“I'm excited for all of my friends who are graduating and moving on, and I'm excited for all of the graduation parties.”

— Jessie Boswell, Kansas University junior, Lawrence

“I'm excited to get out there and get some real world experience, but at the same time, I'm going to be missing KU a lot. It's been my home for the last four years. There are a lot of memories.”

— Joe Broom, KU senior, Edwardsville, Ill.

“I'm really excited, because one of my best friends is graduating. We're going on a road trip to Arizona, and the weather is going to be great this weekend.”

— Lindsey White, KU junior, Lawrence

“I don't care. I'm just now a junior. I'll probably be a little bit more excited in 2009.”

— Chris Weaver, KU junior, Lawrence