Students have returned to school all over the state; most districts’ classes are already in full swing. But colleges follow a somewhat different pattern, and many, like mine, are just beginning today.

One of my nieces happily reported her return to her campus on Facebook™, her short post full of youthful enthusiasm and joy. On the campus of the University of Tampa, where I teach, students began wandering the campus (initially, many of them with their parents) on Tuesday last week. By Thursday, there wasn’t a parking space to be had.