Real Valentines

Lewisburg, Penn. – The Bucknell University Conservatives Club will be selling carnations and roses to benefit Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The Conservatives Club will take orders for flowers February 11, 12, and 13 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The sale will take place on the ground floor of the Langone Center at Bucknell University. Roses cost $6 each; carnations cost $2 each. The flowers will be delivered by members of the club in suit and tie on Valentine’s Day. Carnations and roses will also be available for purchase on Valentine’s Day itself as long as supplies last.

According to James Roesch, treasurer of the Conservatives Club, “We are offering a classy alternative to the festivities sponsored by campus radical feminists. Instead of putting on a disgusting play about vaginas and selling obscene tee shirts, the Conservatives Club is selling flowers to help women in need. Valentine’s Day is, after all, about celebrating women and positive relationships.”

Conservatives Club secretary, Sami Prehn, added, “Most women really don’t want to see a play about sex organs on Valentine’s Day. We want men to see us and love us for who we really are. With our flower sale, we are trying to bring back just that, the real meaning of the holiday.”

The Bucknell University Conservatives Club was founded in September 2001 to combat the systematic exclusion of conservative, libertarian, and classical liberal ideas from the University. It publishes a well-known magazine, The Counterweight, which won the Collegiate Network’s “Paper of the Year Award” for 2006-2007 and has hosted many speakers, including former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft last spring. One of the most successful student political organizations in the country, it was featured on the cover of the May 25, 2003 New York Times Magazine and has also received coverage from other broadcast and print media including MTV, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, the Washington Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and NPR.

Samantha Soller is the president of the Bucknell University Conservatives Club (BUCC). You can e-mail her at president@bucknellconservatives.org.