It is good to be back on a college campus. There are several reasons for this (one of which I mentioned to the bigsteer alias in my TMGTW selection this week), but one of them is the atmosphere of a high-class, academic environment. Where else can I be exploring a building, and come upon a large, well-furnished room called The South Lounge, where there is a fireplace burning. Admittedly, it's a gas fireplace, but still. Nearby is a plaque, proclaiming the hearth as The Fire of Hospitality, lit in 1939 and has burned continually since, representing the hospitality of Indiana University. Awesome.
Things are seriously swinging into high gear in this town. Classes begin on Monday, and the whole town looks like St. Olaf during Week One on steriods. The campus dorms are already hopping, and on the way to campus this morning, I was seeing people moving in and U-Hauls all over the place. To say this is a college town is an understatement -- here, leases start when the school year does, the bus system changes their schedule at the beginning of September, and the police post billboards stating that DUI enforcement beefs up on August 27th.
Better run -- looks like it's going to rain and I don't have my umbrella.