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7 Things You Can Finally Enjoy About Summer

After a long school year, I think we all deserve a little R&R.

Mississippi State University

After not seeing your hometown hunnies for a bit, it's nice to catch up and spend some time with our old friends.

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30 Things You Know To Be True If You Grew Up In The Miss-Lou

There's no other place quite like it.

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30 Things You Know To Be True If You Grew Up In The Miss-Lou

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If you grew up on a state border, specifically the Mississippi-Louisiana state border, then you know how conflicting it can be describing your hometown. Are you from Mississippi or Louisiana? Both. Dual in-state tuition? Yes please.

There is no where quite like the Miss-Lou community. Running along the Mighty Mississippi and home to delicious food and rich history, claiming it as your home is a gift. So, if you're one of the 601/318 gang, here are some things you know too well to be true:

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8 Phrases that stick with you if you are from the south living up north

Living in the north has made me realize there's certain things I still say like a southerner.

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8 Phrases that stick with you if you are from the south living up north

Caroline Domingue

Living in Maryland and Pennsylvania for almost 6 years, I learned that I say a couple different words and phrases differently. While a lot of these phrases and words I don't say now, I used to say all of these phrases when I first moved up north. The strange looks and asking where I'm from has made me stop saying some of them as much but I'm still a Southerner at heart.

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11 Cajun Dishes Every Non-Louisianan Needs To Try At Least Once

Following my freshman year of college, I now have a taste for several of the state's classic dishes.

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My first experience with any type of Cajun food was at Popeye's here in Texas. I ordered chicken tenders with a side of red beans and rice. I instantly fell in love with the red beans and rice, so I decided to venture out and try some other Cajun classics. My next run-in with Cajun food would come in Baton Rouge while my family and I visited Louisiana State University for the first time. We ate at several great restaurants and I was instantly hooked. Fast forward to my freshman year at LSU and I was finally able to try all the typical Louisiana foods.

The 11 foods I have listed are some of my favorites from everything I tried throughout the year.

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After a long school year, I think we all deserve a little R&R.

1. No More Assignments

2. Some Vitamin D

3. Good Food

4. Weekend Trips

5. Sleep

6. Friends Back Home

7. Furry Friends

There's no other place quite like it.

1. About a million antebellum homes

2. Spring Pilgrimage

3. Tourists?

4. The cemetery

5. The walk-in tomb

6. Angels on the Bluff

7. Balloon Races

8. Friday night football

9. Cross-town rivals

10. La-Fi or Potro's?

11. Roux 61, Johnnie Mae's, and any restaurant downtown

12. The mall/movie theater

13. Constant trips to BR.

14. College football games

15. Lake days

16. Field parties

17. JoJo's and Dodge's

18. Fat Mama's

19. Darby's

20. The Christmas tree

21. Relay for life

22. Smoot's Grocery, Bowie's, The Corner Bar, etc.

23. Greg Iles

24. The bluff

25. The casinos

26. Mardi Gras

27. Lottery tickets

28. C&M crawfish

29. Tracetown

30. Taco bell

Living in the north has made me realize there's certain things I still say like a southerner.

1. Y'all

2. Buggies

3. Bless your heart

4. Fuss

5. Coke

6. Crawfish

7. Awe sha

8. Booksack

Following my freshman year of college, I now have a taste for several of the state's classic dishes.

Jambalaya

Crawfish

Fried Boudin

Fried Alligator

Gumbo

Red Beans and Rice

Soft Shell Crab

Dirty Rice

Beignets

King Cake

Tony Chachere's

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