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Aggielife Page 5 ♦ Friday, February 12, 1999 ie Battalion istory of Valentine's Day has many origins Aggie Owned and Opperated Since 1984' CUSTOM BUILT SYSTEMS! ■ teessoiteM^,tepaiB,llpgades,(iidNek^ «.I.W ^ "" ^ « ,i, /Hong ill tie best Safes and Senfce W ii the taos Wfey! «*' er^j isxi'v' o t»—*e bxvi^eieshhcz>f» t<z> xhhe »T>oKr*sj >r^i, tx zr IVWlV-CACCErSS.COAt f^i-OOl imply Inm ng-Fu and u r, star of “Bu: Amanda She ■n Simply k successful d: (Flanery)aii to turn her become phe Dm and Am, iding. ces asking a the magic a gift in the fir i. but ail in; lave beener rade: C-) MSC SCON A presents Ethical Issues A Look into the Future Texas A&M University February 18-20, 1999 Now Accepting Delegate Registration Delegate Registration Fee is only $25 Registration includes all conference materials and meals Roundtables Speaker Media Ethics Mr. Robert Siegel-National Public Radio Medical Ethics Dr. Nancy Dickey-President of American Medical Association Political Ethics Mr. Neil Weiner-Independent Writer and Researcher Military Ethics Dr. Lewis Sorley-Executive Director, Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States Business Ethics Mr. Brent Longnecker-National Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP Legal Ethics The Honorable Greg Abbott-Texas Supreme Court Justice Engineering Ethics Mr. Roger Boisjoly-Professional Engineer-opposed Challenger launch Education Ethics Dr. Jane Conoley-Dean, Texas A&M University College of Education Environmental Ethics Dr. Eugene C. Hargrove-Chair, Department of Philosophy & Religion Studies, University of North Texas If you are interested in attending, please call 845-7625 or print out a registration form online at http://scona.tamu.edu the air Story by Jiiiia Patel Graphic by /{aben bbeluna eautiful o Benigni: i Braschi berto Beni; illvwoodk PG-13 ned ilie mea mtiful. Thei ilocaust, usilp . are wrong , lolocaust bui ion in the fan aet ween Ctu: ted and stars v ie that hash ding Best Pic: . the first nun e feat, a Ives. f is focused or enigni's real-1 , is a tew years’(7) oses are red, violets are blue th a child,Gii'jt\ with the addition of candy, flowers iialf issetinc: - and maybe something glittery, it is ounded upar ar d to believe Valentine’s Day in any other son from lire ^ntext. is a big game With all the commercialization coming eal tank. hh the holiday, it is easy to lose sight of the able, anditfc uelhieaning behind the holiday, is needed toe There are many versions of the origins of s history to pr dentine’s Day, each having its own particu- r twist and only agreeing on one particular I half of thei ctl— Valentine’s Day is on February 14. taplin. Thesig History professor Dr. Anthony Stranges said ’ is jarring, bin Ie explanation for the beginning of Valen- 1 storm. Benig te’s Day originated in Italy, enough dram; “There are several Valentine saints, one be- cey role. (Gn g a bishop from the city of Terni, which is tout 60 miles from Rome,” Stranges said. - He had a garden to which he invited children play and it was also a place where young tople came to meet.” 7 ^fusing to pray to the Roman pagan gods A. f fKlM ?Cause Christian beliefs, Valentine was "^ppayin nt l to P r i son where, from the cell window, bPRAYL^ t } e( j tQ pjg eons so t h e children could laylin the garden even in his absence. Ot her versions of St. Valentine include a NY TRUCK-P>dnt who built a church for a priest in Rome &OQQ 1 r we^lbiy young gentleman waiting for jjO ‘S love. IROfi-C IM' t ^ ie Roman Catholic Encyclopedia of I, there are even more possibilities. In oi ege 1513111 ct, it here is a list of 17 possible St. Valentine’s acation as House ® ^ 2401 779 ; UN in Italy, France, Spain and Germany, but the church takes no official position,” Stranges said. Yet another version takes place in third cen tury Rome, when Emperor Claudius II en forced a law that forbade men to marry, so they could volunteer for the army without having to leave their families behind. Valentine, in opposition, married couples in private and was subsequently imprisoned. Because of his stand on true love, many youth came to see him. “In the recent seminar on the history of kissing, I learned one of the young people who came to visit him frequently was the daugh ter of a prison guard, whom he had a rela tionship with. On the day he died, Feb. 14, he wrote ‘from your Valentine’ which is probably where the exchanging of notes on Valentine’s day comes from,” sophomore genetics major Tr Serna said. Charles Panati, author of Extraordinary Ori gins of Everyday Things, writes the origins of Valentine’s Day comes from the Roman Em pire when Feb. 15 was the feast of Lupercalia to ask the god Lupercus for protection and to glorify Juno, the pagan goddess of women and marriage. Centuries later. Pope Gelasis decid ed to rid the holiday of its pagan past by hon oring St. Valentine instead of Lupercus and changed the date to Feb. 14. Eventually, St. Valentine’s Day became as sociated with love. According to The Catholic Encyclopedia, the common observation during the Middle Ages began because birds began to assemble into their mating pairs during the second month of the year. This led to further associations between St. Valentine’s and love. The actual exchanging of written valentines came when people started exchanging poems in the early 1400s and cards in the 1600s. Over time, the valentines became obscene to a point where post offices rejected the cards because they were unfit for delivery. “Printed cards came to America in the ear ly 1800s by a woman named Esther How land,” Stranges said. “They ranged in cost from $5 to $35.” Another Valentine’s icon commercially val ued is Cupid with his arrows dipped in a love potion with which to shoot people so that they may fall madly in love. Cupid, who originated from Roman mythology is associated with the saints day because he is the son of Venus, goddess of love and beauty. No matter how the holiday came to be, St. Valentine’s Day is a day which celebrates love. “Once St. Valentine gave flowers to a cou ple who had a happy marriage as a blessing. Later, many more couples asked for his bless ings,” Stranges said. “This was probably how love became associated with St. Valentine’s Day and still is today.” APPA DELTA CHI SORORITY Victoria, Guerra 2~ (lunnesi-l/lfi 3 “ AtmucU M’i. Cjneeh Paaecuii. 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