Back to School Cool

Well, first day of school down and now I'm on to the second day of getting up at seven.
Observations?
A lot of (a few) girls are getting really dressed up.
With my own experience at college, mostly everyone wore sweatpants and giant hoodies. I guess yesterday was the first day and I did go to college seven years ago in a small place where people already wear sweatpants as an acceptable means of daily wear. I actually don't despise it as much as I used to...comfort is comfort. And no one will know how much weight you gain over the semester. But I saw a lot of dramatic lipstick and curled hair...I guess this is my 'duh' point - like, 'Duh, Heidi, it's the first day of school and you want to look great and wear everything that you got at the back-to-school sale.' (Side note - my observation of this doesn't really count because I mostly kept my head down and tried to avoid being seen. I am now considered a mature student and I wonder if anyone notices?)

There are no cute boys.
Okay, I saw one that might be okay in my psych lecture but...as expected most of the guys are wearing backwards hats, baggy jeans and texting on their blackberries and oh yeah, they're eighteen. Don't any of you like books?! (In truth, my English teacher actually asked if everyone had read a novel before, seeing as nowadays in high school it isn't necessarily required. And after that it's still possible to get into a second-year English course? What the hell is happening, here?)

FLORESCENT LIGHTING.
The dreaded bars of light sapping your strength and health. Minimal windows (if any). I know that all incandescent bulbs are being phased out now, and I'm not too bothered by it, but couldn't the schools order 'soft light' bulbs? And maybe smash some of the walls and put in more windows? I'm suffocating in here! My eyeballs won't register vision in this light!