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You are what you eat What your favorite Halloween sweets would say about you if they could
By Johanna Willett ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT With Halloween approaching, most of us will be consuming an unnatural amount of candy. The question is, then, what exactly does your favorite candy say about you?
Hershey’s milk chocolate
A classic choice that won’t offend many. You prefer simplicity and try to avoid conflict in favor of smooth sailings.
Almond Joy
You are easy-going and carefree. Really, you belong on a beach, not in the desert. Not much upsets you, but you’re not a pushover.
Let’s face it; you’re the cynical
Hershey’s dark chocolate
You’re a snob. Simple milk chocolate is not enough for you. You are probably that person who wears dress clothes to your 8 a.m. class. Everything must be catered to your exquisite and perfect tastes. Imperfection is not an option.
Nerds
Sweet Tarts
You’re one of those people — happy one minute, sobbing the next. You swivel between complimenting and criticizing so quickly it’s like watching a tennis match.
counterpart to the naïve, original Skittles lover. You have a sharp tongue and let the world know it. Just so you know, your classmates don’t appreciate you correcting the professor, slowing down the lecture and ultimately delaying the end of class.
Whatchamacallit
M&Ms
You have a problem with commitment. Rather than settle down, you flit from one thing to the
You are probably in the midst of an identity crisis. You’re not quite sure who you are or what you like. Actually, you don’t even know if a Whatchamacallit is your favorite candy bar. Make sure you keep a UA map on you at all times — that way you at least know where you’re going.
Beyond the glasses, pocket protectors and perpetual braces, you have a great personality and a kind heart. Really. If we need you, we’ll be sure to stop by the ScienceEngineering Library.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Encounters in Haunted Harvill By Kellie Mejdrich ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
next. How many times have you changed your major so far?
Sour Skittles
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Tootsie Roll
You see beauty in everything … Why else would you choose to eat chewy, fake chocolate when the real thing isn’t hard to find?
Candy corn
You’ve got a very festive spirit. You are the person in the ZonaZoo who sings their heart out during “Bear Down.” You live for holidays and the traditions that accompany them. You’re probably in your element right now.
You have just arrived at the mysterious Halloween Club meeting in the Harvill building. You heard there was free pizza, so you decided to take time out of your precious Friday evening to meet before you head off to your friend�s party to carve pumpkins. You notice a strange odor coming from the stairwell, but suppose it�s just the collective sweat of all those discussion section attendees hiking up the ridiculously convoluted staircase. When you reach the top, however, you get a little nervous. There are weird stains all over the floor. Do you continue?
Yes: turn to page B2 You go back down the stairs: B3
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
You’ve got it all; the sweet and the salty. You work well with others and know when to stay quiet or speak up. You’re that person everyone wants to be.
Guests stay indefinitely in Bisbee By Graham Thompson ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The town of Bisbee is situated in the Mule Mountains, a leisurely twohour drive from Tucson, and is the southernmost mile-high municipality in the United
States. Of the many little towns that populate southern Arizona, Bisbee is by far the most charming when viewed from the outside. The Copper Queen is staple of Old Bisbee and an attractive destination for ghost hunters and tourists, especially around
Halloween. Established in 1902, it is “the oldest continually running hotel in America,” according to owner Dan Finck. It has 48 rooms and no two rooms are alike. Each boasts imported English and Italian wallpaper, all varying in size. At the front desk there is a guest log containing a list of registered guests and their experiences, as well as a list of unregistered guests, including one Julia Lowell. “Julia was a ‘lady of the night’ who fell in love with a man who would not leave his wife, and she committed suicide. Room 315 is dedicated to her,” says Finck. “Then there’s Billy, a small boy who drowned in the San Pedro River. We believe that his mother was
a cleaning lady in the hotel.” Both Julia and Billy’s presences have been felt by guests and employees. Many guests have stated that late at night they will smell “cheap perfume,” and single men will tell you their feet have been played with at the foot of the bed. Shoes have been left in piles in rooms and then will be rearranged in neat lines by the door. Fans will turn on and off. Words have been written in steamed mirrors. But nothing malevolent ever happens. “My apparitions are friendly,” says Finck. “Have I seen a lot? No, I’m too ornery. But lots of my guests and employees have.” Gary Roberts, who has been working at the Copper Queen for 10 months, says that he has
Photo courtesy of Alexandra Morris
The Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee, Ariz., is famous for the spiritual presences that guests and employees claim to feel there. This room on the fourth floor of the hotel was converted from a maid’s chamber.
