College kids seem to do anything for money — give five big ones to whoever can stay up for the most consecutive hours, eat strange D-hall creations for the amusement of a dozen dollar-waving underclassmen, sell their great-grandmother’s old book collection on eBay, or sell back really used books for two times their original price to unsuspecting freshmen.

The return of students to college could mean two things. Friends who may not have seen each other in three months and couples, many of which also have been separated by distance for the summer, will be reunited.

After move-in weekend I would be very surprised to find a single packet of Ramen Noodles still at Wal-Mart.

After two years at JMU, I was sad to see Zak Salih, creator of All Things Literary, graduate last spring. An avid bookworm myself, I looked forward to reading about Salih’s adventures into novels that were more cultured than those I normally read, "Dante’s Inferno" and "Moby Dick," for example.