Every college town has things that every student simply must do before they graduate. At Mississippi State, it's a time honored tradition to explain to outsiders that they really do have a good bar scene, and it's just as good as Oxford (it's not even close). In Hattiesburg, students like to drink an enormous blue concoction out of a giant mushroom-shaped cup at a local Asian restaurant. They call it Tiki Bowling. You also haven't been a real student there unless you've nailed a fatty at Roper's and cheered for LSU. We students in Oxford are no exception, so here are the five things every student at Ole Miss must do in and around Oxford before they gradate, or their time here has been a waste. As an aside, simply "partying" or " going to swaps" will not be on this list. People do that everywhere.

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