had several ghostly encounters. “I was cooking in the kitchen and went to get a pot. As I was reaching for a pot, one by one they started flying off the rack,” Roberts said. The Copper Queen hosts ghost walks on Thursday nights for those hoping to catch a glimpse. But if you are looking for a real scare, go to the cemetery and look for the abandoned plantationstyle home that overlooks it. Supposedly, in 1993, an escaped mental patient murdered the cemetery caretaker who lived there. The story goes that upon shooting the man, the intruder beat and raped the wife and locked her in the closet with her dead husband. The husband and his murderer are said to both haunt the house. The only way in is through the front door, as the back doors and windows are bolted shut. As I was turning to leave the back door opened of its own accord. While our own campus has legends of ghosts haunting the Modern Languages building and Centennial Hall, they don’t quite compare to the activity going on in Bisbee. If you are looking for ghosts, head to Bisbee and see for yourself. In the words of Roberts, “It’s crazy, and that’s all I can tell you.”
The front of the Copper Queen Hotel at 11 Howell Ave. in Bisbee. Photo courtesy of Alexandra Morris
WEEKLY FIVE WHY
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PLEASE
YOU MUST
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is Halloween on a Sunday this year? What the hell, calendar?
Halloween is this week? Damn, I don’t have a costume!
scare some small children on Halloween. You know it’s fun …
wear a costume to class at least once this week.
to check all of your candy for razor blades and poison.
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local scene To get you through your Halloweekend … Thursday
Friday
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Buckelew Farm’s Terror in the Corn Haunted houses are one thing, but a haunted cornfield — in the dark — provides an entirely new thrill. Buckelew Farm presents the haunted corn maze, with horrors hidden behind every husk. Thursday, Oct. 28 is College Night at Buckelew Farm, so be sure to attend for $5 off the regular price of tickets and two beers from the beer garden. Terror in the Corn is also open Friday and Saturday nights, and regular price admission ($20) includes both the Terror in the Corn and the Corn Maze.
Nightmare on Congress The nightmare returns this year with Club Congress’ annual Halloween rock-and-roll bash. This year will bring Halloween house music to Congress with performances by Gabe Sullivan and Taraf de Tucson, Mostly Bears, Holy Rolling Empire, The Generationals, Shaun Harris, Ghost of 505 and more. Dress in your best — a costume contest will reward one winner.
The “Rocky Horror” Halloween Bash Back in its blood-curdling 32nd year, the Heavy Petting shadow cast presents a special Halloween live show of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. A cult classic that celebrates everything ghoulish and grim, this show is the perfect way to revel in some Halloween madness. The screening will be preceded with a costume contest awarding a grand prize of $100 — categories include Best Zombie and Sexiest Horror. A virgin sacrifice will also take place, so prudes beware. The Heavy Petting shadow cast has prepared a night of sexy and scary surprises, so come let your freaky side reign with Dr. Frankenfurter and all the rest.
Chipotle’s Boorito 2010: The Horrors of Processed Food After 6 p.m. on All Hallow’s Eve, Chipotle Mexican Grill will salute the culinary creative elite with their Boorito night. Come dressed up in your most disgusting renditions of fast food and processed junk — think Twinkies and Funyuns — and get a burrito for just $2. Proceeds will go to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.
