This stuff comes up pretty regularly. It will surface again with all of the TV games we have this year. It is a guarentee that we will be called UL_L, UL Laf, Lou Laf, Ulala, Lou Lafay, and just plain Lafayette during the course of the football season. Yes there will be some UL's and Louisiana's thrown in also, but it will just be a confused mess for the uninformed. We all deperately want the Louisiana name but we cannot legally use it on things like La Louisianne. This "confusion" of message will continue to have legs. I fully expect threads like this 10 years from now and beyond.
I personally don't care one bit. I am fine with UL_L, I just want the university to continue to grow and at some point have a decent football team that doesn't make me ill when I watch them.
From the university's website:
http://www.louisiana.edu/Advancement...sityname.shtml
University of Louisiana at Lafayette is the formal and official name of the university. Please use this name in all first references.
UL Lafayette is acceptable for second reference.
The following uses are inaccurate:
ULL, U of L, U of LL, and U of L at Lafayette
The lead athletic name is Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns®. Teams may also be referred to as Ragin' Cajuns® and Cajuns. Ragin' Cajuns ® is a federally registered trademark.
I agree first reference is important, just like a radio station only has to give its full call letters and location at the top of the hour, proper first reference all that is needed even in official documents.
Even in the very law that established the University of Louisiana name guidelines it showed that after "first reference" you can call an institution any common name that fits. None of this was ever intended to be an every utterance use like La Louisiane has chosen to do. It makes for very bad reading. It is a good thing the mag is so informative otherwise.
Geaux Cajuns
I have learned in my later years to just cut to the chase on matters like this: don't read the stuff. It's that simple folks.
I agree Metry. Would I prefer to be called UL or Louisiana? Yes, absolutely. Do I think the state institutions and people responsible for the name change, especially after it was officially Louisiana deserve an agonizing revenge? yes. However, the name is what it is and I won't lose sleep over it. Why? Because when you win, things start to fall into place and you tend to get a little less kickback on things like this and you tend to deserve certain requests. I'm more concerned with the progression of the school in the classroom and on the field than what everyone does and doesn't call us.
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