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Page 3A • Thursday, February 13, 2003
All alone and plenty to do
Students find creative ways to spend 'Singles Awareness Day'
By Lyndsey Sage
THE BATTALION
For some, Valentine’s Day is a day of roses and romance.
However, for Bill Black, a sophomore aerospace engineering
major, it’s just another day.
“As for the whole ‘will you be my Valentine’ thing, I have
always felt that it was a bit ridiculous,” he said. “It is simply an
excuse to take a girl to dinner or buy her candy. It’s an excuse for
schools to have dances and an excuse for guys to try to sneak a
kiss from their dates. It’s not harmful by any means, but in gener
al, it is no different than any other day.”
Originating from the Roman Empire, Valentine’s Day has
evolved into a day of card, candy and flower exchanges between
significant others to commemorate their love. For singles, though,
this celebration in the name of St. Valentine does not have the
same significance. As couples go to candlelight dinners and cuddle
in movie theaters, singles, such as Black, choose to enjoy their day
engaged in other activities.
“I plan on going home to see my family and get some time
away from school,” Black said. “I will also enjoy watching the
Aggies beat the hell out of Rice.”
Black, who lives near Houston, plans on attending the Friday
night opener of a three game series in Houston for the Aggie base
ball team with his family and friends.
“This will probably be accompanied by smoking a brisket with
some mesquite wood chips and sitting on my kitchen counter talk
ing to my mom for three or four hours about life,” Black said. “I
love my family, and I treasure spending time with them. This is an
excellent opportunity to see them, and perhaps hang out with some
friends as well.”
For singles who won’t be traveling to Houston to watch the
Aggies play ball Friday, MSC Aggie Nights offers alternative
activities. Chris Duke, a senior political science major and director
of MSC Aggie Nights, said MSC Aggie Nights will offer “plenty
of fun activities for singles, so everyone can have a good time and
not worry about it being Valentine’s Day.”
Activities, such as a game patterned after MTV’s “Singled
Out” and a showing of “Jackass,” are included in the night’s
programs, as well as free bowling, billiards, arts and crafts and
dance-dance revolution.
“It is just a couple of events that are designed to be fun
but not exactly for couples to be romantic. We did not think
that a program that specializes in free entertainment would
be good to a market as a romantic date,” Duke said.
He said the idea for the night came up through
conversations with some MSC Film Society
members who thought it would be fun to
show “Jackass” as an anti-Valentine movie
Then Duke wanted to do something to get
new people together, so he decided that
one of his favorite old MTV game
shows “Singled Out” would be per
fect for the night’s agenda.
During the game, 12
singles will be matched up based on a list of questions about their
ideal mate. The winning couples will receive tickets to the Robert
Earl Keen/Cowboy Mouth concert and dinner at a nice restaurant.
“It is a great way for 12 lucky singles to meet someone in a
very memorable way and possibly fall in love,” Duke said.
“Twelve people may not be single after the night, and that could
be a good thing.”
Of course, Valentine’s Day would not be complete without the
staple “girls’ night” of chick flicks and junk food. Ellen Mattingly,
a sophomore education major, plans to spend her Valentine’s
evening doing just this with friends at “Pint Night.”
‘“Pint Night’ is when me and my friends go to Marble Slab and
get a pint of ice cream. Then we go back to my friend’s apartment
and eat it all,” she said.
According to Mattingly, this is a girls-only event.
“It gives us a good excuse to sit there and eat,” she said.
“You can’t feel bad if you are complaining (while) eating a lot
of ice cream.”
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