September 17th, opening of the university year

Right now I'm having the strangest way of relaxing I've ever chosen. After a long afternoon spent with the administration at the UNWE, I'm having a nice rest in the inner garden of the university, sitting on a bench and typing this post on my laptop.
So many things have changed here for a year, and what about 4 years.
At the same time 4 years ago I was just starting my preparation for the university (at that time we were starting the year two weeks later than now. I was checking what the membership conditions for joining AIESEC were, some decorations of the flat I'm living in were done. That's what I only remember.
And now, four years later, I can hardly recognize this place. So many things have changed regarding the surroundings.
Studentski grad has become a much more crowded place. I see the first UNWE dorms block being renovated. I see more cars. I see more people. Most of all: I see more construction sites and less green areas.
I see difference at the university. Everything is renovated. The halls are shiny. During winter it isn't cold and one can't feel the wind blowing inside the rooms through the broken window-frames. The brand new online information system for students at the university is a new hit. Even the old-fashioned administration personnel is getting used to uploading more recent information on the website.
Yes, many things have changed: for good or bad. But behind the mask has anything changed at all?
Have people connected with the system become more polite that before?
Has the corruption, so typical for Bulgarian universities in general, been removed?
Have professors started paying more attention to state-of-the-art theories and practice?
I shall not answer the upper questions.