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9 Things You Know To Be True If You Live In Martin

Where else would you want to spend freshman year?

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9 Things You Know To Be True If You Live In Martin
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635 Rebel Drive, better known as Martin Hall, houses more than 1500 girls on 10 floors. It's become one of the most popular dorms on campus, and it's common to find old alum talking sweetly about their time spent in the dorm.

Here are 10 things you know if you're a martin girlie!

1. The Martin Hill is the worst part of your day.

You take extraordinary measures to avoid the hill. You plan your entire day around having to walk up the hill one time at most. The worst time for the hill is at the beginning of the school year when it's still 100 degrees outside. Whose idea was it to build a dorm at the bottom of the hill?

2. You met your entire floor weeks before school in a GroupMe.

Shortly after room assignments, GroupMe's start to form. You became instant friends with your floor mates long before move in. Even better than this, you became friends with your entire building in the huge GroupMe for all of Martin.

3. You have seen that toxic wasteland that is Stockard.

Stockard is the adjoining boys' building to Martin. While Martin is a big tower full of Bath and Body Works, Lululemon, and sushi, Stockard is exactly what you'd expect from thousands of 19 year old boys living together. Proceed with caution.

4. You always have someone to ask a favor from.

"Does anyone have a scantron?" "Does anyone have nail polish?" "Can I borrow popcorn from someone?" These are all daily texts flying around our huge GroupMe. You always have someone to grab something from last minute, and you're always eternally grateful.

5. You can hang out with people at all hours of the day and vent your problems.

It doesn't matter if its 9 a.m. or 11 p.m., you always have a friend down the hall or next door to catch up with. Your Martin friends are always down to get food, complain about teachers, and talk about boys.

6. C Store = Freshman 15

I still remember when I discovered how great the C Store was. RIP to all our flex balances. Grabbing coffee and a SmartWater in the morning is just as great as 2 Crispitos after a night out. We have the rest of our lives to eat healthy.

7. Getting ready for The Grove together is a ritual.

You wake up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday in the fall. The sound of "Closer" drifts down the hallway. You shower, search through someone else's closet, and put on makeup together.

8. You have friends in every sorority.

Especially because Ole Miss has such a late rush, you make the majority of your friends in the two months before it. The other 30 girls on your floor are all in different sororities, and it makes it 10 times more fun because your circle becomes bigger.

9. You'll always reminisce on your time as a Martin girl.

Because Martin has been running for 50 plus years, it's common to see parents and grandparents coming in and talking about their time here. I know that in 15 years, it'll be fun to tell my kids about the times we all had in 635 Rebel Drive.

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