GROSSMONT COLLEGE– The 14th of last month was Valentine’s Day and besides being Black History Month, February is the unofficial month of love. These days, couples or soon-to-be couples are short on both cash and options for good dates.

We decided to find out what people on campus think is a good first date. A few times, we got the expected answer of ‘dinner and a movie’; we also got many unique answers.

Some of the more romantic answers were when Ruth Uzoagu said, “somewhere candle lit;” and Rosie D’Agotino, “if you’re with someone you really want to be with then it doesn’t really matter what the date is.”

Charity Butler responded: “A nice walk on the beach, nice dinner movie, or even a home cooked meal, I mean a really nice romantic one.”

Some people were already coupled on campus so we asked them what their first date was like. Louis Pecox and Imani Jordan met in a sports environment. Pecox said, “we went to the basketball courts and we played basketball.”

Another couple, Christian Paus and Nicole Go, had a more relaxed idea of a date. Go said, “I just like to hang out, watch a movie at home– not really an ideal type date person.”

From the ladies came unique answers. Tawnya Brown said a good first date is “to a car show and pizza.” While Jennie Ellgen stated, “to go to a concert.”

In contrast, the men on campus had more traditional answers. Cameron Hinckley said, “nice restaurant, maybe a movie, go back to my house for a couple drinks.” Brandon Haines said, “dinner and a movie, classic.” Dominic Bowser responded a first date includes, “food and just has to be a really good looking girl –that’s all!”

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Carter and Tittle are students in Media Comm 132.  They may be reached respectively at [email protected] and [email protected]