A host of diverse aromas call the campus of The University of Mississippi home.
Treff Brock, junior parks and recreation management major, said she can smell Panda Express as far away as Peabody.
“It’s so delicious,” she said.
The aromas of the new Asian spot have engulfed the entire Student Union.
“Another striking smell lingers on the sidewalk to the commuter parking lot from the Turner Center,” Brock said. “You can smell chlorine.”
Not only can you smell chlorine, she said, but the overpowering odor produces tears, grimaces and nostalgic memories of summer all at the same time.
In addition, the upstairs area of the Turner Center smells like “burnt raccoons on the side of the road,” according to junior exercise science major Carter Tuck. This stench is likely due to the combination of sweaty gym-goers entering and exiting the Fitness Center and the location of the heating vents on the upper level, he said.
Anderson Hall has also been noted as home to a distinctive smell.
“The basement of Anderson Hall smells like burnt cheese,” junior mechanical engineering major Shelby Williams said.
Einstein Bros Bagels, located in the basement of Anderson, marks the genesis of this aroma.
If another type of smell consumes your paradise, take a stroll by Martindale or Fulton Chapel, both of which have been noted to smell like marijuana at different times of the day. Every student asked to comment declined to have any idea what weed smells like or what it even was.
In addition to certain smells growing stronger at the height of the day, they also change with the seasons.
Junior international studies major Chris Butts claimed that the Phi Mu fountain often smells like raw sewage during the summer, and junior psychology major Demetrius Morgan observed that Shoemaker and Hume both have a musky, unidentifiable smell that intensifies in warmer weather.
Some might say the campus smells like cow pies. Some might say it smells like teen spirit. Either way, Ole Miss has students’ senses working overtime.
— Jessi Ballard
jaballar@go.olemiss.edu
