The term starts in about 16 days and I've noticed lots more students around campus today. I had more advising questions today, as well. The air is cooler at night and in the morning--Fall is coming. This means a few things: long lines at the bookstore, cafe/bibliocafe on campus, as well as at the advising centre.

Plan accordingly and try to get to the bookstore this week or the start of next week to get your books. You should have a nice mix of used books to choose from early on for most of your courses. Unfortunately, I've adopted some books hot off the press, so used copies won't be as prevalent for my three courses: 103, 313A and 335. There should be some used _Approaching Democracy_ textbooks, though.

The other thing that students should think about is being prepared to ease into the new term seamlessly--attend your courses and tutorials and by all means introduce yourself to your professors. This might mean that you come by office hours with a question or just a quick hello.

Welcome to the new term! This is the first of a series of posts about the Fall 09 term.