Valentine’s Day Dinner Slights Minority Group
As the annual celebration of love and chocolate approaches, a small group of ACU students protest that their social status is being used as a subtle means of discrimination. ACU’s infamous cafeteria is holding a Valentine’s Day dinner on February 14 for students who wish to join in the worldwide love fest.
The situation is not entirely hearts and roses, however. Some ACU students feel that the dinner excludes those who are not currently in a relationship.
“I see it as a deliberate means of segregation,” said Britney Korfman, an elementary education major from Notown, Texas. “They are trying to prove that having a date is a status symbol.”
Korfman is not alone. Nearly 57 other students have joined together to hold a mass protest on the night of the dinner, dressed in solid black and carrying signs that read “Down with School-Sponsored Dating.” They hope to remind fellow students that those currently living without romance are human beings too.
“I feel that my status as a person is not diminished by the fact that I am not dating anyone,” said business major Brian Leeche, who plans to join the group protest. “And as a member of a minority group on campus, I think my voice should be heard.”
What of those who firmly believe in the institution of the Marriage Factory? They will also be present, garbed in their finest attire and celebrating their firmly established couplehood. There are even some rumors circulating of a proposal to be made on the night of the dinner. Sources refused to wholly confirm the gossip, but a ring has been seen lying conspicuously on a dorm room dresser.
“That would be the last straw,” Korfman commented indignantly when informed of the proposed proposal. “Anyone concerned for the rights of the unengaged should rise up in protest of this wholesale sell-out.”
Hopefully her plea will not go unanswered.
Reporting by Ms. Sydney Freedman
Not only is this an insult to those of us not involved in relationships, this is an insult to Valentine’s day as well. A Valentine’s dinner from the World Imfamous Bean is sure to kill romances everywhere.
surane said this on 08/02/2009 at 14:06
That’s a good point—what kind of guy would take his girl to dinner in the Bean anyway? Talk about an epic romantic fail!
John MacLain said this on 08/02/2009 at 14:18