The (LA Tech/LSUS) Merger Thread II

[qng001]

Looking up who makes up the Louisiana House Education Committee, all reside in the southern half of the state. Many have LSU degrees.

Committee Members
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Landry, Nancy Chairman District 31 R Louisiana State University, B.A., 1985; Louisiana State University Law School, JD, 1990 Carter, Gary Vice Chair District 102 D Xavier University of Louisiana, B.A., Political Science, 1996; Tulane Law School, J.D., 2002 Amedée, Beryl Member District 51 R None Listed Bouie, Joseph Member District 97 D Southern University at New Orleans, B.A.; Tulane University, M.S.W.; Clark Atlanta University, Ph.D. Brass, Ken Member District 58 D Southern University A & M College, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1999 Carter, Stephen F. Member District 68 R Louisiana State University, B.A. Edmonds, Rick Member District 66 R East Texas Baptist University, B.A.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., Doctoral Studies Emerson, Julie Member District 39 R University of Louisiana at Lafayette, B.S.; University of South Carolina, M.B.A. Falconer, Reid Member District 89 R Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Architecture, 1979; Louisiana State University, M.S., Finance, 1984; Louisiana State University, M.B.A., 1984 Hilferty, Stephanie Member District 94 R Loyola University New Orleans, B.A. Leger, Walt III Member District 91 D Louisiana State University, B.A., Political Science, 2000; Tulane University Law School, J.D., 2003; Certificate of Specialization in Admiralty & Maritime Law, 2003 Simon, Scott M. Member District 74 R Tulane University, M.A. Architecture, 2005 Smith, Patricia Haynes Member District 67 D Kent State University, B.S. Education; Youngstown State, Youngstown, Ohio and Louisiana State University, post graduate work Thomas, Polly Member District 80 R University of Southwestern Louisiana, B.A., Speech Pathology and Audiology, 1969; Texas A&M University, M.S., Educational Psychology, 1974; Texas A&M University, Ph.D., Educational Psychology, 1977 Barras, Taylor F. Ex Officio District 48 R Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, B.S. Accounting, 1979

[Blue Dawg]

NLA needs to secede and be done with it. No taxation without representation!

[70TECHGRAD]

LSUS is the problem of LSU Baton Rouge... It should have NEVER been made a 4 year college!!!

[dawg80]

LSUS is the problem of LSU Baton Rouge... It should have NEVER been made a 4 year college!!!

It was never not a 4-year college. It was founded as a 4-year institution and has always been such.

[qng001]

NLA needs to secede and be done with it. No taxation without representation!

The northern most LA rep is Walt Leger (District 91) representing St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington.

[kbm86]

The northern most LA rep is Walt Leger (District 91) representing St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington.

I'm pretty sure Julie Emerson is originally from Homer.

[KSDAWG]

NLA needs to secede and be done with it. No taxation without representation!

100% Then those that do get elected turn into bureaucrats who only want to be a part of the BR click. LSU tix and all.

[sportdawg]

It was never not a 4-year college. It was founded as a 4-year institution and has always been such.

it was created as a 2-year commuter college. It did not become 4-year institution until 1972. https://gencat3.eloquent-systems.com...=1513799946662

[sportdawg]

NLA needs to secede and be done with it. No taxation without representation!

we need a law school first

[qng001]

I'm pretty sure Julie Emerson is originally from Homer.

She is, but she is a ULL grad that lives in Carencro and represents a district in south Louisiana.

[dawg80]

it was created as a 2-year commuter college. It did not become 4-year institution until 1972. https://gencat3.eloquent-systems.com...=1513799946662

You are correct...technically.

As an LSUS alum and as one who worked on the marketing plan for it, I am privy to some "inside" information and history. Let me revise and extend my comments...

It was never the intention of supporters/founders to establish a 2-year school. It was always the goal for it to be a 4-year institution. In other words, the school was not founded and opened in 1967 as a 2-year school and everyone was on board and okay with that, and then 5 years later, someone had an epiphany and said, "hey! I have an idea, let's make LSUS a 4-year school!" That was the original plan from the git-go and supporters agreed to open the school in 1967 because politicians told them "have to take baby steps, but we'll get you to 4-year status ASAP."

This makes LSUS different than the others, LSUA, LSUE, LSUC who all opened as 2-year schools and were perfectly okay with that being their charter.

I'm having a brain fart at the moment and can't remember the name of the key benefactor, a founder, some say THE FOUNDER of LSUS, but he was steadfast and determined that LSUS be a 4-year institution. The reasoning for his, and others', insistence plays into that old north vs. south Louisiana stigma. If "south Louisiana" was gonna have LSU-BR, then by God, "north Louisiana" had to have its own "LSU."

[Houston Techsan]

Whatever happened to UNO? It opened as a 2 yr branch as LSUNO and changed its name to drop the LSU sometime in the 70s. Is it still under the LSU board of regents?

[qng001]

Whatever happened to UNO? It opened as a 2 yr branch as LSUNO and changed its name to drop the LSU sometime in the 70s. Is it still under the LSU board of regents?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univ...of_New_Orleans

In the fall of 2011 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges gave approval for the University of New Orleans to join the University of Louisiana System, concluding the five-month transition from the Louisiana State University System since Act 419 of the 2011 Louisiana Legislative Regular Session was signed into law in July 2011.

[Blue Dawg]

we need a law school first

Chicken/egg

We will never get a law school as long as lsu is in control of the state government.

[Houston Techsan]

And as long as most of the lawyers in Louisiana are LSU lawyers who also make up the legislators ........