More than 3,300 students took the opportunity to help “name that space” by voting Sept. 8 to 11 on a new name for the temporarily named Live Oak Lounge in the Student Union.The space’s current name — Live Oak Lounge — was a temporary name chosen for the Union’s renovation plans, said Shirley Plakidas, Union director.”The campaign was created to create interest in the space and give students a sense of ownership of the space,” Plakidas said.Students voted online through their PAWS accounts.The permanent name for the Live Oak Lounge will be revealed at a formal presentation during an opening celebration for the space Sept. 23, Plakidas said.Students had a choice between three names — Live Oak Lounge, Tiger Terminal and Tiger Connection. The Union Board chose the three names from more than 150 names submitted by students throughout the summer, Plakidas said.”We excluded any names that were attached to individuals … because that gets into the University policy about naming buildings, place and things after people,” Plakidas said.University policy mandates portions of a building can be named after a living person in honor of specific contributions made to the University, but the living person may not be a public office holder, a candidate for public office or a past or present member of the LSU Board of Supervisors with two years of service. Though many of the names submitted contained the word “tiger” in it, Plakidas said one of the more unique names submitted was the Loup-Garou Lounge.”It’s based on a Cajun folk tale — I had never heard of that until then,” Plakidas said. “According to the person who submitted that, a loup-garou is a mythical creature in Louisiana … some people in the area talk of the loup-garou to children as we might talk of the boogeyman.”Garrett Dupre, chemical engineering freshman, said he took part in the campaign because he wanted to see the space receive a decent name. Dupre said he voted for Live Oak Lounge.”It’s so much classier,” Dupre said. —-Contact Brianna Paciorka at [email protected]