Iowa State Daily (Valentine's Day )

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Valntin s Day 1B Thursday, Fb. 7, 2013 Iowa Stat Daily Tradition History of Valntin s Day Lovrs holiday has long, varid history By Jssi.Wilson Evry Fb. 14 flowrs, cards and candis ar swappd btwn lovd ons in th nam of St. Valntin, but thr ar uncrtaintis as to how Valntin s Day cam to b th romantic holiday it is today. A lot is lgnd, said Ann Clifford, associat philosophy and rligious studis profssor. Clifford said that thr ar at last two or thr diffrnt rcognizd saints namd Valntin, all of who wr martyrd. It was a common nam thn, Clifford said. Sh xplaind that according to a lgnd, Valntin was a martyr in Rom during th third cntury undr Empror Claudius II. Valntin was a prist who snt mssags of lov and comfort to his family and his church via birds. At that tim, prists could b marrid, Clifford clarifid. Othr lgnds say that Valntin prformd scrt marriags for lovrs, going against Claudius II who had outlawd th marriag of young mn; Claudius blivd singl mn mad bttr soldirs than mn with familis. Valntin was xcutd on Fb. 14 bcaus of this crim. Clifford xplaind that th Catholic Church dos not rcogniz Valntin as an official saint today; instad St. Cyril is clbratd Fb. 14. Valntin was at on tim listd as a saint, but in modrn tims w know mor, and h was rmovd from th list of saints, Clifford said. It could hav to do with th fact that thr was mor than on. Clifford xplaind that back in th third cntury, any martyr was immdiatly considrd to b a saint bcaus thy gav thir lif for thir faith. Th actual sns of focusing on him and clbrating lov on Fb. 14 rally took off during th middl ags, Clifford said. Sh xplaind that th first association with St. Valntin and lov can b tracd back to th 14th cntury. During th tim btwn Th Crusads and Th Plagu, it was calm in Wstrn Europ, Clifford said. Som wbsits stat that popl xprssd thir lov by snding ach othr candis and grting cards, known as valntins. I am skptical of that, said Michal Baily, associat profssor of history. I would guss that it s probably about th timing. Baily xplaind that 14th cntury English pot Goffry Chaucr wrot that Valntin s Day is linkd to its proximity to spring, a tim associatd with mating and rbirth. A pom by Chaucr rads, For this was on Saint Valntin s Day, whn vry bird comth thr to choos his mat. Baily blivs th history of many modrn traditions, lik Valntin s Day, is oftn hard to trac back accuratly. Today, Fb. 14 is known for bing a romantic holiday and many popl hav Valntin s Day traditions. I do not lik to mak a big dal out of Valntin s Day, said snior Amanda Hal, But I rally apprciat that my boyfrind maks an ffort to rcogniz it. Hal xplaind that sh and hr boyfrind hav a tradition of sharing a hart-shapd pizza, from Th Grat Plains Sauc & Dough Company, and a fw bottls of win togthr. It s th prfct low-ky tradition, Hal said. Clifford said that Valntin s Day dosn t hav a lot to do with St. Valntin. I don t think popl ar thinking of a martyr whn thy r taking thir dat to dinnr on Valntin s Day, Clifford said. s Idas Gntlmn mrg on romantic day By Charls.O Brin Valntin s Day is a chanc for mn to show thir somon spcial just how important h or sh is. Svral ISU studnts rcommnd planning a spcial surpris to clbrat th holiday. For mn, Valntin s Day is a day to show thir significant othrs how much thy truly man to thm and bring out thir innr Casanova. According to th National Rtail Fdration 2012 Valntin s Day Consumr Intntions and Actions study, th avrag prson clbrating th holiday spnt $126.03 with a total of $17 billion bing spnt all togthr. In th study, it was xpctd that $1.8 billion would b spnt on flowrs, whil $1.5 billion would b spnt on th purchas of candy. Valntin s Day is a day to b a gntlman and put hr on a pdstal, said Koby Wortman, sophomor in intrdisciplinary studis. Wortman thought back to his Valntin s Day last yar with his girlfrind. Wortman said h had his swthart com up to Ams from thir homtown of Shnandoah, Iowa. I think I spnt clos to $1,000 last yar; I lik Valntin s Day, Wortman said. I bought a nw suit and I told hr to bring a drss up, I said I had a surpris for hr. Whn sh arrivd at my dorm in Rad mor onlin: Willow, I stood at my door with flowrs in my hands. I had dcoratd my room; thr wr ros ptals on th floor and on my bd. I thn took hr out to at at Cntro, a four star rstaurant in downtown Ds Moins. Wortman said h did all that work bcaus h wantd his girlfrind to fl apprciatd and important. Jordan Lnway, a sophomor in mchanical nginring, also highlightd his Valntin s Day xprinc last yar with his girlfrind. I had ordrd flowrs for my girlfrind and had thm dlivrd in th morning to