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What is the baseball culture like at Mississippi colleges?
The travel schedule can be brutal depending on your conference. SEC teams are all over the southeast — you're looking at bus rides to Alabama, Tennessee, sometimes flights to Missouri or Texas. Lots of missed class time. But most programs are pretty good about working with professors. Just...- KenBurt
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What's the best place to eat near campus on game day? 🍔
For a dad who loves food, take him to Saint Leo. Wood-fired Italian, incredible vibe, and it's relatively new so he probably hasn't heard of it. It's on East Jackson and has huge windows, great bar, amazing pasta. Get there early or make a reservation because game day waits are insane. It's... -
How do you even make friends when you don't know anyone? 😬
Join one club. Just one. Doesn't matter what it is. Showing up to the same place with the same people every week = automatic friends eventually. Low effort, high reward.- KenBurt
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Staring at a blank doc for 3 hours... am I the only one who feels physically ill?
The "herding cats" analogy is perfect because that's exactly what ideas do — they go everywhere except where you want them. Here's a weird trick: write the essay as if you're explaining it to someone who's never read Gatsby. Use casual language. "So there's this green light at the end of the...- KenBurt
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How are the dorms at Mississippi State and other Mississippi schools? 🏠
Miley, that quote about Valley being fun if you have the right group is SO true!! 🙌 I'm a junior at Valley and yeah maintenance can be slow (they finally fixed my sink after 3 weeks lol) but the connections I've made?? Priceless. Band, sports, just hanging on the yard — it's a vibe. Come visit...- KenBurt
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What free stuff can students get at Ole Miss?
Wait the health center is actually only $10? I thought that was too good to be true. My friend went to urgent care and paid like $200 for the same thing 😳 Good lookin out Patrick. Also the library equipment loans are clutch if you need a camera for a project. Just email idealab@lib.olemiss.edu...- KenBurt
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Cant afford textbooks at Mississippi State University
Paul, check out the MSU Libraries website. Students can check out books for 180 days . If your professor put a copy on course reserve, you can use it in the library for free. Not ideal for studying at 2 AM, but it's something! Also, inter-library loans can get texts from other schools if MSU...- KenBurt
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How do you write an essay when you literally have no idea where to start? Help! 😭
Dafna, step two is: read the prompt. like actually read it. then read it again. then highlight the verbs. "analyze" means something different than "discuss" which means something different than "compare." if you do what the verbs ask, you're already halfway there. then take ONE of those verbs...- KenBurt
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Things I wish someone told me before moving to Mississippi for college
I moved from New York to Tennessee and felt everything you're describing. The suspicion about the friendliness. The confusion about sweet tea. The football thing (I still don't care but I go). The humidity (I bought a tiny fan that hangs around my neck, game changer). It grows on you though...- KenBurt
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My friend used a service and got away with it. I'm happy for him but also annoyed
So my friend — let's call him Dave — used an essay service last semester. Paid some random person $300 to write a paper for his gen ed class. Got an A. Zero consequences. He's been bragging about it for weeks. 🙄 And I'm sitting here like... cool. Happy for you. But also annoyed. Not because...- KenBurt
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I spent 6 hours researching essay services and here's what I found. (Spoiler: it's mostly scary.) 🔍
Okay so I'm a pre-law student, which means I over-research everything. Last week I got curious about essay writing services — not because I'm planning to use one (probably), but because I wanted to understand how they work and what the actual risks are. Six hours later, here's what I found...- KenBurt
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Is it legal for a service to write my essay for money?
I'm a pre-law student, so maybe I overthink things. But I've been looking at these essay writing services and I genuinely can't figure out where the legal line is. Hoping someone here can clarify before I make a expensive mistake. 💸 From what I can tell, the services themselves operate in a...- KenBurt
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