Let me beat this "dead horse" again

[cajuntbob]

I agree with both of you guys, well said ;

GEAUX CAJUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CDeb]

Yeah, who cares if "Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns" is a marketing ploy?

So are:
"Death Valley"
"Team of the 90's"
"Big Ben"
"P-MAC"

And the media lapdogs in Baton Rouge certainly eat those up, don't they??

Besides, isn't that what all nicknames/mascots are, marketing ploys??

[Turbine]

Every school in the University of Louisiana System is an "at" school. The city tag is not part of the name it is simply a reference. The only difference is that edict dictates that two of the schools in the system use the reference in all letterheads and signage.

AT Lafayette is not part of an official name any more or less than any of the other schools in the UL System.

Listed below is a portion of the University of Louisiana System bylaws. If you notice the normal tendancy towards common usage of names applies to the UL System also. In their own bylaws they call themselves "System". System? what is that? Also notice that every school in the system is refered to as an "at" school. Just like LSU is an "at" school.

SECTION I. DEFINITIONS

A. University of Louisiana System. The term "University of Louisiana System" or "System" when used in these bylaws shall refer to the system of campuses governed by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System as contained in R.S. 17:3217 and, as amended through July 1, 1999, includes the following institutions:

Grambling State University at Grambling

Louisiana Tech University at Ruston

McNeese State University at Lake Charles

Nicholls State University at Thibodaux

Northwestern State University of Louisiana at Natchitoches

Southeastern Louisiana University at Hammond

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

University of Louisiana at Monroe

http://www.uls.state.la.us/site100-0...s_10_28_03.pdf
(Revision approved 8/27/99)

[Cajun1997]

I see by the continued use of UL Lafayette all over the sports section that this person either does not care what the fans think or does not have the authority a person in his position should. Perhaps the SID people at UL have forgot to inform the local paper that the lead name for our athletic team is

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns

Since the paper has chosen in the past to listen to the university and not the people who read their paper (many of them fans of UL athletics) why will they not do so now? Where is the editor of the paper from? Who owns this paper?