cost.

[fanof71]

Advertisers will pull their dollars if they see a significant drop in circulation. Point being...if they don't think they are reaching enough of their market due to a lack of DA customers to see and respond to their ads, they will not be able to justify the cost.

Ok, by significant you're talking in thousands? That's what it would take to make a big enough dip in the circulation to derail an advertisers anticipated ROI using the paper. Nationwide, papers are hurting because there are other places for folks to go to get information. The trouble is that all of these ADS have yet to reach a critical mass (in most areas) and its difficult to monitize ADS as there is very little agreement in the industry on how to measure usage so large advertisers can justify the investment. Traditionally studies show that there is significant loss of consumer recall of a newspaper ad vs electronic media. Besides, I'm talking about the advertisers who spend 60-120k or more a month in TDA, not the corner store....Got to think big