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Dennis Murphy

For the students, by the students

Halloween, Mizzou Style
Jessica Pollard, Corner Post Staff

October 21, 2003 - You may have already seen some people gearing up for the big Halloween night by decorating their windows with cling-on decorations and orange lights. And it seems like in every dorm room, someone offers some candy corn or mini candy bars from a plastic pumpkin or paper sack. While some would argue that Halloween is merely a children's holiday, it seems that college students are enjoying the season as well.

Talking with several students around campus gained some interesting feedback.

"We are dressing up as schoolgirls and going to the haunted house at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house," said Ruthie Dietrich and Kate Meinhardt, freshman animal science majors.

Bekah Emmons, junior business management major, said "I am going home for that weekend but I'll probably be passing out candy on Halloween night."

"I am dressing up and going partying with my sorority sisters," said Samantha Hillstrom, freshman communications major.

As everyone knows, one of the biggest traditions of Halloween is to dress up in a costume. Columbia has quite a variety of places to shop for outfits including Wal-Mart, Goodwill and Gotcha!, a popular costume shop located downtown. You'll find a wide range of costumes, wigs and other Halloween accessories at reasonable prices.

There are several events going on across campus during the week of Halloween. There will be pumpkin carving from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm on Wednesday in the lower level of Brady Commons. "Halloween Spook-Tacular" is also going on at Memorial Union at 8:00 on the night of Halloween.

If you would like to find information on the web, the following are some interesting websites to visit:

http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm - this site contains information about the history of Halloween and the story behind many of the traditions of the holiday

http://www.benjerry.com/halloween/ - this site is the official Halloween page for the popular ice cream brand, Ben and Jerry's

http://www.halloweenmart.com -you will find costume ideas for people of all ages and can order costumes and other fun stuff online

However you plan to celebrate the holiday, remember to be responsible and sensible and have a great time!

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