Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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in the beginning . . . ' I ' m more lonely than I ' ve ever been in my life. The only people I know are the people on this hall. People are so impersonal. like it here. I don ' t love it, but I like it. Some people adjust easier than others. I think I must be looking for something else, but I don ' t know what it is. Sometimes I ' m happy. Through the week I ' m always happy. Like today, I was walking around, and it was so cool. The air smelled so good, and I was thinking about how I could really make it here. But the weekends change it all. When you are four or five hours from home, things are different. When your friends are here it makes a real difference; none of my friends are here. You meet people you ' ve never known and in the long run, youll do things you ' ve never done before. When you live with people a year, they become your family. You can ' t always run to Mother. I won ' t be here next year. I don ' t feel this place would lose anything if I left. You can ' t just sit around and expect people to talk to you. You have to make an effort. You have to take the attitude that you ' re going to make it work, lam. I get bored at the same old shit all the time. There ' s nothing to do but go out and get drunk. I ' m not ready to quit— college is supposed to be the happiest time of your life. You have to make it that way. Experience 5

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