Keep in touch no matter what the distance

By: Melanie Sapienza
Posted In: Opinion

It’s almost time.

For the past four years it’s been all about making friends and being there for each other. The friends you know that would listen to you vent about that certain teacher’s tests you were sure were made specifically for you to fail, or that friend who somehow knew just the way to consol you when the opposite evil gender hurt you in some way. The friends that you knew you could count on for that mid-night run to 7-11 or that random “I’m really bored” cruise to Ocean Drive.

No matter what the reason, these people were the ones that were there for you through the good, the bad, the fights and the tears…but after May 16th what happens? These familiar faces, the ones whose laughter brought a smile to your face and whose wise cracks made that oh so unbearable history class that much more bearable, aren’t going to be there anymore. Still only a phone call away, this might be as close as you will be to them for a while.

Some Seniors have already thought about how they are going to keep in touch with their friends who will live both near and far. Kate Iovieno, a European History major, plans on keeping in touch by “talking over the phone and through emailing.” Senior Marketing major, Julie Scansaroli, plans on using the AIM to keep in touch with her friends, while Erica Mentone says that “[Since] I am an education major I will have summers off, hopefully I will be able to use vacation time to visit some of them.”

Elementary Education major, Jessica Federici, aggress with Erica and says, “I think that friendship is important. I plan on visiting my friends [that live close enough] on some weekends!”

Then there are those seniors who wish to use alternative means of keeping in contact with their peers. One senior, who wishes to remain anonymous, says that she plans on “beginning a ridiculous elaborate chain letter, much like the obnoxious ones that went around back when we were 10, in which you can only send it to the people that we graduated with.” It’s good to know that there are some friends you can always count on for new and creative ideas that can make you smile at random moments!

No matter how one plans on staying in touch with the friends that made here at Salve, the point is that we plan on staying in touch! As the saying goes, one tends to meet their real-true friends when they go to college – and from talking to various seniors and underclassmen, this saying seems to ring true!

So whether or not you are moving across the country or simply across town, the friendships we’ve made here at Salve are ones that are bound to last!