Ragin' Cajuns Athletics

2008 Hot & Spicy Golf Tournament Monday May 5

Squirrel Run Golf Club in New Iberia will host the 5th Annual UL Ragin' Cajuns Hot & Spicy Golf Tournament. The fundraiser generates funds for all UL athletic programs.

Student-Athletes Shine in the Classroom

Athletics produced 173 students with a 3.0 GPA or better this fall, and 22 earned a 4.0.

Interview with Senior Associate Athletic Director Scott Farmer

ultoday.com recently interviewed Scott Farmer about what brought him to UL, and his initial impressions.

Diversity of Thought, University Athletics, and the Zero-Sum Game

Continuing from last week's essay, "Should UL Continue Athletics?" we look at the pitfalls of the "sports mentality."

Interview with Gerald Hebert, Ragin' Cajuns Fundraiser

ultoday.com recently had lunch with Gerald Hebert, Fundraiser for Ragin' Cajuns athletics.

NCAA Public Hearing, April 18

Public input invited for specific areas of study: academic integrity, governance and commitment to rules compliance, as well as a commitment to equity and student-athlete well being.

Scott Farmer on Academic Excellence

UL's Associate Athletic Director recognizes the real reason that Ragin' Cajuns athletics exists.

Scott Farmer on UL Excellence

Do Cajuns fans tend to take our progress for granted? Associate AD Scott Farmer talks with ultoday.com about excellence.

Scott Farmer, Part II

ultoday.com continues our conversation with Senior Associate Athletic Director Scott Farmer. Farmer discusses the community and UL's athletic future.

UL is welcoming a new administration, one that has transition committees re-examining the major facets of the University. One of those, predictably, is athletics. So I have a question for the Athletics Transition Committee: Should we continue our sports program at UL?

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Interview with Elizabeth Brooks

A few years ago, a student stepped up to work towards making the UL "Horse Farm" a public park for the whole community. While a fierce argument raged through the community, fueled by divisive media commentary, the student heading the effort was meeting politely with President Authément, who welcomed both the student activism and the independence of thought and diversity of opinion, with the open-mindedness, tolerance, and collegiality that the life of the mind demands. She talks about her experiences with ultoday.com.

Interview With John T. Landry

utloday.com interviews the founder and architect of UL's fundraising office, and one of the University's most enthusiastic advocates.

Dr. Jack Damico, Communicative Disorders

ultoday.com interviews Dr. Jack Damico, a world-renowned scholar, and the architect of the rapidly-growing undergraduate, graduate, and research programs in the UL Department of Communicative Disorders

Microchip Center Named for CACS Director

Bayoumi Center for VLSI Design established in Indian hi-tech hub.

Garth Alper Interview

ultoday.com interviews Garth Alper, Interim Department Head of the School of Music.

UL Students Picked Internationally for Cannes Film Festival

Marketing & Hospitality lands 4 students among 18 worldwide for the world's most prestigious film festival.

What is the Goal of Education?

Currently in some circles there is this "new" idea, that education should serve workforce development. In this approach, the primary role of education is to produce workers for the economy-- in essence, employees. Not surprisingly, these arguments generally come from the business community.

Such an approach appears to be insufficient. First of all, if we are engaged in workforce development, then what workers are we developing? For which job shall we train workers? There is a popular slide show claiming that today's graduate will hold 10 to 14 jobs by age 38. What will those jobs be? And even if we knew what they would be, we couldn't possibly train for that many jobs. For which of them should we train our workers?

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Softball's Michael Lotief (Part I)

ultoday.com spoke with Michael Lotief about the Cajuns' remarkable run this year. His wife and Co-Head Coach Stefni sat in and added her thoughts.

Ragin' Cajun Racing Finishes 4th Internationally

The UL Mechanical Engineering Department's Mini-Baja Team returns from Tennessee ranked among world's elite.

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