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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1993)
Valentine Happenings Beer Gordon Block Roses in me Dining Room. Free odmit tonce. 21 ond over Weekend of Animation International Style. 180 PIC First show ing is Alice by Jan Svankinajer at 7 p m Second showing Barefoot Gen by Mosaki Mori at 9 p m Repeats Feb 14 Postcards. Flaying at the Pocket Playhouse at 5 pm in 102 Villard Hall SI donation Repeats on Feb 13 I Benefit for Womenspoce and HIV/AIDS resources. Chris Williamson and Tret Fure in the EMU Ballroom at 8 p m Caddy shack Sponsored by Alpha Tau Omega and Gamma Phi Beta at 7 and 9pm Cost S3 To benefit Eugene Emergency Housing I: Mark Allen. Playing j at JoFedengos Can't write? Don’t Fret Perhaps you don't have the write stuff Maybe you’d rather pay a week-long visit to me dentist than put your deepest feelings on paper Don't fret The old rell ables are still available this Valentine s Day PREPRINTED VALEN TINE'S DAY CARDS An estimated 1 billion of 'em. Children - unschooled in me serious ramifications of these heart-Infested notes - send an average of 22 apiece Elvis gets 100 eoch year at Graceiand FLOWERS A big day for baby's bream. The indus try estimates mat 140 mil lion roses and 160 million carnations will change hands CANDY Last year, lovers bought $642 mil lion in sweets for their sweets Chocolate "Smoochies" Ingredients •1 package sugar-tree chocolate podding mix •2 cups skim milk •3 cups peanut butter •70 graham cracker squares • 1 envelope reduced calone whipped topping mix Mix chocolate pudding accord ing to directions on package, using skim milk. Cool thor oughly Mix peanut butter with podding Drop 2 tbsp onto each cracker Place 1 tbsp whipped topping on top ot the pudding-peanut butter mixture and cover with second crack er Wrap and freeze > aientines You don't have to empty poor mallet to please pr beloved Thn St. Valentine's Day shopping season has arrived in Eugene, and many icx^il retailers are experiencing an upswing in business. Kim Young, assistant manager at Carleton Cards and Gifts in Valley River Center, said busi ness is always goo<l this time of year, but this was the strongest year she could remember, "We've been doing three times our normal sales so lar this week, and we expect to get up to four times as much even tually." she said Brooks said people thinking of giving flow ers on Valentine's Day. but do not want to spend excessively, have other options. "Everyone thinks roses are the only way to go. but. we have so many other things too," she said. Some of Brooks' suggestions include pink carnation arrangements and personalized arrangements with mylar balloons. Don Knight, owner ofOnson Hot Tubs, said he expects business to boom Valentine's Day. "We have always been booked solid in the past on Valentine’s." Knight said, "and wo expect to be again this year. We don't accept reservations more than a day ahead of time unless people pay in advance, and we've already had several people go ahead and do that this year." Knight said those looking for a little steamy Nol surprisingly, busi nesses that do w<t11 this lime of year are often gift, candy, flower or greeting card shops. Seventy-eight percent of American adults will buy at least one valentine <ard this year. Men will buy on average of three, and women will buy six. (arris range in price from $1 for the standard greeting or holiday card to $15 for the high-tech musi cal "singing cards." University junior Matt Kmgwi said he has already spent $35 at See's Candy this year. "I bought a girl a $20 heart-shaped box of candy earlier this week, but I opened it and hod one. so then I decided to eat the rest." he said. "Then I went hack and bought her a $15 box " See's, a popular confectioners, has valen tine candy boxes ranging in prices from $.1.85 to $27. Baskin Robbins Ice Cream shop has its busiest day of the year Valentine's Day. the most popular item being heart-shaped ice cream cakes that range in price from $5 to $15. Pat Brooks, owner of University Florist, said Valentine's Day is her busiest day of the year, but also her most costly. “We have to hire a lot of extra help and make an enormous amount of deliveries." she said. "We get a lot of complaints about prices this time of year, but they don't know that our costs triple on Valentine's." A dozen rod roses costs bet ween $36 and $60 at University Florist, a price that com pares favorably to other florists around town. 9m N this Hfhtf rwe M KckiH Stiitfo ana sticky lun to pay oariy 10 avoio gtnimg loft out in the cold. Victoria's .Secret sales representatives said sales were comparable to the Christmas sea son already, with the biggest selling items being anything in red. Some of Eugene's dining spots are also expecting a big upswing in business Valentine's Day- A spokesman for Ambrosia Restaurant said he expected the night to lie one of its biggest of the year, based on the number of reserva tions for the night. Zenon Cafe, the Oregon Electric Station and Ocean Sky Chinese Restaurant all expect large crowds, with the majority of tables being for two. Restaurants such as El Torito. McGrath's Publick Fish House and Zenon Cafe do not take reserva tions, so prospective diners should arrive early. One business that remains surprisingly unaffected Valentine's Day is the "adult entertainment business." Fantasy