For Kim Ross, there will not be a candle-lit dinner or a special Valentine’s Day date. An early morning exam on Thursday will keep Ross at home studying instead of cuddling with a loved one.
“I have an 8 a.m. exam for intro to electrical and computer engineering the day after Valentine’s,” Ross, a sophomore in electrical engineering, said. “My books and I are going to have a Valentine’s date!”
Students who do not have tests the day after Valentine’s Day might take the opportunity to have a simple night with their significant others.
“My boyfriend and I are staying in and watching our favorite movie, and he’s making me a surprise dinner,” Morgan Welch, a junior in communication, said.
Kevin Siegel, a senior in communication, said he has similar plans.
“I’m making my special someone a homemade dinner; spaghetti — the secret Siegel family recipe — and strawberry shortcake for dessert,” he said.
Robyn Daniel, a junior in communication, said her boyfriend does not have reservations at any restaurant.
“He better have something up his sleeve,” Daniel said. “We will get dressed up even if our Valentine’s dinner is at Bojangles’!”
She said she bought him a couple of things and plans on hanging out with him after his baseball practice Wednesday evening.
But, others said going out to a nice restaurant is the best way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
“My boyfriend and I plan on going to the Carolina Crossroads restaurant in Chapel Hill,” Stephanie White, a freshman in communication, said. “Then the rest of the night will be a surprise that my boyfriend will not tell me about until the time comes.”
White said she looks forward to the night.
“But, what girl doesn’t?” she said.
According to Brett Hernandez, he plans to take his girlfriend out to eat for the occasion.
“My girlfriend and I are going to dinner at Fraiser’s. I heard it’s a good restaurant,” Hernandez, a freshman in English, said.
He said he plans to buy his girlfriend flowers before dinner and will take her to a movie after dinner.
Amy Otterson, an adjunct lecturer in communication, said she will spend her Valentine’s Day at work.
“I’m going to be working at a bar serving drinks to all the lonely hearts that don’t have dates,” Otterson said.
Otterson said Valentine’s is a surprisingly busy night at the bar.
“My boyfriend and I will celebrate on another day,” Otterson said. “He doesn’t believe in commercialized holidays.”
Meredith Anderson, a junior in communication, said a girls’ night out is what Valentine’s Day should be all about.
“This Valentine’s Day, a bunch of girls and myself are all going out to dinner and then drinking to celebrate our singleness,” she said.