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Friendships Meaning

More Than Just a Hug

Friendship: the state or quality of being friends.

• Marci Levine •
I need your help! Can You be- the top of the list. Although student:
lieve he did that? These and other agreed, others came up with differen
similar phrases commonly came from ones. Junior Lori Bybee looked fo
the mouths of friends. Friends meant someone who was loyal, while Fresh
many things to each other, had differ- manScott Meredith tried to find peoplE
ent qualities and traits, and did several who treated others with consideration
things together. Easy to talk to and fun loving was wha
A friend could be many things . Senior Paul Jacobson hoped to find
"Someone who one could tell every- However Junior Blake Ohloff looked fo
thing to and know that the person would someone who had his own ideas, c
not tell everyone else, " said Senior Am person who was unique and not a fol
Fisher . Junior Jon Small agreed and lower.
said that a friend was "someone who Many students , including Sopho
could be trusted." A friend was the more James Abbot, went to the mall
person that understood one's prob- hung out, and saw movies together
lems and could sympathize with what "Friends also played cards or partici
one would be going said according to pated in a sport," said Abbot. Sopho
FreshmanCarl Ulrich . more Coren Friendman and her grour:
Just being there was also im- of friends had a unique practice the)
portant to some people. Senior Holly did often. "We would write down thing
Friedman enjoyed sitting down with her that represented our friendship . At thE
friends and talking for hours about end of the year, we would put togethe1
everything. "My friends were compas- a memory book."
sionate people that I loved to be with Going out, giving moral support
and by taking the time to talk, we and just being there were some of thE
became better friends ." guidelines of a friend. Although time!
Students also wanted a variety were often rough and full of trouble
of traits in their friends . A good sense friends stuck together and made thE
of humor and similar interests were at best of every moment.

As many students rush to arrive on time for all of
their classes . Juniors Jeff Furst and Carrie Troia
make time to talk. (Melanie Goddard)
It is seldom that friends were placed in classes
together. When this did occur. mends always had
a study partner or someone to chat with. Jerad
Holmes and Josh Gehring take advantage of this
while working on a class project. (Melanie
Goddard)
An active listener is a strong point that students
look for in a mend. Sophomores Carolyn Taggart
and Amy Roberts make sure to listen to their mend
during school. (Melinda DeStefano)

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