“Swimming at Bloomington Beach.”

— Chris Johnston, restaurant manager, Lawrence

“I'm going to miss having free time. ... I'm going to have papers to grade and projects and stuff.”

— Libby Heidrich, student teacher, Chicago

“Definitely the lack of traffic.”

— Kevin Quillen, computer engineer, Wichita

“I'm going to miss the fact that I will never have a summer again because I will have to get a big-person job.”

— Kristina DeLuca, master's student, Portland, Ore.