Classes start today.  There are already extra lectures to attend.  The campus here is split between two parts (for the econ department) the more practical side is in Arlington, to be closer to DC.  That means that I have to travel a good 30 minutes or so to Arlington to see any speakers there.  So that will take up part of my day.  I have a ton of reading to get done before class tonight, but I think some students are going out to dinner before class, and after the speaker’s lecture.  It is basically the same tomorrow, but no dinner, by then it seems like we will have our first assignments to be working towards completion.  I bought a cheap printer because it is five cents a page to print on campus.  The roommates celebrated last night because of the final day before classes, I did not participate in the festivities, but was able to enjoy the merriment by contact.  We also cleaned the house yesterday.  The fridge is so much bigger after the 4^th grade science project was cleared out of there. 

This is the first time that I have been on campus while school is in full swing.  It is undeniably a commuter campus, but there are enough students living here that it has several benefits of being a traditional school.  The facilities are great for example.  The Greek life however is much more bubble gum “nouveau” than it was at an older school, but much more organized than it was at UMSL.  Things are slowly coming to life as I sit in the atrium looking out over the student population.  It is really a mixed bag, younger than UMSL as well.  Well, I guess I should start working on some of the 30 papers that were on our reading list for Macro.