“One of my friends had a farm, so we would all go out there and run around in the corn fields, play tag and watch movies together.”

— Emily Moisan, research assistant, St. Charles, Mo.

“We just walked everywhere around town and played the original Nintendo.”

— Stephen Spencer, systems administrator, Lawrence

“We were all pretty much dorks. We would just hang around at each other's houses and watch movies or go the park and sit around talking.”

— Lauren Sciara, server, Lawrence

“Well, it was only a year ago, but we went to a lot of school events and would have get-togethers at our friends' houses. We also like to come downtown and hang out or go shopping.”

— Katie Kisner, Kansas University freshman, Lawrence