Suggestions needed. What are UL's Greatest Traditions?

[Swamp]

The Strip | The Cajuns script | Cypress Lake

[CajunNation]

What are UL's Greatest Traditions, trademarks, landmarks, events etc?

Tough question. Many of our best traditions are things of the past like Lagniappe Day, Blackham and the Basketball program, Louisiana Saturday Nights and Tailgating, the Cajun Language, the Strip. For a school that supposedly promotes cULture, we sucked at preserving those things and suck at building traditions like "Louisiana", a Mascot, or anything that makes us Cajun.

I think right now, our best stuff is the "Centerfield", the FDL, "Ragin Cajuns", Cajuns script, Cypress Swamp and the Tigue.



Our cULture is on life support. Our identity is fading. We can bring it back, but it would require the Administration to admit the problem and embrace those things that made us Cajun and made us so proud to be Cajun.

[CajunNation]

I think the university dropped the ball decades ago in not promoting the Cajun Language enough. The rapid decline in Cajun speaking people in Acadiana since the 70's is, IMHO, the main reason why the cULture is a shell of what is needs to be. Cajun French should have been a mandatory requirement for incoming Fr. just like any other mandatory Fr. course.

It's been done before in Quebec. Quebec is a solidly French speaking area of Canada. The only reason the French language is dominant there today is beacause they preserved and promoted it like their lives depended on it. Schools in Qubec only speak French. You can't do business or live in Quebec without proving you're proficient in French. Consequently, the culture of Quebec is very different than the rest of Canada.

Everything that defines a culture begins with the language. Yes, the public schools went a long way towards crushing the Cajun language in the 30's, 40's and 50's, but that doesn't excuse our failure to keep it alive.

[GreatestStory]

- 7th inning stretch

- (formerly) best tailgating in college football

- Increasing prices until there is no longer demand

[ZoomZoom]

Tough question. Many of our best traditions are things of the past like Lagniappe Day, Blackham and the Basketball program, Louisiana Saturday Nights and Tailgating, the Cajun Language, the Strip. For a school that supposedly promotes cULture, we sucked at preserving those things and suck at building traditions like "Louisiana", a Mascot, or anything that makes us Cajun.

I think right now, our best stuff is the "Centerfield", the FDL, "Ragin Cajuns", Cajuns script, Cypress Swamp and the Tigue.



Our cULture is on life support. Our identity is fading. We can bring it back, but it would require the Administration to admit the problem and embrace those things that made us Cajun and made us so proud to be Cajun.

So true about the Strip. Pre MADD days, a cop would help a drunken student (like me) to MY car and not a police car.

That’s never coming back.

[60swerethebest]

I think our greatest tradition (except for McNeese) is courtesy to opposing teams fans at tailgating. Football, baseball and softball especially. People are stunned that they are asked to share food and drink without being harassed. Hope we never lose this.

[Swamp]

I think our greatest tradition (except for McNeese) is courtesy to opposing teams fans at tailgating. Football, baseball and softball especially. People are stunned that they are asked to share food and drink without being harassed. Hope we never lose this.

Damn right

[Turbine]

Cooking Club

[fanof71]

Cypress Lake

[SMD7636]

One of our greatest traditions is yelling RAGIN’ while the other side yells CAJUNS

[Jeaux]

Leaving early to beat the traffic just to get a good seat at Legend's to watch the other games. Y'all know who you are.

[cajun4life]

What traditions