Frisbees, Flyers and Little Brown Bibles

Besides the 80 degree August weather, you probably noticed something was a little off this Wednesday. More traffic on the roads, fewer sunbathers at Barton Springs? For those of you who forgot and for those of you who just don't care, The University of Texas began its first day of classes today. A couple of weeks ago, we let you know what’s been happening around campus; now we want to let you know what’s happening on campus. All of the usual trappings of a first day were there and here’s some stuff discussed, overheard and captured over the course of the first day of classes...

+ All freshmen, boys or girls, love getting entirely too dressed up for class. Even in the morning, dozens of high heels and gelled hairdos can be seen (and smelled) throughout campus. Plus, they love rolling backpacks.

+ Sorority girls continue to wear obnoxiously fluorescent t-shirts with their Greek letters, Will Ferrell quotes, and/or sexual innuendo plastered across the front.

+ Scenester one-speeders' shorts keep getting tighter. And they still have no regard for pedestrians.

+ The University will be a great campus...when it’s finished. You can’t walk anywhere without construction signs and bright orange somewhere in sight.

+ Remember when Batts Hall was completely shut down all year last year due to renovation? Remember how you couldn’t enjoy a lounge on the Six Pack without the hammer-and-nails ambiance? Good news: they’re done!

+ Remember Garrison Hall? It’s now shut down all year due to renovation.

+ What used to be the Undergraduate Library is now The Peter T. Flawn Academic Center. The bad smells and magazine racks have been replaced with chic couches and plush pillows, with a coffee shop on the way.

+ Every religion, political disposition and recreational organization is out in full force waiting for you to ignore them or help throw away their flyers as you walk to class.

+ We’re not positive, but so far we’re pretty sure that the new scoreboard can be seen out of every window from every building on campus.

Enough ranting, check below the jump for two more pictures...hook ‘em horns.