{"id":8221,"date":"2025-02-14T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8221"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:00:19","slug":"maroons-talk-a-chilly-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8221","title":{"rendered":"Maroons Talk: A Chilly Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Valentine\u2019s Day upon us, students are reflecting on how they plan to spend the day, balancing romance, winter fun, and personal connections. This day offers a chance to pause and celebrate what matters most, whether through romantic gestures, heartfelt emotions, or meaningful moments. As the campus continues to bustle with activity, it\u2019s clear that this time of year brings unique perspectives and traditions. In this article, we take a closer look at how students are approaching the holiday, sharing their thoughts on love, winter essentials, and the art of admiration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In response to \u201cWhat are you plans for Valentine\u2019s Day?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonathan Shumate \u201925 said, \u201cI will be spending time with my boyfriend. Hopefully, I will be able to surprise him with flowers and dinner. It is our first Valentine\u2019s Day together, so I\u2019m quite excited.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0In response to \u201cWhat is your favorite cold weather apparel item?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt Haakenson \u201926 said, \u201cMy favorite cold weather clothing item would be snow gloves because they allow me to do more things in the snow. I love doing snowball fights and building things out of snow and ice, so they\u2019re a great accessory to keep my hands warm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0In response to \u201cHow do you feel about the concept of secret admirers?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cristiano DiMaro \u201927 said, \u201cWhere does the line get drawn between secret admirers and stalkers? I feel like it can be a sweet gesture but also kind of creepy. If you want to tell someone you admire them, just be honest and go for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adriana Rose<\/p>\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Valentine\u2019s Day upon us, students are reflecting on how they plan to spend the day, balancing romance, winter fun, and personal connections. This day offers a chance to pause and celebrate what matters most, whether through romantic gestures, heartfelt emotions, or meaningful moments. As the campus continues to bustle with activity, it\u2019s clear that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-folks-at-noke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}