UL of Lafayette's name

Published/Last Modified on Thursday, February 4, 2010 2:06 PM CST

In a recent front page article, one of your writers referred to University of Louisiana at Lafayette as “ULL”. Please note that “ULL” is an improper naming convention for the university. I am a proud alumnus of UL Lafayette under the previous name, USL, and I would like to ask you, and all of the writing staff of The Daily Iberian, to observe the proper naming convention for the university.

For your reference, I am providing the URL below for the official UL Lafayette website describing the proper use of the university’s name.

http://www.louisiana.edu/Advancement/PRNS/media/universityname.shtml

The following statements can be found on the webpage.

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 Louisiana-Lafayette, Ragin’ Cajuns® and Cajuns. Ragin’ Cajuns ® is a federally registered trademark.

Thanking you in advance for your support of our university.

Pat Dooley

USL Classes of 1985 and 1993

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Les Miles wrote on Feb 9, 2010 8:57 PM:

" Richard the reason you can't get a Louisiana Blue Chip is because a blue chip would much rather go to a class program like LSU instead of the bush leagues "

Entertained wrote on Feb 7, 2010 6:27 AM:

" You've got to explain the name to people!! ( must be atheletes) I rest my case. A rose is a rose, by any other name still smells the same. "University of Slow Learners" "

Richard wrote on Feb 4, 2010 3:43 PM:

" What about changing the name back to the Bayou Bulldogs. We can not even get a state blue chip football player. Any good ball player will not play for coon&*%$'s. "

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