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THE BATTALION
Monday. Februan
Businesses receive Valentine’s sales boos
BY STUART HUTSON
The Battalion
Valentine’s Day is a time of reveling in the glow of
a loved one for some students such as Amber Roden,
junior geology major.
“My fiance and 1 are going to the Cayman Islands to
plan our wedding for next May,” she said. "To me, It’s
a day to celebrate your love for somebody.”
For others, Valentine’s Day is just another day.
“My friends and 1 are just going to go out some
where — probably to a coffee house — and just have
fun,” said Emily Whitworth, freshman general studies
major. “It’s not really any big deal.”
But whether Valentine’s Day is “no big deal” or a
“day to celebrate” for students, the day is always worth
celebrating for local businesses who see a jump in busi
ness this time of the year.
“We count on this time of the year to help us through
our summer months,” said Jerry Lalmanek, owner of
University Flowers. “Valentine’s is our biggest time of
the year.”
Lalmanek said that on Valentine’s Day alone, her
business will sell over 5,000 roses, 95 percent of which
will be red. I ler second most profitable time of the year
is Mother’s Day.
Judy Hare, owner of Aggieland Flower and Gift
Shoppe, said her business usually increases five-fold.
“We usually do about 20 deliveries a day, but on
Valentine’s we will do at least 500 in a span of two
days,” she said.
But even though her business may be booming, I hire
said the holiday is not as profitable as one might think.
“Prices get really inflated. It’s really a case of sup
ply and demand,” she said. "I pay three times more
for the flowers from wholesalers, but then I can’t sell
them at three times my price because no one would
buy them.”
Hare said she raises her price only slightly over w hat
she pays for the roses from wholesaler, so that she ac
tually makes less per dozen of roses than she does dur
ing the nonnal season.
“1 do make more during this time of year because of
sheer quantity,” Hare said. “But not as much as anyone
who is buying the flowers might think.”
Regardless of the price increase, Lalmanek said the
roses are still her most popular item this time of the year.
“Red roses .ire always the biggest sellers — at least
for men’s gifts to women — because they are what you
usually think of when you think of Valentine’s Day,”
she said. “They really bring out those feelings of ro
mance and love.”
Hare said the majority of roses are bought by men
for women, but a new item is vastly more popular
for men, a snack basket.
“Snack baskets have single servings oftfc
cookies, chips, and all sorts of candy, 11 are said
es are usually for women. But it seems women
ally picking up the clue that ‘the way to a mat
is through his stomach,’ and buying the basket
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News in Brief
Guide Dog
REACH group
supports National
Condom Day
become part of the birth control
process, Griffith said.
Condoms will be handed out
in honor of National Condom Day
by several student organizations
on campus.
Student Health Services,
Health Education and Aggie Re
porting Education about College
Health (R.E.A.C.H.) will have in
formation tables at the MSC and
Commons today from noon until
1 p.m. to distribute information
on sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) and hand out condoms.
“We call condoms a double
duty tool,” said Margaret Griffith,
health education coordinator of
the A.P Beutel Health Center.
“They are protection against
both unwanted pregnancy and
sexually transmitted infections.”
“A lot of students are sexual
ly active and we are seeing a lot
of STIs,” she said. “They are not
using condoms.”
The health center offers daily
STI testing for males and fe
males and gynecological ser
vices at the Women’s Clinic. Con
doms are also available in the
pharmacy. The pharmacy sells
10 condoms for $2.
National Condom Day began
in the ’70s as a way for men to
Lesbian and gay
weddings at
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Both a lesbian couple and a
gay couple will be married in a
mock wedding ceremony from
noon until 1 p.m at Rudder Foun
tain today.
The Texas A&M branch of Na
tional Organization for Women
(NOW) is hosting the ceremony
to prompt a discussion about
same sex marriages.
NOW will have information
about the legal issues of same
sex marriages, along with the
history of same sex marriage leg
islation.
“We want to show lesbian and
gay people who want to get mar
ried [to the public],” said Amy
Hinze, President of TAMU NOW
and a junior political science ma
jor. “They are people in a loving
relationship that want to make a
commitment."
Hinze said University Police
Department will be aware of the
event in the case of any violence
or problems.
“We aren’t expecting any
problems, but we will take pre
cautions,” Hinze said.
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