How do you spend your Valentine’s? Does social media have an effect on how you see the day? Is a single day more important than any another day?
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“It’s better to treat them good everyday, but I like that there’s a specific day. People forget to treat their significant other right.”
— Lessly Cardenas, SE student
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“But it’s all about loving the person, not what you get the person to make them love you more.”
— Yesenia Rodriguez, South student
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“I feel like the media makes young adults expect too much for this day.”
—Noelani Lum, NW student
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“I think it kind of has an effect in terms of materialism.”
— Camron Watson, TR student
“I don’t participate due to the money sink, but the other factor is I’m single as well and don’t have to worry on buying for others.”
— Garrett Berg, NE student