<p>Many of you here are fretting over the loss of your children to the colleges. Those of us who work in colleges are looking forward to getting them back. </p>
<p>Classes don't begin until after Labor Day, but many of the students are already in town. I went down to State St. today and there were loads of young people around. I could feel the energy. I missed the noise and the crowds and the bustle over the summer. Its been too quiet. I also miss my own recently graduated child a thousand miles away and having 40,000 or so young people around you almost makes up for it. </p>
<p>We love it when Stanford is in session. Those kids are all so, well, so, healthy looking. Their hair is shiny. Their legs are long. Their teeth are white. The girls have great pony tails. The hope of the nation is not lost, if I let myself get carried away...</p>
<p>The return on students on campus means the end of all the summer construction we've had to endure since May. I much rather having to avoid a student walking across the street than a front end loader.</p>