Celebrate Valentine's Day
without breaking the bank
-By lee Cole
The first line of Charlie Kaufman and Mi­chel
Gondry's "Eternal Su-nshine of the Spot­less
Mind" is a voiceover journal entry that
quips "Random thoughts for Valentine's Day,
2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting
card companies to make people feel like crap."
Depending on your situation, Valentine's
Day can be a unique, joyous experience, or it
can be miserable. Something about the store
aisles stocked full of the same run-of-the-mill
candy, flowers and stuffed animals mak~ the
whole affair feel cheap and hackneyed. A hol­iday
which is supposed to be about love has
come to showcase a relationship that's not so
romantic: the love affair between Americans
and the practice of spending an outrageous
amount of money unnecessarily on holidays.
The Louisville Cardinal is here to help
with some Valentine's Day ideas th4t won't
break the bank and will show your significant
o~er that you .care.
DATES, PAGE 7
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INSI-DE:
Loving yourself, pg. 7
Louisville is for lovers, pg. 8
-The decline of romance, pg. 9
- Relationships for dummies, pg. 1 0
SGA candidates debate um.iversity concerns
By Ryan Considine
The SGA General Elections Top
Four debate was held in the Hu­manities
Auditorium last Wed.nes­day
night. There are two different
slates running fo_r office as well as a
third candidate, Travis Gault, who
is running for SGA president with­out
a slate.
For the office of president of
~
Student Government Association
there is Max Morley representing
Cards Uni,te, Justin Brandt foi:-Card
Vision and independent candidate
Travis Gault.
Brandt was not there. but his
statement opened with an apol­ogy
for not being able to attend the
event and attributed his absence to
two. sudden deaths in his family.
Part of his statement read, "A vote
for me isn't one for false or unrea-sonable
promise'~. Unfortunately, I
don't have time to explain our plat­form
in much detail, but I hope my
VP's have done that enough here
tonight. All I'm asking is that the
students trust me to provide the re­sponsibility
and dedication that is
needed to be a strong Student Body
President."
Max Morley is currently senior
advisor to Kurtis Frizzell's adminis­tration
and is a_ member of kappa
Sigma fraternity.
Justin Brandt is a member of Sig­ma
Chi fraternity and has worked as
an intern in the United States sen­ate.
Travis Gault has served as presi­dent
of Triangle fraternity and -is
currently pursuing a Ph.D.
The debate between Gault and
Morley opened with statements by
each candidate, ·
"These elections aren't about
SGA, they're about the students,
that's why I'm here today," Morley
said. ''I'm running so that I can
serve and protect students at this
university so that they can have the
best experience possible here at U of
L."
DEBATE, PAGE 5
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