Possible Name Change for LU?

[Guest Techsan]

Hey guys I was at a political fundraiser in Dallas last night and met a member of LU's Administration and he was telling me that the "Powers That Be" are considering renaming Lamar, Southeast Texas State University to make it more marketable and to attract more kids from other regions of the state. Has anyone heard anything like this, thoughts, opinions?

[KFDM COOP]

Haven't heard that but intersting..

[Guest Techsan]

It wouldnt hurt my feelings a bit if they changed it. For those of you who are historians, you know that Mirabeau Lamar wasnt exactly a warm and fuzzy character, He went down in history as Sam Houston's archrival, while he may have been the Father of Texas Education he certainly didnt do the Republic too many favors while he was in office.

[WOS95]

i have always thought that there should be a southeast texas state university. i thought that when lamar-PA and lamar-O broke away from lamar-B that one of them would have changed their name to that.

[UNLV]

I dont like it. I preferr LU over that name.

[KFDM COOP]

I do to for some reason.

[DenisGScott]

I think it gives more recognition than just Lamar, yeah we all know about Lamar, but when it comes to sports a lot of people hear Lamar and are like "Huh?", Southeast Texas State at least then they do where we are.

[UNLV]

They must think about former graduates. Those ppl want to support the LU, not Southeast Texas ST. I could accept Lamar Beaumont University or Lamar Southeast Texas...nahhh, too cumbersome. Leave the name alone. We could have success without a dumb name change, hence McNeese, Gonzaga, Creighton, Rice, etc etc.

[Guest Kelly Football]

I think it gives more recognition than just Lamar' date=' yeah we all know about Lamar, but when it comes to sports a lot of people hear Lamar and are like "Huh?", Southeast Texas State at least then they do where we are.[/quote'] Very True. I like that name better myself. Is this in the works?

[UNLV]

If a name change happens, the new school can no longer claim a sweet 16 or AP top 20 or any past accomplishments.

[Cardinal Fan]

The name has changed from Lamar Tech to Lamar University. I perfer the current name but would support a name change if it better suited the needs of the university and would have a financial impact.

I do not like the name Southeast Texas State University. I think the University of Southeast Texas sounds much better and they could use the initals UST if needed. Just my opinion.

[Guest Techsan]

I know that there are some potential names to replace LU being kicked around, but at this point its merely being talked about among the schools higher ups, they have not decided that they are definitely changing the name, just considering it at this point.

[JohnnyT60]

Why couldn't they claim past accomplishments? I am pretty sure Texas State still claims their past, when it was SWTSU. I believe the name would give it more of a regional appeal. If it helps the university, I would be all for it.

[UNLV]

I dont see how the name benefits the school. Everyone in this area knows where LU is located. And I doubt putting the location in the school name will attract students. Southwest Texas state, USL, Southwest LA moved away from those directional names, LU shouldn't go backwards. Dr Simmons is doing great things at LU, research center as an example, I hope he doesn't follow it with a stupid move. Keep it Lamar University.

[WOS95]

why did swt change their name? as far as louisiana schools i thought usl and others had to change their name. L-lafayette, and L-monroe just for an example. i could be wrong maybe somebody could clarify.

[JohnnyT60]

SWT changed to Texas State, i suppose to give it broader appeal, and grander status. I believe in a decade or so, this decision will begin to pay dividends. USL name was mandated by the Louisiana legislature, it is not something they chose to do. Some people in Louisiana will tell you it was politically motivated. Yeah, everyone in this area knows where Lamar is. The point is to give the university a broader appeal and recognition, which apparently people involved with the university, believe will benefit the university. I am not sure the TSU board would approve the move, since you have two other institutions named after state leaders in SFA and SH, but if allowed, it would help.

[DenisGScott]

Southeast

Texas

Failing

University

got a nice ring to it lol

[AshlyHasBeen]

When Lamar became part of the Texas State University system they almost changed their name. That's when SWT officially became Texas State University-San Marcos. Billy Tubbs told me he wanted our name to be Texas State University-Beaumont a couple of years ago. I guess we'll just have to see.

[Guest Techsan]

This fellow also mentioned TSU- Beaumont as a plausible candidate for the name change, but said that it was gaining much traction with the decision makers. For some reason directional names have alwyas been frowned upon in the media, but personally I like it, just FYI some other names that were mentioned; Southeastern Texas Univ, TSU- Beaumont, and Southeastern State Univ. The front runner is said to be Southeast Texas State Univ. But as I mentioned earlier this merely in a consideration phase, the Board of Regents have not officially began to consider or investigate possible name changes, but feelers are out there for possible names and marketability.

[DenisGScott]

TSU-Beaumont sounds as if we are affiliated with Texas Southern Univ. in Houston

[UNLV]

TSU-Beaumont. This a bad idea. Lamar has a name distinct from anyone in the country. Southeast Texas st, now we are linked to Southeast LA.

Good grief you dont see Deke changing its distinct name for a direction. Going from TSU-Beaumont to LU is a step up, vice-versa is a generic name step down.

[KFDM COOP]

I don't like TSU-Beaumont either.

[UNLV]

South this and northwest that is generic names, why would they consider lowering LU to that level.

[KFDM COOP]

Do you like SE Tx State?

[DenisGScott]

I admit I like SE Texas State better than Lamar, Duke doesnt need to change their name when every basketball game they have is on national TV so everyone knows their name and where they are, we dont have that here.