Warehouse, purvey ors of "adult entertainment." said business stays constant and does not noticeably differ from other times of the year. That has not prevented at least some University students from looking for love in all the wrong places. One student, who asked only to be identified as Tad said. “I can't wait to see the expression on my girlfriend's face when she sees this." hoisting his purchase over his head. Ciltai Undersoil eb.14 has forever been deemed the day for loved ones to show how much they appreciate one another by exchang ing all sorts of tokens of affection. But. one doesn’t have to know the his tory of this holiday's festivities, or even be connected with a significant other to join in the traditions of St. Valentine s Day. Since the middle ages, Valentino s Day has been dedicated to love and the profession of it upon others. From the moment cupid shot that first arrow into Psyche of the great Greek legend, the asso ciation became clear that the feelings that arrow created should be celebrated throughout time. Thus we now have Valentine's Day and the traditions that have developed through history in honor of cupid's aim. The celebrated traditions have been ingrained in our minds from elementary school on. with cards and candy o'plenty for every member of the classroom. The only differ ence with the exchange of the traditional gifts at that time, in most of our lives, was that they arrived from everywhere and everyone in the class. There wasn t a soul in the building who didn't have a valentine buddy or two Feb. 14. Wasn't it great! Not one individual went home with an empty bag of valentine achievements. Nowadays in the collegiate frenzy of study, study. study, we've somehow managed to forget about that old "Valentine Buddy" tradition: But just ttecanse we have all grown up and no longer rutnain seated in one classroom all dav long, there is no reason we should make this holi day a "couples-only" celebration. After all those bulk | packaged messages with the bonus teacher's card - inside ore even sold conveniently in the local 7-Elevens these days. Imagine how ■\ pleased your professors would be to receive the 9 big heart-shaped apple card with "World’s !l Greatest Teacher" writ- 8 ten neatly across the ■ top. Easy pass? It's Of course, there is the Hersheii god. the Whitmans god and the J Brachs god or I the eodiva god if iiou're the spendi) type. wumi ti uy. But where did this tradition of card exchanging originate in the first place? The first commercial Valentines were made in the 1800s. They were painstakingly handpainted and decorated with such things as paper flowers, fenth ers. imitation jewels, sea shells and lace, and their price sometimes reached as much as $10. The tradition itself supposedly tamo about when a frenchman Charles, Duke of Orleans, was put in prison in 1415. On Valentine's Day he sent his wife a rhymed love letter from his cell in the Tower of tendon, and the exchange of verse t arried on from there. The carried-on part was also probably the most necessary feature of the traditional grade school Valentine's Day sack. The candy portion, containing chocolates and message hearts with those corny "Luv Ya” and "Hot Stuff sayings written on top were a real bonus. Yes. those sweet-nothings of youth had to be the greatest part of the valentine exchange The Sweethearts originate from sugar and corn syrup mixed nicely with gelatin, gum and acid pyrophosphate. Oh. and U S certified artificial fla vors and colors are also cooked up marvelously in the chalky candies from Pewaukee. Wis Originally, they were meant to replace the sweetheart cards, hut instead became an additive to the festive messages of the day. The chocolates on the other hand came from a Mexican tradition based on cocoa. A mythical god named Quelzalcoall introduced man to the cocoa seeds. He was the god of sweet air and thus fits appropriately with valentine chocolates. Of course, there is also the Hershey god. the Whitmans god and the Brachs god or the Godiva god if your the spendy type, which also fit nicely with valentine traditions and chocolate Whatever the tradition may be. the festivities and gifts are for all to enjoy on Feh. 14. Don't be bah humbugging this holiday simply because it's become known for "lovers only." l.ook back into the tradi tions of grade school past and get out and celebrate the old-fashioned way. Hat do you hate most about Valentines DauP "All the silty ads that people put in the Emerald '' SCOTT DERICKSON sew, PPM "That we don't communicate how much we care until it s an official holiday which is sad * JEROME MTCHELl senior, music “The Valentine s Day tight with my girlfriend It happens every year * TYLER WELT junior, economics its been commercialized so much that I have to buy my wile a gift that cost more than $10” TIM CARL sophomore, biology "Looking tor a card They never have the right message They are always to lovely" SAMFAUS freshman, undeclared 'All the people who walk around holding hands, giving each other hugs and kisses It's depressing" KIA CHELEEN sophomore. Japanese/ asian studies “Having to ship everyones valentines I work tor UPS " GRANT GOSSETT juniof. accounting "The headache I get from all the sugar" DEBORAH TUCKER junior. bkJtogy/chemistry Everything is reo ana musny and everyone gets cute and cuddty" STEVE MURAOKA semor, japanese/management
