Frank Alfano, senior theater major
“I dated a girl for a month and waited until Valentine’s Day to kiss her so her first kiss would be on Valentine’s Day. We stayed together for four and a half years after that.”
Michael Hulburt, senior English and theater education major
“Last year I got a guy to give my girlfriend a tattoo for Valentine’s Day. It was ‘All’s Vanity’ written across her wrist. When we got to the guy’s house, he was already high. He also stopped mid-tattoo for another smoke. I thought that was very unprofessional. Her tattoo ended up getting infected. After paying for the doctor, the whole thing ended up costing as much as a regular tattoo. I was trying to save money. She wasn’t mad, though. She thought it was ironic because of what the tattoo said.”
Brian Kalin, junior scene design major
“In high school, before my girlfriend and I started dating, I kept telling her to bake me a pie. There’s nothing hotter than a girl who’s going to subject herself to that stereotype just to please me. So for Valentine’s Day she made me an apple pie. It was the hottest thing ever. I spilled juice from it inside the car and the stain is still there to this day. That’s the most romantic stain I’ve ever made.”
Amanda O’Neal, senior theatre education major
“My Valentine’s Day story is an awesome one because it’s not about who gave me the biggest batch of roses and chocolates, or the coolest cards. My story is from high school, and it’s about my principal. My principal at the time was Mr. Fennell. Great guy, we used to affectionately call him “Grandaddy” Fennell behind his back. He was good to the students, and not a ferocious man like some principals tend to be. He helped the students out wherever he could, and he truly made the school a better one.
I can’t recall if it was my senior or junior year there, but this year “Grandaddy” Fennell decided to get on the announcement team in the morning and help out with the announcements. He proclaimed that, ‘even if you don’t hear it from anyone else but me today, know that I love you.’
At the time, we were rather immature about it, but also were touched and deep down we all knew that he meant it. So every year since, I have sent out e-mails to let everyone know that someone out there loves them.”
Jonell Finley, junior theatre major
“The first Valentine’s my boyfriend and I spent together, he didn’t have money to do anything for me. He took the last $5 he neeaded for gas money and bought me a little teddy bear and a rose. It was so sweet.”
Tom Keller, junior scene design major
“This is the first real girlfriend I’ve had. She said she got me something for Valentine’s Day, but I don’t know what it is. I’m planning on taking her and the girl who introduced us out to dinner. Getting them something seems overplayed.”