by STEPHEN DELGADO
With the spring season fast approaching, many of us focus on the time we spend with that special someone. There was no greater time to reflect on that special someone than last month’s lover’s holiday, Valentine’s Day.
Ask yourself this question. On Valentine’s Day, was I involved with someone or was I single? The general consensus among Longview students was for people to be free in 2003. John Munson, a single and eligible Longview student, said this about his Valentine’s Day. “I am a poor college student and I plan to have a huge party for me and my boys and get totally drunk.”
Most students saw Valentine’s Day as a lover’s holiday and therefore made no plans. The number of students who worked this year on Valentine’s Day was astoundingly high. It wasn’t so much that the students had no dates for this important winter holiday. Many students on campus complain of having no money and the need to change that.
Single guys on campus spent the day by themselves. (Come on, fellas. Even if you are single, it is no reason to be alone). The single ladies had the right idea. They all got together and went out to dinner and to the movies to see who else, Ben Affleck, in Daredevil. The box office showed Longview’s ladies weren’t alone, as the movie premiered at 43 million dollars to sold out crowds of hysterical fans. With a campus the size of Longview -6,000 strong- why are so many students living the single life?
PAIN! The men from the Hickman Mills and the Center crowd talked about being hurt and abused by too many women in their lives. The women talked about being played way too often by men who had been lying to them. The result was boys throwing parties and girls having an all girls night out. Some ladies went as far as to baby-sit for their family, who had dates. The next biggest thing with the female crowd was to make it a Blockbuster night, while stuffing their faces to Haagen-Das ice cream.
Let’s move on to the crowd that wasn’t quite so free in 2003. The couples on campus did the simple date, with movies and dinner on the Plaza. Some couples tried a different route and went ice skating on Crown Center. Some guys went on to cook for their women and have dinner by candlelight. BORING! Is this 2003 or 1953? It is time to spice things up in these relationships. Some men went as far as buying roses. How sick and outdated is that method of love?
For the couples of 2003, promise to do more in 2004. For those free in 2003, promise to get a score in 2004.
Ask yourself this question. On Valentine’s Day, was I involved with someone or was I single? The general consensus among Longview students was for people to be free in 2003. John Munson, a single and eligible Longview student, said this about his Valentine’s Day. “I am a poor college student and I plan to have a huge party for me and my boys and get totally drunk.”
Most students saw Valentine’s Day as a lover’s holiday and therefore made no plans. The number of students who worked this year on Valentine’s Day was astoundingly high. It wasn’t so much that the students had no dates for this important winter holiday. Many students on campus complain of having no money and the need to change that.
Single guys on campus spent the day by themselves. (Come on, fellas. Even if you are single, it is no reason to be alone). The single ladies had the right idea. They all got together and went out to dinner and to the movies to see who else, Ben Affleck, in Daredevil. The box office showed Longview’s ladies weren’t alone, as the movie premiered at 43 million dollars to sold out crowds of hysterical fans. With a campus the size of Longview -6,000 strong- why are so many students living the single life?
PAIN! The men from the Hickman Mills and the Center crowd talked about being hurt and abused by too many women in their lives. The women talked about being played way too often by men who had been lying to them. The result was boys throwing parties and girls having an all girls night out. Some ladies went as far as to baby-sit for their family, who had dates. The next biggest thing with the female crowd was to make it a Blockbuster night, while stuffing their faces to Haagen-Das ice cream.
Let’s move on to the crowd that wasn’t quite so free in 2003. The couples on campus did the simple date, with movies and dinner on the Plaza. Some couples tried a different route and went ice skating on Crown Center. Some guys went on to cook for their women and have dinner by candlelight. BORING! Is this 2003 or 1953? It is time to spice things up in these relationships. Some men went as far as buying roses. How sick and outdated is that method of love?
For the couples of 2003, promise to do more in 2004. For those free in 2003, promise to get a score in 2004.
February 28, 2003
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