Buckelew Farm 17000 W. Ajo Way 6:30 p.m. - midnight, $15 Beowulf Alley Theatre: “The Transylvanian Clockworks” Set in the heart of downtown, the small, intimate Beowulf Alley Theatre presents Don Nigro’s adaptation of Dracula, “The Transylvanian Clockworks.” This reworking of Bram Stoker ’s original vampire tale sets itself in London, 1888, and is a dark and grisly exploration of the human mind. The psychological thriller is twisted and disturbing and pervaded by dark comedy. This version of the Victorian Gothic is positively demented, in the best of all possible ways. Beowulf Alley Theatre 11 S. Sixth Ave. 7:30 p.m., $23
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
You head down the hallway and hear a strange groaning noise. You figure it�s the elevator, but notice that it feels oddly cold on the top floor. You guess it�s just the fall air. There are a few cockroaches scuttling across the floor, but you kick them aside and finally reach the lecture hall you�re supposed to meet in. The door is stuck. What do you do?
Take strange back door down the hall: B5 Turn around, this place sucks: B6
Club Congress 311 E. Congress St. 8 p.m., $12, 21+ “Halloween Howl” at Colossal Cave Mountain Park If you’re feeling adventurous, Colossal Cave Mountain Park is offering a creepy cave tours and haunted hayrides on the Friday before Halloween. Tour the caves by candlelight and watch the shadows lurch and lurk as you wander through the damp and dark. The haunted hayrides will be begin at 6 p.m. Admission is only $1, or free with a donation of one canned food item. Colossal Cave Mountain Park 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail Vail, AZ 85641 5 - 9 p.m. $7 each for cave tour and hayride Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Spooky, scary … boys becoming men, men becoming wolves and everyone becoming a part of Tucson’s biggest Halloween dance party. The lineup for the first Werewolf Bar Mitzvah includes Designer Drugs, the Control Freeks and Bart B More, among many other artists from across the nation. Six hours of Halloween monster mashing will be fueled by two stages of music, presented by PHAT Entertainment and O/W/L/S. The Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St. 8 p.m., $20 “Nightmare on Elm Street” ’80s teen screams are a staple of Halloween, and the Loft Cinema is offering the chance to experience one of the classics anew — “Nightmare on Elm Street” returns. In Wes Craven’s original horror flick that launched a hundred sequels, Freddy Krueger makes his demonic debut as the terrorizer of dreams. Creepy, campy and a cult classic, this 1984 film is even better on the big screen.
Chipotle Mexican Grill 905 E. University Blvd. 6 p.m., $2 Buckelew Farm’s Pumpkin Festival Halloween is the last day to enjoy a fall tradition at Buckelew Farm’s Pumpkin Festival. Tractor rides will take festivalgoers to the pumpkin patch, where a huge variety of autumn gourds will be available for purchase at only 45 cents a pound. Take your time in picking the perfect pumpkin, and afterward the tractors will return you to the tent area where fair foods and arts and crafts will be available. The Pumpkin Festival is a low-key, family-friendly event to wind down your Halloween weekend.
The Loft Cinema 3233 E Speedway Blvd. Midnight, $6 Live Theatre Workshop presents “Say You Love Satan” If the thespian in you is begging for a thrill this Halloween weekend, check out the Live Theatre Workshop’s late night presentation of “Say You Love Satan.” The romantic thriller follows Andrew, a studious and charming grad student studying Dostoyevsky, who happens to fall in love with Jack, a mysterious stranger he meets at the laundromat. Jack seems to be perfect — aside from the fact that he’s the Antichrist’s son.
