2016: Alden Report Released by University of Louisiana Athletics

[31Ragin97]

Which is Oregon

agreed. there are other lsu's as well.....UO-norman then.....

[HoustonCajun]

Notice when we play our O
OC games against the P-5s that they tend to put Louisiana on the tickets and scoreboards---Who would you rather your fans think you are playing Louisiana-??? or Louisiana??? again we get LSU pushing us and the others in state pulling us down

-Keep fighting---If we get into a different conference I really think it would be over or the tide to have changed demonstratively!!!

Louisiana is not the issue. We are all in agreement with that. It is the acronym we are also referred by. Outside of Lafayette, everyone including media, use ULL or UL-L that our marketing dept told the conference and media to use. LARC is apparently only for trailers on televised games. UL is illegal and will always be fought by ULM, La Tech and LSU. So, do we use just an L, LU, LA, or something else? I love UL, but it will never gain statewide or national traction. How long do we play this insane name game? Louisiana is locked in. What is our acronym?

[Turbine]

A good abbreviation is as good as an acronym.

[Oiler]

I couldn't find anything more recent, the following breakdown of fee charges is updated for Spring 2013 fee schedule as of 12.02.12:.. but I do not see any fees regarding getting into athletic events for free except for the "Auxiliary Operations Fee" and if that is it then I would assume Martin Hall and I would love see the breakdown of how much of that $100 goes towards athletics. (Probably higher in 2016 but still seems low)

*Board Assessed Fees:

Tuition/General Registration
-Up to $ 2,234.28 per semester
Building Use fee
-$10.00 per semester
Building Use Fee-New
-Up to $48.00 per semester
Academic Enhancement
-$25.00 per semester
Academic Excellence
-$10.00 per credit hour; $30.00 minimum, $120.00 maximum
Operational Fee
-up to $61.20 per semester

University Assessed Fees:

Records and Evaluation Fee ($10.00 per semester)
-Provides funding for maintenance of student academic records; provides students with free copies of University transcripts.
Auxiliary Operations Fee ($100.00 assessed at 4 or more credit hours)
-Provides ancillary student support for Auxiliary services which include the Student Union, transit system, operations, recreational sports/activities, the health clinic, and other student related services.
Energy Fee (up to $60.00 per semester)
-Provides funding to offset energy costs of the University
Student Self-Assessed Fees
Masterplan Advancement Program ($7.50 per credit hour, maximum of 15 credits)
-Provides funding for campus improvements with input from students
Student Union (up to $23.00 per semester)
-Provide funding for construction and maintenance of existing UL Lafayette Student Union
Student Union ($20.00 per semester for students assessed at 6 or more credit hours.
-Provides funding for construction and maintenance of a new first-class Student Center
Student Union ($55.00 per semester for students at 6 or more credit hours
-Provides funding for construction and maintenance of a new first-class Student Center
Student Technology Fee ($5.00 per credit hour)
-Provides funding to enhance student-accessible technology on campus
ID Photo ($10.00 per semester)
-Provide for ID photographs and identification cards
La Louisiane-Alumni ($2.50 per semester)
-Provides funding for La Louisiane, the alumni magazine
Debate ($1.00 per semester)
-Provide funding for travel expenses for the University Debate Team
Entertainment ($5.50 per semester)
-Provide funding for University Program Council for events like Lagniappe Week, Ragin Roar, and Homecoming. UPC sponsored events are free to students
Day Care ($2.25 per semester)
-Provides for top quality child care at affordable prices for children of full time students.
Intramurals ($2.00 per semester)
-Provides for intramural sports for UL Lafayette students
Band Association (up to $5.00 per semester)
-Provides funding for the Pride of Acadiana March Band
Student Loan (.50 per semester)
-Provides for emergency loan assistance through the short-term loan program.
Lyceum (up to $1.00 per semester)
-Provides for academic speakers at the University
Book (.10 per semester)
L 'Acadian ($12.00 per Fall semester for students with 12 or more credit hours)
-Provides a copy of the L 'Acadian Yearbook for each full-time student
KRVS (.50 per semester)
-Provides funding for KRVS, the campus radio station
SGA ($7.50 per semester for 6 or more credit hours)
-Provides funding for the Student Government Association
Insurance ($22.00 per semester for students assessed at 7 or more undergraduate credit hours or 6 or more graduate credit hours)
-Provides students with health care coverage
Vermilion ($2.00 per semester)
-Provides funding for the student published newspaper
SGA Scholarship (.75 per semester)
-Provides funding for SGA-awarded scholarships
International Student Council (.35 per semester)
Club Sports ($3.15 per semester)
-Provide funding for club sports such as Judo, Bowling, Soccer, Rugby, Tae Kwan Do, Skeet Shooting, and Water Skiing.
Arts Fee (up to $7.00 per semester)
-Provides funding for the UL Lafayette Symphony Orchestra and UL Lafayette
Performing Arts
Cheerleaders (up to $4.00 per semester)
-Provides funding for UL Lafayette cheerleaders
University Police ($1.00 per semester) Provides funding for the University Police Department for scholarships, student officers, Code Blue emergency systems, crime prevention programs, and equipment for officers.
Art Museum (up to $5.00 per semester)
-Provides funding for the University Art Museum
Parking and Transit (up to $25.00 per semester for students assessed at 6 or more credit hours)
-Provides funding to maintain transit facilities (buses), improve parking facilities, and provide free parking at Cajun Field and Zone 40.
Recreational-.Facility/Equipment ($20.00 per semester for students assessed at 6 or more
Credit hours)
Student Health Service ($20.00 per semester for 6 or more credit hours)
-Provides health care services to student free of charge
Student Health Service Support ($5.00 per semester for students assessed at 6 or more credit hours
-Provides support services for Student Health Services
Auxiliary Improvement
-$15.00 per semester for students assessed at 6 or more credit hours
Initial Enrollment Fee ($7.50 first time freshmen only)
-Provides enrollment services to first-time stude

