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Bus to Omaha: state students visit with Warren Buffet.

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When you get an invitation to visit with Mr. Warren Buffett, the famous billionaire investor, you don't turn it down.

I had been to a Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting about 15 years ago and understood what an opportunity this was. Finance students from Mississippi State University were going on a field trip to Omaha, Neb. Dr. Larry White is their sponsor and had arranged it, planning to visit a few other notable Omaha business people along the way. Dr. White needed a female chaperone. I happened to be handy, and, as I said before, an invitation to visit the Oracle of Omaha is a command performance.

Of course, I didn't quite know what I was getting in to. This was a bus trip. We were leaving Starkville at 9 p.m., and it was cold. Did I mention that Omaha is in Nebraska?

On Wednesday night, I climbed onto the bus, my blanket and pillow in tow, ready for the long ride. Dr. White and Dr. Highfield were the leaders of this group of 25 students, bravely facing a midnight ride and hoping for a true learning experience for this fresh-faced group of business hopefuls. We started the ride with the kindly Mr. Sam, our bus driver. Later, a no-nonsense drill sergeant, named Everett, took over the reins.

This was no ordinary bus. It was the newest, finest, MSU emblazoned, state-of-the-art piece...

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