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Loran Smith: Students Return To Athens

Seeing all the vans and U-Haul trailers across town last weekend brought about a reminder that there is nothing like the return of the students each August for the fall semester.

I had a friend call about booking a room and asked for a recommendation of a lodging facility. “No problem,” was the response. Soon I learned there were no vacancies anywhere in Athens. Parents were accompanying offspring as they settled in for the school year. It was like trying to locate a room to rent the weekend of the Georgia-Auburn game.

When the students come back—how exciting—they take over the town and nobody complains.