Can you be more specific?

[CajunNation]

Louisiana is not the issue. We are all in agreement with that. It is the acronym we are also referred by. Outside of Lafayette, everyone including media, use ULL or UL-L that our marketing dept told the conference and media to use. LARC is apparently only for trailers on televised games. UL is illegal and will always be fought by ULM, La Tech and LSU. So, do we use just an L, LU, LA, or something else? I love UL, but it will never gain statewide or national traction. How long do we play this insane name game? Louisiana is locked in. What is our acronym?

LA

[Boomer]

Louisiana is not the issue. We are all in agreement with that. It is the acronym we are also referred by. Outside of Lafayette, everyone including media, use ULL or UL-L that our marketing dept told the conference and media to use. LARC is apparently only for trailers on televised games. UL is illegal and will always be fought by ULM, La Tech and LSU. So, do we use just an L, LU, LA, or something else? I love UL, but it will never gain statewide or national traction. How long do we play this insane name game? Louisiana is locked in. What is our acronym?

---I didn't like it initially but starting to favor ULA...

[ManAboutTown]

Finally had the opportunity to thumb through this thing..

The specific personnel evaluations are not included in this version of the report, so take that into consideration.

I'd personally like to thank Mike Alden and his staff for spending time reading RP and it's many fine posters for valuable input in their report. This is quite literally a condensed "thread" of everything we've discussed, complained and warned about for 10 years here, on this forum. It's pretty unbelievable actually.

But seriously, the "don't put this plan on the shelf" comment is so multi-layered in meaning. First and foremost, we have to go out and find an Athletic Director that can handle this kind of undertaking. We are severely, SEVERELY lacking at this position and have been for a really long time. So implement the correct leadership and then, and only then, can we proceed with our future endeavors.

For anyone saying that we are financially disadvantaged with our current economic state: Let me remind you of Mr. Warren Buffet's strategy of investing -- "When people are buying, be fearful. When people are fearful, be buying." The time is now. Excuses and difficulties be damned.

Have we been under staffed? Sure we have. But how LONG have we been understaffed? I can absolutely hold our administration accountable for not addressing a major issue that has plagued our growth in athletics for this amount of time! If you need people, FIGURE IT OUT. It's been said many times here; put the football stadium suites (that you can't sell anyway) on the back-burner for now, endow athletic scholarships; then use the money that's currently being allocated for that to staff a full, functioning athletic department.

I was a little disappointed in the 'LARC' suggestion. I think we can do better than that.

It's now all on the Prez.

[cajun4life]

ULA is a better acronym than ULL and LARC IMO.

[wcd35]

ULA is a better acronym than ULL and LARC IMO.

Go ULA

[basinbear]

Guys....the name thing IS important.....there is one Hell of a lot more than that in this report.....

[Boomer]

Guys....the name thing IS important.....there is one Hell of a lot more than that in this report.....

---One thing I didn't like too much (now it could just be the New Orleans in me) but every game is Mardi Gras---Is he working for the Greenies also? Seems like a better fit!!!

[VObserver]

The name is a big issue... but if we somehow miraculously got the name tomorrow, and failed to follow through on the rest of the recommended actions in the report, all we will have done is gotten a name we like on our athletic tombstone.

And if we follow through with the rest of the report, the name will cease to be an important issue, because people will call us what we want, or we will be so happy with our success that we don't care about the name any more..