 I thought it might be my imagination, but everybody I've asked, students, faculty, staff, had the same take I do. The campus is not just more crowded, it's more alive, more energetic than any time we can remember. I guess that's only natural coming out of a year when, even though we were more open than any school our size in the country, we all endured a lot of restrictions. And for our first year Boilermakers, 2020 meant a year with no real school, virtually no social interaction at all. No wonder we're all so glad to be back to near normal. Things are so nearly normal, it would be easy to forget how much effort it's taken and still takes to keep them that way. Or how fragile the situation remains. Colleges elsewhere have had to revert to lockdowns and other 2020 like limits as the new variant hit their campuses. But here, six weeks into the semester, the verdict is plainly so far so good. Reflect on these results. Our total cases to date are 396, barely half of what we had seen by this time last year. The positivity rate has hovered at or below 1% compared with over 4% last fall. Most important, on our six level severity scale, only a handful have risen even past level three. And like last year still, no case traced to a classroom exposure. All these numbers are far below those in our neighboring communities, let alone the region or the state beyond. It's no exaggeration to say that just about the safest place a person can be in Indiana these days is in a Purdue classroom. But let's not mislead ourselves. Staying safe is about to get harder. We've had great weather since school started, but things are about to move indoors. And highlighted by this coming weekend's terrific homecoming events, we'll be having lots of people coming onto the campus from places less safe and COVID free than we've been. We've simply got to stay smart and stay attentive to those rules and inconveniences that still are necessary. We've made it this far with an approach that respects freedom and personal choice. To that overwhelming percentage that took our advice and got vaccinated, many thanks. To those who've chosen testing as your way of protecting Purdue, thank you for the very high cooperation rates we're seeing. Keep thinking about joining the nearly nine out of ten of us who've gotten our shots. Boilermakers believe deeply in freedom, but have always recognized it can only be preserved when those blessed with it willingly accept and practice personal responsibility. So far, our community has been a model of that principle. Please, let's keep our guard up, our masks on, our numbers down, and keep showing the world how this special place pulls together and moves ahead when so many others falter. Happy homecoming. Boiler up.