![Nidia Loza
multidisciplinary studies senior
“This Valentine’s Day, me and my boyfriend are gonna go to JCPenney and do those JCPenney photoshoots. We’re kinda really excited for it. Our friend is also gonna take photos with us, and we’re just gonna post them on Instagram together.”](https://www.utrgvrider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VaqueroVoice0210_OL1-1024x791.jpg)
multidisciplinary studies senior
“This Valentine’s Day, me and my boyfriend are gonna go to JCPenney and do those JCPenney photoshoots. We’re kinda really excited for it. Our friend is also gonna take photos with us, and we’re just gonna post them on Instagram together.”
![Pedro Camacho international business senior “As a single guy, for me, it’s probably just taking it as another day, probably enjoying the fellowship of one of my friends. … Maybe even do a little single’s day in protest, but other than that just enjoy it as a regular day.”](https://www.utrgvrider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VaqueroVoice0210_OL4-1024x791.jpg)
international business senior
“As a single guy, for me, it’s probably just taking it as another day, probably enjoying the fellowship of one of my friends. … Maybe even do a little single’s day in protest, but other than that just enjoy it as a regular day.”
![Tristan Padilla finance freshman “I don’t know his name yet.”](https://www.utrgvrider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VaqueroVoice0210_OL5-1024x791.jpg)
finance freshman
“I don’t know his name yet.”
![Hector Salinas engineering technology sophomore “Well this year, since Valentine’s [Day] lands on a Friday, I’ll just have a usual day of class, go home and just spend time with my family.”](https://www.utrgvrider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VaqueroVoice0210_OL2-1024x791.jpg)
engineering technology sophomore
“Well this year, since Valentine’s [Day] lands on a Friday, I’ll just have a usual day of class, go home and just spend time with my family.”
![Elizabeth Veliz civil engineering sophomore “Besides work, I’ll probably just have a Galentine’s with my cousins and my sisters.”](https://www.utrgvrider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VaqueroVoice0210_OL3-1024x791.jpg)
civil engineering sophomore
“Besides work, I’ll probably just have a Galentine’s with my cousins and my sisters.”
–Compiled and photos by Jose Rodriguez and Daniela Martinez Salazar