Ah, springtime. It fills the air with warm sunshine, birdsong, and enough pollen to ensure that those of us with allergies don’t breathe properly through our left nostrils until mid-July. But spring can be a fickle mistress. You can never be quite sure when it’s come and come for good. It’s one of the disadvantages of putting all your meteorological faith in a rodent.
Even worse, a rodent named Phil.
Luckily, for all of you Brown students wondering whether it’s time to pull out your Hawaiian shirts and Crocs yet, I’ve compiled a list of surefire signs you can spot around campus that mean spring has definitely arrived.
Oh, and just FYI… it’s ALWAYS time.
1. Those east coast frat boy outfits actually become seasonally appropriate. 
It’s a necessity, really. If he covered his calves, how else would we know that he never skips leg day?
2. The piles of snow only go up to your ankles! 
And are the color and consistency of nuclear sludge.
3. People start making out on the Quiet Green again. 
Spring fever is not a joke, friends.
4. You don’t feel the need to call SafeRide to get from your class in Wilson to dinner at the Ratty anymore.
Is there any way you can pull up right to the door? There’s a pinhole in one of my gloves so I’m a little concerned about frostbite.
5. 90% of the snaps you get look like this.
I promise this isn’t just a shameless attempt to get you to look at my selfie… (#nofilter)
6. People start dieting and going to the gym.
Oh, Jesus Christ, does this mean I have to start going again too? Fuck you, springtime.
