RazorbackKing

Honestly, the south is less racist than the North from my experiences. I'm from Wisconsin. It's one of the whitest states in the country, but all of the black people live in isolated areas. It's like a checkerboard.

The North is more tolerant of other races, in my opinion, because they don't live with them. I know for a fact, being someone that grew up in suburbs of Milwaukee, that most people are terrified to go into the 'black communities' and avoid them at all costs. They feel extremely uncomfortable around blacks because they're not used to their culture. Heck, I lived 20 minutes from Milwaukee and we had 2 black kids in my class of 720.

Down south, blacks and whites generally live together. Sure, they tend to be in different neighborhoods in a given city, but they interact a lot more on a regular basis. The North gives the South crap for racism when they are the most prejudiced of all. Believe me. If we had higher black populations, the same racist attitudes would surface.

Racism is everywhere. Bottom line. It's just approached differently in different regions.

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I'm just repeating what the president of the university said

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Either way, MSU is a great school. Every SEC school is and the conference is really improving in recent years. Lots of improvement while other conferences struggle to keep their in-state students from coming down here to enjoy the atmosphere.

It's the perfect combination between academics and having a good time. Whereas other conferences can't match our sports, weather, greek scene, or girls. It might sound trivial to bring these things up, but the bottom line is that these are all major attractions when you're talking about 18-19 year old students.

SEC Schools are just more socially appealing and the more applicants try to come down here the more the SEC is going to benefit in the rankings by being given the luxury to be more selective and/or expand in size.

As a whole for 2013, the SEC climbed 44 slots in the rankings. We're getting there. ;)

Arkansas ranks very highly in both law and architecture. I think a lot of it is regional. If you want to stay in the Midwest, a B10 degree is probably going to win you over a lot of employers. But for me, I'm personally interested in living somewhere in the South after graduation...so I think an SEC degree will serve my purpose just fine. Unless I try to take it to Baton Rouge. :lol: :rolleyes:

Good to know. Arkansas has some really nice facilities which are apparently pretty new. Hopefully that will help the University attract some of the big name recruits!

Drew Brees was definitely our claim to fame. :lol:

Ironically though, Blake Bortles (3rd overall pick in the NFL Draft this year), was on record saying Purdue was his top choice out of high school and he received an offer from them, but they wanted him to move positions so he turned them down. :banghead:

Thank you. Looking forward to it. Was told the Cockabooses are hard to get into though. :(

Being that I'm transferring to the SEC and really don't even know much about my own school, was curious to see what you guys thought was the most likely 'surprise' team for the upcoming season?

I'm seeing Arkansas predicted in the bottom portion of their respective league, but also saw a couple articles slate us as being a potential shocker.

Thoughts? :)

Might be going to see a USC Game. For one thread, can we keep the banter to a minimum. I want an honest response to this one. I don't care if you hate the Gamecocks, do you like the city? :lol:

Regardless, there is one thing we can all agree on unanimously here. Arkansas, or any other SEC School, is 100000x better than Mississippi State.