Junior Jennifer Strader takes a moment to write a letter to her boyfriend in the Air Force. Longdistance relationships added stress to the heavy demands ofschool. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. Nathan Means - Eust is, Fla. Computer Science . Sigma Tau Sigma. Nathan Mellor - Mobile, Ala. Bible. Sharon Messersmith - Chula Vista, Cal if. Nursing. Transfer (San Diego State University) . Regina. Campaigns (Guatemala), Dean 's List, HSNA, JOY. Tina Milianta - Clearwater, Fla. Marketing. Transfer (Freed-Hardeman University). Delta Gamma Rho. American Marketing Association, Dean 's List, Delta Mu Delta, Phi Beta Lambda. Miles Away: Students work at relationships despite the distance that separates Distance can make or break a relationship. In unusual circumstances, people find ways to make the distance work for them. For two people who have been best friends all of their lives, putting forth a little effort is all it requires to keep the friendship going. Other relationships are more difficult. Caroline Clements, a senior biology major, has worked to keep her life full even with her boyfriend thousands of miles away at Harding University in Greece. "I didn't think it was going to be as difficult as it has been, and for the first few weeks, it wasn't. I guess it hadn't registered that he was gone. When the newness of the semester wore off, I really started to miss him," she said. Clements became more active with her friends and developed really strong ties within this group. According to Clements, staying busy wards off a lot of the loneliness. "I didn 't want my friends to hear me whining about how much I miss Luke. I want to be there for them, too. " The hardest part of being away from her boyfriend, according to Clements, is not being able to share the daily things with him. "I really depend on him to help me sort through a lot of my feelings and a lot of the things which are going on. I miss not discussing the little things with him." Jennifer Strader, a junior chemistry major whose boyfriend is in the Air Force, has similar feelings . "I thinkwhat I miss the most is that he is my best friend and that I can't talk to him about the little daily things. " Strader said that she knew it would be difficult, and after three years of dating, she said it gets harder every year. "I think we were determined to work it out. He told me to date if I found anyone in whom I was interested. I figured that if there 's anything other than the distance which makes it difficult to stay together, then there's a reason," Strader said. Couples who succeed with long-distance relationships are living testimonies to the proverbial saying that suggests that the harder one works for something, the more it is appreciated. -Beth Smith Landra Miller - Dalton, Ga. Elementary Education. Melody Miller - El Dorado, Ark. Psychology. Intercollegiate Athlet ics (Tennis), Psi Chi. Keith Millsap - Dyer, Ark. Computer Science. Transfer (Westark Community College) . Association of Computer Machinery, Delta Mu Delta, RENEW. Christi Millspaugh - Greentown, Ind. Accounting. Ko Jo Kai. Club Queen, College Repub li cans, Dean's List, Delta Mu Delta, Pi Gamma Psi. Angie Mong - Columbiana, Ohio. Communication Disorders. Delta Gamma Rho . Alpha Chi , American Studies, Campus Ministry, Dean 's List, Intramurals, Phi Eta Sigma, Resident Assistant, SSHA, Youth Corps . Minor Monge - Heredia, Costa Rica. Computer Information Systems . Alpha Chi, American Studies, Dean 's List, Delta Mu Delta, Intramurals, Phi Eta Sigma, SAM. Jacy Moore - Long Beach, Miss. Elementary Education. Joe Moore - Long Beach, Miss. Business Education. Band, College Republicans. Seniors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pe_o_p~le--;i,..,. iog
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