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Article: Team spirit.(southern scrapbook)
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- Mississippi Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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Millsaps College has welcomed dozens of famous people to its quiet 100-acre Jackson campus, including former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, and CBS newsman Randall Pinkston. But this summer, tiny Millsaps was thrust into the national spotlight as it welcomed the New Orleans Saints for the football team's summer training camp.
The college routinely hosts summer camps and conferences, accommodating groups for an average week-long stay, but housing the Saints for a four-week intensive training camp required significantly more effort than usual. Players lived in the residence halls, ate in the school's cafeteria, watched film in ...