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Show 8 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 THE SIGNPOST D ates continued from page 4 the season was a big sacrifice. The date consisted of dinner and a corn maze. Manning said his date didn't talk to him the whole night because she was too busy texting. Manning said the other couple on the date was holding hands and seemed to be having a lot of fun in the corn maze. "My date ran off with them and left me behind in the dust," Manning said. "She wasted my time and my BYU ticket, and BYU won that night. I missed it." There was not a second date. Shelby Fotheringham said that bad dates can still create fond memories. Fotheringham attended her senior ball with her boyfriend and some close friends. One of the friends' dates was a girl nobody else knew. The group went to Some Dude's Playground for its day activity. Fotheringham's boyfriend noticed the new girl's pants had ripped and asked Fotheringham to help her out. "It was huge - right up the seam. Like, all the way. You could see her underwear and everything," Fotheringham said. They didn't have anything to cover the ripped seam, so she and her friends tried telling embarrassing stories to make the new girl, who was crying at this point, feel better. Before they left, Fotheringham's boyfriend noticed his money was missing. He'd brought an envelope full of cash to use for the date. They eventually found the envelope. It was empty. Because nobody knew the new girl, nobody knew where she lived either. Trying to find her house prior to the dance made them late. Fotheringham said she and her date were hungry and behind schedule. To save time, Fotheringham suggested they go to Arby's for dinner. She said her boyfriend had planned to go to a nice restaurant and was embarrassed to comply. "When we got to the dance, everything was fine," Fotheringham said. "It was just the beginnings of it (that went wrong). So it wasn't necessarily anybody's fault. It was just a series of events that just went wrong." She said it was worth everything going wrong because it made the night more memorable. Galvez also shared one of her favorite dates. She said she and a date made a homemade dinner, which gave them time to talk. When she needed more water, her date would go get it for her. He also opened all of her doors. After dinner, the two went to a nearby pond. They each had 15 pennies. Each time one of them tossed a penny into the pond, they asked a question about the other. "It was a really cute date, and it was really romantic, and it was cost-effective," Galvez said. Galvez suggested that boys should be gentlemen. She also said to be creative and that dates don't have to be expensive. Galvez said this date earned a second. Emily Dean said one of her favorite dates was planned out down to minor details. "He planned on sliding down a banister - like, a really long banister," Dean said. Her date also took her to Build-A-Bear and made her a teddy bear. Then they went to her date's house and made muffins while they watched Beauty and the Beast. After the muffins, her date gave her a foot bath with essential oils. "It was awkward to start with, then I was like, 'This is an awesome idea!" Dean said. Dean said she remembers this date because it was well planned out, but not predictable. Dean suggested that guys don't only take dates bowling, ice skating or to the movies, but to add something creative. Sam Howe said he appreciates when girls are excited and supportive about his plans. Howe took a girl to a lunch, then bowling, then to a movie, but that wasn't all he had planned. "I had some extra goodies in my trunk," Howe said. Howe's goodies included a Ripstick, a box of rocks and some baseball bats. He taught his date how to ride the Ripstick. Then they went to Pineview and hit the rocks with baseball bats into the reservoir. Howe said this was a great opportunity to talk and get to know each other. Howe said his date enjoyed the random activities so much that she invited her family that night to go outside to learn how to ride the Ripstick. Howe keeps a list on his phone of date ideas just in case anything pops up on short notice. The list includes (but is not limited to) horseback riding, sidewalk chalk, marshmallow guns, the Walmart game (Walmart bingo), Skittles mini-golf, buying cheap roller-blades and then using them, and hitting a bucket of balls. When he thinks of something, he puts it in his phone. Just in case. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. Valentine continued from page 4 Si nglecon tinued from page 4 to make money." Shupe said she will buy Valentine's Day gifts if she is dating someone. Usually, she will buy cologne or a shirt. This year, Shupe will be celebrating Valentine's Day with her family at Kobe restaurant in South Ogden. bracing one's own loneliness and making fun of it. The popular rage comic Forever Alone depicts a character who is saddened by various situations but is often set up comically. Overseas, there are similar Web celebrations of being alone. Korea and China have large Internet parties, such as The Solo Regiment and Loneliness Party, that have generated attention across the Web. WSU student Dustin Bashaw said that a drawback to having a valentine is the obligation to going out and having to do something with that person. "For a lot of people, having someone in your life that you feel comfortable talking to helps alleviate depression, because you feel like the load doesn't have to be all yours," Abel said. "It's just that a lot of times, we don't think about a good friend, a parent, a sibling, an aunt, whoever it is that you feel close to in your family as being that person." It was her current boyfriend and associates of arts student Eric Call and his friend. "His friend was like, 'My friend has been noticing you around the Institute for a while, and he wants to ask you out," Woodward said. "Then there was a Halloween activity going on here, and he asked me to go with him. We went to that for our first date. Even before our second date, we started going out." The two have been dating for more than three months. "I really like how he doesn't care about what other people think about him," Woodward said. When asked what his favorite thing about his girl- friend was, Call said, "I really like how she just tries to help everyone, tries to help people, not conflict or argue, and just get along." David Rogers said he does not like Valentine's Day. He said he will be taking his wife out to dinner if he doesn't forget what day it is. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com . Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com . C ampus continued from page 4 ceed and do things for her, not to impress her, but to be all that I can be for her. She helped me with a lot of great things." Eric Call and Obnette Woodward: WSU student Obnette Woodward said she was walking through the Ogden Institute building on campus when two men began chasing after her. "I was just walking down the stairs, and suddenly these two guys start chasing after me," Woodward said. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. UNICOR Nt103IN 110 CRYSTAL CREST AWARDS Nominations: Jan. 25-Feb. 15 Go to weber.edu/crystalcrest 6-C R OWNq.N MO. i10.9 3W13 to nominate your friends and your professors. Talent of the Year, Personality of the Year, Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, Wildcat Achievement, Volunteer Service, Master Teacher, Registered Organization, Friend of Students, Scholar of the Year In recognito de excellentia February 23rd and 24th 4:30-8:30 ma In The Shepard CHEM1 Unio n Ballroom V H9 Sign up in room 326 1 of The Student Union registration deadline imiefAinh_ $$0 gets yo rn-ners and th trengths Ques *Wm T ssessment ' IT _ t |