A crunchy melody provided the soundtrack to the first day of the spring semester at Texas State University in San Marcos.

Freshman Sarah Mann took advantage of the the late start.

"I was kind of glad because I had more time to settle in at my dorm and didn't have to worry about going anywhere," Mann said.

Marketing Professor Karen Smith enjoyed her time off too, but it forced her to tweak her first day routine.

"Usually the first day is a break in day," she said. "One of the drawbacks of getting to sleep and watch movies all day is that we will have to dive right into chapter one, otherwise we would quickly fall behind."

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	Off to a late start Weather kept Texas State from starting on time, so everyone rushed around campus Thursday to catch up.

Students also rushed around Thursday to buy textbooks. Bookstore general manager Jacqueline Slaughter said it's usually busy at the start of the semester but now, the rush period will inevitably be prolonged.

"We are going to have to extend our rush into next week," Slaughter said.

The delay is making an already hectic time of year busier.

"We've got people scheduled. We've got temps here. We have to
reschedule all that. All that needs to be done. It's not a good thing to reschedule rush," Slaughter said.

Slaughter said everything will slow down eventually, but for now, it's catchup time for many at Texas State University.