Valentine’s Day is a time to share love with friends and significant others, but it can be expensive if you are going to a fancy restaurant, buying costly roses and getting gifts.
Luckily, Elizabethtown College provides a few options that do not cost a lot of your hard-earned money.
There is a Valentine’s Day Bingo Sale at the College Store Feb. 11 through 15 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., as well as Feb. 16 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Inside the store is a wheel of discounts. Students may spin it to get up to 40 percent off Etown logo items, gifts and clothing. An additional 10 percent may be taken off if the buyer is faculty or staff.
The KAV will be hosting the Vagina Monologues at 8 p.m. Feb. 14, which costs $5 to attend. According to an email from the director of the event, junior Caitlin Olivas, the profits will be divided as follows: 10 percent to VDAY Women Incarcerated and the other 90 percent will go to the Lancaster YWCA.
Eve Ensler, an American playwright and feminist, first opened the show 20 years ago and it has since spread throughout the world.
She wrote it in 1996, and it was first preformed in Greenwich Village in New York City. Celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Idina Menzel and Cyndi Lauper have all performed in it.
It is most often performed in February. Olivas wrote that the performance “is a collection of women’s stories that discusses topics ranging from sexual assault, female genital multination [sic] and loving your vagina, and expresses the depths of womanhood.”
The campus chapter of It’s On Us assisted with the organization of the event, and the show is sponsored by Etown Allies.
However, couples and friends are not limited to these two options; there is plenty more to do. Weather permitting, couples could take a walk around Lake Placida or even around campus.
They could go to dinner together at the Marketplace, Jay’s Nest, in town or even cook for their significant other.
Some places to eat out in town but still near the college are Ella’s Place, Metro Express Pizza, Hokkaido Sushi and Hibachi, Lucky Ducks Bar and Grille, Brothers Pizza, Panda Buffet, Folklore and E-Yuan.
Couples could also have a movie night in their dorm or apartment. The local theater, MoviE-town, has various movies playing on Valentine’s Day, such as “Isn’t It Romantic” at 4:30, 7:10 and 9:25; “A Dog’s Way Home” at 4:35, 7:05 and 9:30 p.m.; “The Lego Movie: The Second Part” at 4:00, 4:50, 6:50, 7:25 and 9:20 p.m.; “Happy Death Day 2U” at 5:00, 7:30 and 9:55 p.m.; and “The Prodigy” at 5:05, 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Couples could also watch older romantic films like “Titanic,” “The Princess Bride,” “Gone with the Wind,” “The Notebook” or “Beauty and the Beast.”
Valentine’s Day does not need to be expensive because in the end, the most important part of the holiday is to spend time with loved ones and to show how fond they are of each other.
For those that do not have someone special to share the day with, they can spend it with their friends. Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate friendship, not just romantic relationships.
