on the plus side, they have real food in their student union building - pasta, chinese, burgers, pizza, subway, other randomness. much better than the food court at State ever was.
according to the U's website, "The status of your application was last updated on May 2, 2003." which means that they've already got my residency paperwork in the system. so now, i wait. something i'm not terribly good at, sometimes. =p