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A HOMECOMING doesn ' t have to occur on Ole Miss ' s official homecoming. Every home game, a number of fans bring their families and friends to support the Rebels, AS WITH EVERY HOME GAME, the excitement level is always high in the Grove as the Pride of the South band plays Dixie before kick-off. But that doesn ' t mean Don wouldn ' t recommend Ole Miss to prospective students, especially based on his time on campus in the early 1970s. It ' s a big school, but it has a small-school feel, he said. Maybe it was that intimate atmosphere at Ole Miss that appealed to Ernest Phillips more than half a century ago, but even he doesn ' t know. What he does know is he loves coming back every time. In the beginning, something indistinguishable drew Phillips to Ole Miss, even while he was growing up in Natchez, Miss., less than 100 miles away from LSU, a school where most of his childhood friends chose to go. Instead, Phillips opted to travel almost three times the distance from Baton Rouge to go to Ole Miss, pledging Delta Kappa Epsilon and graduating in 1953. He didn ' t seem to get enough of Oxford, later earning a law degree in 1960. He then roamed the world with business before ending up in Longview, Texas. Even though he ' s been to Thailand and seen the sights in Hong Kong, Phillips will always have a soft spot for the aesthetics Ole Miss offers. I think it ' s probably the most beautiful campus, Phillips said. For Homecoming 2004, Phillips made the trip from Longview, Texas, to see the Rebels play Arkansas State, but more importantly, to see his son, Justin Hawkins. But even though Phillips held a special place in his heart for Ole Miss, he wasn ' t foolish enough to recommend the school to his son. If I had suggested this to him, this would have been the last place he would ' ve gone, Phillips said, adding that Justin ' s friend praised the school highly, and that appeared to be the hook that reeled Hawkins in. Once he made the journey from Texas to Ole Miss, Phillips ' tent was a little piece of East Texas planted in front of Barnard Observatory. His caravan of Texans bedecked their base with the Lone Star State ' s flag, ready with finger foods waiting and playing country music. Phillips just seemed to enjoy being with his family on the campus that captured his youth. Perhaps homecoming on campus is more pronounced than it used to be, but the traditions enveloping it blossom ever time there ' s a home game. Family, fine food and football on a Saturday in the Deep South - few things match the uniciue character the Ole Miss campus assumes when it ' s gameday, homecoming or not. Student Life | 25
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