I have lived in New Orleans all my life, and it is the greatest thing in the world. There is great food, great music, great people, and it's all around a great time, but there is one issue with living in New Orleans—I have to deal with LSU fans, and trust me, it's not easy. I get made fun of constantly for going to Ole Miss, and most of the insults include stereotypes about Ole Miss, which are far from the truth.

I am going to expose these stereotypes and set the record straight.

1. "Ole Miss is full of rednecks..."

Now you look at this picture and tell me these people are “rednecks”. Ole Miss is home to over 20,000 students and majority of us are normal, beautiful, fun-loving people from all over the country. More often than not you will meet a person who is not even from the South. Just because someone has a country accent and drives a truck does not make them a redneck, it just makes them from the South. Trust me, not only are they not rednecks, but they are true southern gentlemen.

2. "Ole Miss is full of stuck up, rich, selfish Greeks."
Fun fact: only 32 percent of students at Ole Miss are Greek. To make it easier to understand, not even half of the student body of the University of Mississippi is Greek-affiliated. With that being said, Ole Miss has over 250 student body organizations to join where everyone is welcomed. Greek or not, Ole Miss includes everyone. AND to go even further than that, every Greek sorority or fraternity has a charity that they raise awareness and money for, which every other Greek sorority and fraternity supports. Greeks are constantly volunteering, raising money and helping others, not just sitting around being "stuck up, rich, selfish Greeks."

3. “Girls only go to Ole Miss for their MRS. Degree."
I really should not dignify this stereotype with a response, but I guess I will. To say we ladies who come to Ole Miss are only here to get hitched is not only sexist, but it’s also insulting. I am at Ole Miss to get an education, and if I find a boyfriend who eventually becomes my husband, then that is awesome, but if I don’t, that is great as well. I don’t even understand how this stereotype started considering in every college some people are meeting their future spouses. All I can say is shame on everyone who makes this assumption.

4. "Everyone at Ole Miss is racist."
Yes, Ole Miss has had a very racist past, I am not denying this or ignoring this, but c’mon people we are in 2015, and Ole Miss is doing more then most schools to stop racism and to start including everyone. Fun fact: 14.3 percent of Ole Miss' student body is African American while only 12 percent of University of Alabama students are African American and ONLY 7 percent of University of Georgia’s enrollment is African American. Ole Miss is working harder than ever to include all cultures and to put the dreaded past behind us. Not only has Ole Miss changed the mascot, but also has changed street names so to not reflect the past but to promote the future for inclusion for all.

There are plenty of more stereotypes that Ole Miss gets associated with, but the point is that stereotypes are just that, they should not reflect the school in any way. I know that I would not have applied to or continued to stay at Ole Miss if I believed or witnessed any of these false depictions. My advice to those who believe in these stereotypes without seeing them first hand or assuming they are correct because they were told them, get a life.

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