After photos of U of Mississippi students’ room go viral, debate follows on just how fancy a student residence should be.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Photos of University of Mississippi dorm room set off online debate

At some University of Mississippi residence halls, there is a tradition of making dormitory rooms worthy of interior design magazines. That tradition went public Wednesday when photos of one room went viral — and quite a debate followed.

The room in question belongs to two new students at the university: Abby Bozeman and Lindy Goodson. They posted a photo of their new home on campus on Twitter, and the photo spread there (with many admiring it, and others suggesting it was a bit too much). The debate then went to BuzzFeed, which looked at the reaction with the headline “People Can’t Handle This Over-The-Top Gorgeous Dorm Room,” and from there to ABC News.

The students stressed to ABC that they shopped around for bargains.