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Ole Miss Cancels Greek Life Retreat After Students Are Triggered By Discarded Banana Peel

Emily Zanotti

Students at the University of Mississippi — better known as “Ole Miss” — were forced to cancel a “Greek Life” retreat last weekend after a discarded banana peel was found hanging in a tree on campus.

A student, Ryan Swanson, told the student newspaper, The Daily Mississippian, that he discarded the banana peel by throwing it into the tree when he couldn’t find a garbage can.

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