Selma Sanchez, junior communication and Spanish double-major
What is love?
“Love is this feeling that you get when you are surrounded by the people that you care about and those that you want to take care of — and they take care of you. It can be so many things; it’s not just one. It can be physical, it can be visual, emotional — it can be many things.”
Do you believe in soulmates?
“Maybe not just like one soulmate. I think you can have multiple soulmates. Your friends can be your soulmates.”
Do you believe in love at first sight?
“Sometimes. I don’t think that you can fully love someone or something that you do not know all of — I think that is a little tricky. I believe in attraction at first sight. Maybe not love. I feel like love is so intense. I don’t know. It’s also cute to think that that could also happen. It’s a little hopeful.”
Xae Alva, sophomore English major
What is love?
“Love is a feeling or expression. To me it is something strong that you feel towards someone or something, and it is complicated. It is just a feeling of strength, positivity and appreciation.”
Do you believe in soulmates?
“I don’t know if I believe in soulmates. People grow and change a lot over the course of their lives. So, I think a lot of times people say, ‘Oh, I met my soulmate’ — but you met someone who is going to be completely different in 10, 20, 30 years. I think you can be extremely attracted to somebody, but that does not mean that they are the somebody that you are going to be attracted to for the rest of your life.”
Do you believe in love at first sight?
“I believe that you can be attracted to someone at first sight, but I don’t think you can be in love. You do not even know the person yet. In order to feel something as strong as love, you have to really know and connect to the person. I think you can think someone is attractive, but that does not mean you are in love.”
Paloma Collins, sophomore international business major
What is love?
“Caring. I think that is enough. I think that if you care, you love it. At least a little bit. As a concept, I feel like a lot of people think it’s really deep, but I love my water bottle. I feel like it is something that is everywhere — you toss it around.”
Do you believe in soulmates?
“No. I think it is a choice. I think it is the time that you put into someone. For example, I have a random roommate — like I love my roommate, I love that girl, but I could have picked not to love her. I do think it is purely a choice.”
Do you believe in love at first sight?
“No. I think that is something you choose to see in someone, you choose to appreciate their traits, you choose to focus on their good qualities, as opposed to something that annoys you. I don’t think that is true — I think it is something that you grow to have an appreciation for.”
Jose Umberto Hernandez III, sophomore mathematical finance major
What is love?
“It is the mutual feeling between two people, when you care for one another. It does not necessarily have to be romantically. It can be in a family sense, or in a friendly way as well.”
Do you believe in soulmates?
“Yes. I think like if you fall in love with somebody, and they fall in love with you, and you try to, for the most sense, you will end up together. You will work everything out together to try to be with one another.”
Do you believe in love at first sight?
“No. I feel like we see a lot of people, meet a lot of people — you can’t really judge somebody based on just how they look on the outside. You never know how that person is going to act or behave. So, I don’t think there is such a thing as love at first sight. You have to know that person more to figure it out.”