m. I thn wnt and surprisd hr at hr dorm bfor sh wnt to class, Lnway said. W both had a busy night that night, so that wknd I took hr to Ds Moins and w wnt out to at at th Chscak Factory, and thn I took hr to a movi. Lnway pointd out that womn oftn do hav xpctations of what thy think thir guys should do for Valntin s Day. You want to mak thm fl chrishd, Lnway said. It is a rally important day, though, bcaus vn though you may not hav a lot of tim togthr vry oftn, it is always good to hav a day togthr to do somthing spcial. Both Wortman and Lnway offrd advic for othr mn about what to do and how to go about crating a mmorabl Valntin s Day. Lnway said that guys nd to mak it a day about thir significant othr, and that surprising thm has workd in th past and is always a grat tactic. Wortman wnt th hoplss romantic rout for his spcial lady. Guys, don t b afraid to b chsy with it, Wortman said. It is th on day of th yar you can b chsy and gt away with it. 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2B VALENTINE S DAY Iowa Stat Daily Thursday, Fb. 7, 2013 Shopping Local stors prpar arly for romantic holiday rush Hy-V Floral, Chocolatri Stam say Fb. 14 is busist day of yar By Natali.Williams Valntin s Day is filld with harts, swts and th color pink, a consumr holiday usd to show lov and apprciation for that spcial somon by giving thm a dozn ross or a box of chocolat. For thos who work bhind th scns to mak this day spcial for consumrs, it s th busist day of th yar. Prparing for Valntin s Day bgins during th Christmas sason. W bgin to ordr and plan in th bginning of Dcmbr, said Jodi Hadrick, th managr of th Hy-V floral dpartmnt. Shipmnts and staff incras in th wks prcding Fbruary 14 in anticipation for on of th biggst consumr holidays of th yar. Hadrick said that Valntin s Day brings in six tims th amount of businss than a normal wk. Trry Stark, ownr of Chocolatri Stam, said that Valntin s Day is th singl busist day of th yar. W oftn hav 500 or mor clints on this singl day, h said. Hadrick also said that Valntin s Day is busy for Hy-V floral. It is dfinitly our biggst holiday. Popl go crazy. Last yar a man spnt ovr $500 on on ordr of rd ross, sh said. A managr of Coach Hous Gifts said that for thir businss, Valntin s Day is th third-busist holiday, bhind Christmas and Mothr s Day. Thr is always a flow of customrs until six or svn at night. At Chocolatri Stam, a lin from th rgistr to th door can b xpctd on Valntin s Day. W hav plnty of sampls on hand to mak th wait a littl mor palatabl, Stark said. Stor locations Hy-V Floral (515) 232-1407 Valntin s Day hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Coach Hous Gifts (515) 232-3574 Valntin s Day hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Chocolatri Stam (515) 232-0656 Valntin s Day hours: 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Valntin s Day isn t th only busy day for Chocolatri Stam. Stark said that thy hav a lot of clints visit Fb. 13 and submit ordrs bfor th big day as wll. Togthr, th thr stors covr th basic Valntin s products. On Valntin s Day, Coach Hous Gift s biggst sllrs ar Hallmark cards and promotions, whil Hadrick said Hy-V s rd ross ar always th clar winnr. Stark said that whil thy do sll a lot of boxs of chocolat, thy also sll a considrabl amount of chocolat-covrd strawbrris. W start dipping chocolat-covrd strawbrris around thr or four in th morning du to th high volum that ar ordrd, h said. Whthr it s ross, a thoughtful card or a box of chocolat, stors ar prpard to srv consumrs this holiday sason. Jwlry Right choic will sparkl, shin Stors giv shopprs advic on how to choos grat gifts By Katlynn.McCollough Diamonds may b a girl s bst frind, but slcting th right on may b a guy s worst nightmar. For all of thos who hav dcidd that a pic of jwlry is th way to go for thir spcial somon this Valntin s Day, thy should first prpar thmslvs to mak th right choic. Education is th ky to making an intllignt purchas, said Gary Youngbrg, ownr of Ams Silvrsmithing. Th rality is most popl go into a jwlry stor and fl ignorant. Youngbrg xplaind that most popl just don t know what qustions to ask whn thy ntr a jwlry stor. Justin Gilgr, co-ownr of Gilgr Dsigns, said that thr things a buyr should ducat thmslvs on ar th thr c s. Ths includ cut, clarity and color. Thr is, of cours, also carat, which Gilgr xplaind is, just th siz or th mass of th diamond. Gilgr said that h ss most buyrs focus on cut and color, but forgt about clarity. Whn first ntring a jwlry stor, it is important to find not only th right qustions but also th right prson to talk to. It s important that th popl you spak to Ams jwlry stors Shari K s Estat Jwlry Gilgr Dsigns Ams Silvrsmithing