Want a Date for Winter Carnival?
To continue the tradition of the oldest student-run Winter Carnival in the country, Middlebury kicks off its 90th annual Winter Carnival on Thursday night! Thursday also marks one of the most fun/dreaded holidays of the year: Valentines Day. But whether you have a steady beau or are just making eyes at your proctor crush, I think that this year’s Winter Carnival events can work to your advantage.
Lets start with Thursday: as Winter Carnival gears up, what better excuse to hang out with that special someone, than to enter as a team into the Snow Sculptures Competition on McCullough Lawn. Any sculpture of Cupid will have my vote this year. And as the night falls, what could be more romantic than a kiss by the bonfire under a sky full of fireworks! Oh, and don’t forget to show off your stellar dance moves at Orange Crush (remember, there’s no school Friday so you can stay out all night!)
Valentine’s Day. It is another event during which couples have an excuse to dine finely, exchange gifts in place of words, and sex instead of work. Many engagement rings are given, but equally as many hearts are broken. The unattached either celebrate with friends, appreciating that love is not just restricted to pairs of two, or alone, gazing at others sharing this holiday, wondering: when will I get laid? Where do I meet someone? How do I tell him he’s the one? Valentine’s Day is complicated, but don’t let this year’s day become encumbered by clichéd actions and gifts or ruined by sentiments left unshared and feelings of loneliness. Make this year’s Valentine’s Day spontaneous, stress free and sultry. You need not even leave campus.
