“Ya’ll,� “you guys�; snow, no snow; liberal, conservative; “get in the car,� “get in the cah�; there were lots of things I had to get used to when I came to college. A boy from a hot southern town certainly has a lot to take in the first time he sees dandruff from the sky and college club meetings concerning “Bush and the evil conservative social agenda.�

Over winter break, I had this little Starbucks epiphany. No, I didn’t see the Virgin of Guadalupe in a chai latte. I was just sitting down with my coffee, surrounded by university students and it hit me.