We had our accepted students open house yesterday. I gave the talk to students considering coming to Loyola to study in the Humanities. This is great for me – and energizing, too – since what I talk about is all the exceptional opportunities Loyola Humanities students have to enrich their intellectual and personal lives at Loyola: writing books, publishing books, unique independent study courses, internships, funded research, and much more. I also met 3 very interesting young woman (and interesting in different ways – even better!) who are considering Loyola and Classics at Loyola too. Of course I hope they join us, but it also seemed clear to me that they will prosper no matter where they go to college. Meeting a bit of the next class, the next generation, is a shot in the arm. It is one of the things that keep reminding me that this is the niftiest job in the world.