Valentine’s cards on a table. Photo via Pexels
Valentine’s Day is a once a year celebration that individuals either hate, dread or prefer not to even acknowledge. Though there are different emotions that each person experiences during this holiday, there are plenty of ways that students at Milligan like to celebrate. From taking advantage of Olive Garden’s to-go specials for two to having a Galentine’s Day gathering or even buying a candy gram from Milligan’s very own Science Club; there is something for everyone, and a few of our Milligan students and faculty weighed in on their plans:
Dylan Powell, a freshman said, “my girlfriend, Marlie Henegar, and I have planned a date for the day before Valentines Day. Since the 13th is on a Wednesday, we’re going to go to the label for half priced sushi! On the 14th the only thing I’ll really do is give her a rose because it’s tradition.”
Kaylee Propst, a junior on the swim team, explained that she will be going out with her fellow single friends to see a movie, “I always make sure to pick another one of my single friends to spoil because I gotta take care of my sisters. There’s no being sad just because your single.”
“My wife, Amy and I don’t usually go out to dinner on Valentine’s Day because so many people already do. We’ll go out the week before or after and make each other cards, and I may even send her flowers. I don’t send them on the fourteenth, though, because I want her to know that there doesn’t have to be a special occasion for her to deserve flowers,” Rons Kastens, the Ministry Leadership Program Director, said. “Chocolate is always a good option too, but no weird chocolates that you bite into and you don’t know what you’re getting. I go with the classic: Reese’s.”
“I won’t be celebrating Valentine’s Day because I don’t have a significant other. I don’t really have any traditions because I have never celebrated it before,” junior, Teve Mushayamunda said.
Beth Anderson, the Director of the Center for Calling and Career Development, has been married to her husband Jeff for 32 years, and she says that they try to make the celebration last the whole year. “We will exchange cards and sometimes Jeff will surprise me with flowers, but truthfully, we tend to not make a huge deal out of Valentine’s Day because we try and celebrate our relationship all year long.”