your own way ♪ >> and two of the new students caught up in that excitement, sonja larson and christina powellinesville to begin classes. >> my name is allison emery and i was christi powell's best friend. christi and i met in high school. our graduation was outside. >> for real? >> for real. >> we were just so excited about the next phase of life, about moving forward, about college. >> all the books, tuition, room and board, paid in full. compliments of mr. -- of mom and dad. [ cheers ] >> as soon as she know she'd been admitted to florida, she was all gator all the time. she got a beautiful gold gator necklace from her parents as one of her graduation presents. never took it off. >> you have to promise me four years from now, y'all will be going down to gainesville. >> if you make it down the aisle, we'll be there. >> my name is ada larson, and i'm the mother of sonja larson. >> sonja! sonja! >> sonja and i were very close. sonja was the dream child. >> don't worry, be happy! >> everybody who knew her said she was an incredibly sweet, lovely girl. she was a lot more reserved. and she liked