Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe -- why does ULL

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* In 1847 the original University of Louisiana was established as a public university in New Orleans. Previously known as the Medical College of Louisiana (est. 1834), the college added law and collegiate undergraduate departments to become the University of Louisiana. The name was revised in 1884 when the university was reorganized into the private Tulane University of Louisiana. The university was transferred from state control and renamed in honor of benefactor Paul Tulane, a wealthy merchant who bequeathed more than $1 million to endow a university for the city where he had earned his fortune. Today, it is commonly referred to as Tulane University.

* In 1984, the then-University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL) received permission from Tulane University to adopt the name "The University of Louisiana." USL applied to the then-Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities (now The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors) for permission to change its name to "The University of Louisiana," and on April 27 of that year permission was granted. The Louisiana Board of Regents quickly filed suit with the Board of Trustees, and on May 22, District Judge William H. Brown stripped the university of the name, upon which it reverted to USL. Immediately thereafter, the state legislature removed from all of the boards of higher education their historical powers over names of buildings, colleges and universities, and the legislature reserved that right solely for itself.

Since 1999, some at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have continued to push for popular acceptance of the shorter "University of Louisiana" title, in line with its battle for the name in the 1980s. It is against Louisiana law for any official university to be named the "University of Louisiana" without a placename.

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Bussemer

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Beat me to it.

They say it is because they are the 2nd largest public university in Louisiana. But the truth is they have penis envy.

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