Valentine's Day views differ
By ELIZABETH LEFFALL
Heart candies, chocolates and flowers, all in the name of Valentine’s
Day.
Some students say Valentine’s Day has become too commercial, while
others still feel it’s a special time to express their love.
Anzren Estinos, a junior majoring in geomatics, said he thinks of the
color red and roses whenever love is mentioned.
For first year criminology graduate student Micahel Lacari, love
is in the air and roses are just one way of showing it. Lacari said
he looks forward to suprising Katie Macris, his girlfriend of eight
months, with the flowers on their first Valentine’s Day together.
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“I think of my girlfriend. I don’t really care for [the day],
but I have to do something for my girl,” he said.
Estinos said if he could get anything from his girl that would truly show
her love for him, it would be delivering their baby in March.
“Even though it’s coming in March, that’s my Valentine’s
gift,” Estinos said, smiling.
Tim Kanallakan, a junior majoring in kinesiology, said he thinks about
his fiancee when he thinks of Valentine’s Day.
“I think of the love of a beautiful girl. Valentine’s is just
another time to do something fun together,” Kanallakan said.
Kanallakan said Valentine’s Day is both for males and females. “I’m
going up to Bass Lake to surprise [my fiancee] with dinner where we got
engaged. She usually gets me something fun, it’s give and take,”
Kanallakan said.
Kanallakan said Valentine’s Day has become as large as Thanksgiving
and New Year’s.
Jodie Mocciaro, a senior agriculture communications major and Michelle
Granicy, viticulture sophomore said that even though they have boyfriends,
they don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day.
“I won’t be doing anything on that night except for cooking
dinner and hanging out. Flowers are so cliché, anyways,”
Mocciaro said. “It’s only new couples who celebrate Valentine’s
Day because they’re looking for a reason to be lovey dovey. For
those who have been together for a while, its just another day.”
“I think Valentine’s Day is a girl’s holiday. I think
anniversaries are more important,” Granicy said.
Even though commercials, advertisements, and promotions remind consumers
of Valentine’s Day long before Feb.14, students say the message
of love should be sent all year long.
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