ULL and name history....

there are some funny lil snipets from that article

for example:

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and was a charter member of NCAA Division I-A Football.

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UL-Lafayette

UL-Monroe

its hard to argue that you are the 'main UL' when you are in the same conference as the other one

Note: If you have to TELL everybody who you really are, you probably really aren't.

Should be:

University of South Louisiana (USL) Ragin' Cajun Bulldogs

- this captures legacy, and is proportionately indicative of the status of the University in relation to others (number of degrees, masters, PhD's, enrollment, student demographics, research level, etc, etc, etc...)

This is the most accurate and appropriate identity, capturing history, culture, size, student population and pretty much all other considerations (and don't irrationally claim they do not represent all of South LA, because that would preclude Univ of South Florida, Western Kentucky and other schools from their rightful name).

I proposed this to Authement and pretty much the whole USL/ULL staff & administration, and got absolutely no traction...ego and irrationality prevailed, thus an issue that could easily and appropriately be put to the side, persists to this day.

This article cracked me up.

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UL lead the state in professional and certification exams in many fields including engineering, nursing, and education

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The nursing one I buy, since LSU has no school of nursing, but engineering & education? I call BS on that one.

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UL Lafayette (“LOUISIANA”), similar to UC Berkeley (“CALIFORNIA”), UT Knoxville (“TENNESSEE”), UA Fayetteville (“ARKANSAS”), UNC Chapel Hill ("NORTH CAROLINA"), and UT Austin (“TEXAS”), among others,

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Yeah, I always think of Ulala in the same sense as Cal-Berkley, UNC, and UT.

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Since then, however, the university has become popularly known as Louisiana, at least locally. Most of the local media cooperate and promote the name. Additionally, many national academic and athletic publications recognize the university as UL. Students are proud that they attend the University of Louisiana.

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Not to me...never the L, nor UL, or even Ulala, still good ol' USL to me.

Laughable.. I am from Lafayette. They changed every sign on campus the day after they changed the name.

Went to summer school there. They do indeed hate LSU.

You people are a bunch of fricking retards. Instead of supporting Louisiana schools you idiots downgrade Louisiana's school systems. No wonder everyone acknowleges the south as full of inbreds. Half of you idiots are just fans because LSU has a good athletic program. I doubt any of you even went to any form of college.

double post ftw.

Am I correct - this whole thread is about SLI?
(Southwestern Louisiana Institute)