This was posted on another list. I believe in the importance of the message and am posting it here. I signed and commented. This question connects all of us with part of our past. I moved into a francophone area when I was 10 and learned French, I was fortunate. ************** June 23, 2010 Dear Cousins. Please sign the petition to save the French degree program at Southeastern University in Hammond, Louisiana. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keep-the-french-department-at-southeastern-louisiana-university It was only 1 or 2 generations ago that French was a major language here in Louisiana. The system beat it out of our parents and grand-parents and made them learn English. Many Louisianans still speak French, and as such the impact of French on our state has been incalculable. Other than Quebec, Louisiana is the largest French speaking area in the Western Hemisphere. There's too much Acadian & Cajun culture to be lost by eliminating these courses. More schools should offer these courses instead of trying to get rid of it. I might understand a school in someplace like Kansas eliminating French (nothing against Kansas), but not here in Louisiana.