Buckelew Farm 17000 W. Ajo Way 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., $8 adult admission
Live Theatre Workshop 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 10:30 p.m., $10 Fox Theatre Double Feature: “Frankenstein”/“Bride of Frankenstein” Boris Karloff ’s most iconic performance as Frankenstein’s monster is the highlight of this double feature. “Frankenstein” and the “Bride of Frankenstein,” both directed by James Whale, are two of the most critically acclaimed creature features of the 20th century. Dr. Frankenstein is obsessed by his desire to create life, driven mad by his scientific exploits and creating Frankenstein’s monster. Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. 7 and 9:30 p.m., $6 student admission
Corn Maze After night falls on Buckelew Farm, test your courage and your navigational skills in the corn maze after the Pumpkin Festival. The maze encompasses four miles of trails over 11 acres in two mazes, each about a one-hour venture. Twelve checkpoints throughout the maze help you keep track of your progress and your success. Bring your flashlights and get lost in this Halloween strategy game. Buckelew Farm 17000 W. Ajo Way 5 p.m. - midnight, $13 Of Montreal Of Montreal’s sound is singular and surprising. A product of Kevin Barnes and the Elephant 6 Recording Company, Of Montreal combines indie rock with vaudeville, funk, and music hall peppered with psychedelic influences. The band is constantly transforming, and their latest record, False Priest, is a patchwork of cameos and organic sounds. Of Montreal is an apt choice to bring a Halloween concert to the Rialto Theatre; their style is experimental and eccentric and their shows are known to be eccentric, as well. The Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St. 8 p.m., $27
The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 10 p.m., $6
OUR PICK Powhaus to rock Halloween bash at Rialto Halloween is just around the corner. If you want to get your full-on costumed groove on this weekend, you should check out Powhaus Productions’ “Something Wicked This Way Comes” Saturday night at the Rialto Theatre. Powhaus Productions puts on themed multimedia art parties featuring live music at the Rialto every month. “The idea is to create events and excuses to make art and make stuff happen,” said Jared “Kitty Katt” McKinley, the producer and co-creator of Powhaus. “We just pick a subject and go off on it.” For this bash, Powhaus is going back to the basics of their first shows. “Our first shows were in reaction to the club scene,” McKinley said. This show will be Powhaus’ promised
rock ‘n’ roll show featuring music by DJ Dan Shapiro and the Mission Creeps, complete with lots of rock — new wave, punk, garage. “It’s not something you’d hear in the club,” McKinley said. And, according to McKinley, the show will most likely feature another surprise band. There will also be other surprises. “We always go a little bit over our promise,” McKinley said. This will be Powhaus’ first Halloween party. According to McKinley, it’s bound to get crazy. “One thing we do say is there are no limits, as long as you’re legal. We’ve had some people ride those lines, normally people would get kicked out of a normal club, but we let them stay.” The party starts at 9 p.m. and ends at
2 a.m. Expect it to go the full five hours. “Hopefully we will blow up the Rialto, literally,” McKinley said. — Emily Moore
IF YOU GO Powhaus’ ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St. Saturday, Oct. 30 9 p.m. - 2 a.m., 18+ Lisa Beth Earle/Arizona Daily Wildcat
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Choose your own adventure
Remakes: Scary then and now By Miranda Butler Arizona Daily Wildcat
The Amityville Horror Original: 1979 — 9 9 Remake: 2005 — 9 9 9 9
Both versions of “The Amityville Horror” tell the same story. George, Kathy and their three children move into a beautiful old house only to discover that they are not alone. Their new home was once the scene of a brutal murder, and now strange manifestations begin to drive them to the point of insanity and violence. However, the original “Amityville Horror” pales in comparison to the new one. The first movie is filled with dated special effects and poorly selected songs. It shies away from blood
and gore, and moves so slowly that many viewers may find it hard to maintain interest, especially through all the subplots. Likewise, even the main plot of the movie is not fully explained — it ends abruptly without resolution. The new “Amityville Horror” moves quickly, builds a sense of intensity and anxiety and the plot line comes full circle to tell a chilling story. The new movie explains many creepy occurrences that were included in the original but never brought to their full potential. The psychological thrill of the whole thing is the best part, and it also has its moments of grisly imagery, startling surprises and constant action. Interesting: In the original version, the characters stay in the house for something like 15 days, but in the remake, they last for 28.
