What is the importance of Millsaps College in the nonfiction book, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America?

Millsaps College is where much of the events of "How to Kill Yourself and Others in America" took place. Millsaps is the college Laymon was suspended from due to the content of his newspaper articles. Through the events of the essay, Laymon implies that Millsaps is a rather racist institution and alludes to the idea that he was suspended differently than the white students due to his race.