Swank s Jwlry Riddl s Jwlry Kay Jwlrs Natur s Touch Mlissa Stnstrom Fin Jwlry Hawky Gold LLC ar GIA-crtifid, Youngbrg said, spaking of th Gmological Institut of Amrica. Youngbrg xplaind that thos who ar GIA-crtifid hav takn courss and rcivd a dgr so thy truly undrstand th qualitis of diamonds and how to proprly xplain thos qualitis to a customr. On qustion that Youngbrg suggstd asking jwlry salspopl to s if thy know what thy ar talking about is to ask what th crown angl of a diamond should b. If thy can t answr that, you might want to look at anothr stor. Anothr issu that also coms to mind is th ida of blood diamonds. Youngbrg xplaind that this rally isn t a rlvant issu to diamond buyrs today. This is It can b difficult to find a pic of jwlry for th right occasion. Shopprs should ducat thmslvs about th thr c s bfor shopping for gmstons: cut, clarity and color. bcaus of th introduction of th Kimbrly Procss Crtification Schm, which wnt into affct in 2003. Th Kimbrly Procss works to kp conflict diamonds from ntring th jwlry markt. On thing buyrs can do is chck th crtification of a diamond, but Youngbrg pointd out that not all crtifications ar to th sam standard. Diamonds ratd by th GIA will b th most accurat, Youngbrg said, who xplaind that placs such as th Europan Gmological Laboratory hav diffrnt standards. FRESH FLOWERS Snd Your Valntin Bautiful Flowrs PLUSH ANIMALS Mak hr day! Sh dsrvs it! VALENTINE BALLOONS Valntin s Day is Thursday, Fbruary 14th! 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Thursday, Fb. 7, 2013 Iowa Stat Daily VALENTINE S DAY 3B Ams Clbrat holiday with uniqu outings By Tdi.Mathis Not vry Valntin s Day nds in a dram dat, but thr is still fun to b had. Don t hav a dat for Fb. 14, or looking for a nw ida to avoid th dinnr and movi rush? Businsss in th city of Ams as wll as th Iowa Stat campus hav plnty to offr. Prfct Gams, a bowling ally with lasr tag, an arcad, food and drinks, has a spcial Valntin s Day offr. This yar, you can had in on Fb. 14 for two gams of bowling for two, shos includd, a mdium pizza and two $5 arcad cards all for th bundl pric of $40. This is th first tim w ar doing this, said Brad Boding, a managr at Prfct Gams. In th past, th businss has offrd smallr Valntin s Day dals but hasn t pulld in th siz of crowd thy wr hoping for. Typically a lot of popl don t think about coming hr. W ar doing a diffrnt dal to try build businss. Boding said. Prfct Gams is rqusting rsrvations for Valntin s night. If bowling and arcads don t mak th cut, othr options ar availabl to studnts and th broadr Ams community on th campus of Iowa Stat. Stphn s Auditorium has a concrt calld Exprinc th Batls with Rain. Tickts to th concrt by Rain, a Batls covr band, ar bing offrd to studnts at a rducd pric of $35. To draw in a largr audinc, Stphn s is hosting a sampling from Snus Hill Winry and Chocolatri Stam bfor th show. Having a concrt on Valntin s Day is not a frqunt occurrnc for Stphn s Auditorium, howvr. W basically find dats that work, and it just happnd to land on Valntin s Day, said Lisa Maubach, advrtising and program coordinator for Stphn s Auditorium. Th Margart Sloss Womn s Cntr is also hosting a prformanc Fb. 14: Th Vagina Monologus. This yar marks th 15th annivrsary of Th Vagina Monologus at Iowa Stat. On-third of th womn living on th plant today will b batn or abusd in hr liftim, said Blair Grshnson, graduat studnt and mploy of Margart Sloss Womn s Cntr. Th prformanc ducats popl about th xprincs of girls and womn. Th Margart Sloss Womn s Cntr chos Valntin s Day for Th Vagina Monologus bcaus of th significanc of V-Day, which stands for victory, Valntin and vagina. Th thm for this yar s prformanc is on billion rising and taking a stand to nd violnc. Don t fl lik attnding an vnt or clbrating th holiday? Cyclon Cinma is playing Twilight: Braking Dawn Part 2 all wknd. Stop by Thursday for som chocolat from th concssions stand and a good, old-fashiond chick flick. Considr doing somthing unusual for this Valntin s Day. Svral Ams businsss offr dals to tmpt customrs on th holiday. Prfct Gams is offring a coupls bowling packag. Th Margart Sloss Womn s Cntr will b hosting its annual prformanc of Th Vagina Monologus on Fb. 14. Go with a frind or tak a dat for a diffrnt holiday xprinc. b l a T t o r d ay u o Y v r s R Print PDF Wbsit iphon App Android App ipad Edition com www.facbook.com/iowastatdaily www.twittr.com/iowastatdaily Tablt Edition 823 Whlr St. Ams 233-0959 Location in Northrn Lights Cntr Ys & an apartmnt! you can hav all th bnfits of living on campus Frdriksn Court Liv On Campus! ISUdor housing.iastat.du housing@iastat.du SUV

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