into your head the way that the Japanese original can. “Ju-On: The Grudge” has no main character, follows a non-linear chronology and doesn’t go for the cheap thrills. It creates a constant sense of anxiety by not showing viewers typical gory images and not following any kind of
Original: “Ju-On: The Grudge,”
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When “The Grudge” came out six years ago, it was one of the scariest movies on the market. But going back and watching it again, it actually isn’t so bad. Although the premise is pretty messed up (once you enter that creepy house, the grudge will get you!), the American movie can’t even begin to get
momentarily. It’s easy to calm down after the loud, sudden music subsides and the bloody dead girl is done sticking her tongue out at you. Interesting: “The Grudge” was produced and directed by the original director of “Ju-On.” Takashi Shimizu directed the sequel “Grudge” movies in both Japan and the United States.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Original: 1984 — 9 9 9 Remake: 2010 — 9 9 9 9
The Grudge
2003 (Japan) — 9 9 9 9 9 Remake: “The Grudge,” 2004 —
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predictable plotline. In this way, the scariest part of the whole thing is in the viewer’s own imagination. Sure, “The Grudge” stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, but that’s probably the best part about it. The film has its moments where things pop out or blood gets everywhere, but in approaching scare tactics this way, it loses the tension created by the original and scares you only
This one’s a classic. We all saw it as kids, and it scared us all to death. But if you watch it again today, you may find that it was much scarier in the early ’90s than it is right now … Freddy Kreuger is coming to get you, and he’s bringing his bad synthesized theme song that could have only been cool in 1984. The images hold up as pretty gruesome, and the acting is good. The effects are impressive, especially for the 1980’s, and the idea of someone killing you in your sleep is still utterly horrifying. If the movie’s hokey soundtrack was replaced by Hitchcock-esque violins, a remake might not have been necessary. The new “Nightmare on Elm Street” stays true to the original, with one main change; the writers of the 2010 version decided to make Freddy Krueger a pedophile instead of simply a murderer. Though
You attempt to go back down the stairs, but realize that the balcony keeping you from plummeting down through the stairwell has been curiously sawed off. As you plummet to your doom, you are left wondering how and why something so unlucky could happen. You join the undead, though, and spend most of your Halloween haunting the dorms across the street. Lucky you. this does add to the audience’s hatred and fear of Freddy, it also creates a sense of uncomfortable, inappropriate sexual tension repellant to many viewers. Interesting: In both movies, the first girl to meet her untimely death is a promiscuous blonde.
Horror coming soon to theaters near you By Brandon Specktor Arizona Daily Wildcat Movie theaters aren’t just a convenient place to make “da move.” Sometimes, they also show good movies. That’s seldom the case around the Halloween season, but you can bank your candy horde on a selection of the creepiest and campiest flicks of the year. Here’s what this year has to offer.
“Saw 3D”
Opens: Friday 10/29 Screening at: El Con, Park Place and Oro Valley Marketplace Rated: R Since 2004 the “Saw” franchise has been committed to killing people in new and exciting ways. What started as a genuinely creepy, low-budget thriller has morphed into a sort of grotesque Halloween ritual that gets a little harder to justify every year. The series has made less money with each release from “Saw II” to “Saw VI,” bottoming out last year with a $27 million gross — about half of what the original made. This year, “Saw” joins the 3D shame train, which means you should expect lots and lots of impalement. The trailer for “Saw 3D” shows gawking audience in Agent-Smith-style glasses being strapped to their seats by spiky roller-coaster harnesses. Later, a dude in a pig mask reaches out of the screen and picks somebody up,
presumably to rape and eat them, or whatever computer-generated pig people do. I guess this trailer is meant to terrify children and cultural recluses who don’t realize that 3D images don’t pose any real danger. Or maybe they do. The revival of 3D projection is a death omen for plot-driven storytelling — but so is the “Saw” franchise, so why complain? See it if you think a $15 ticket is worth stirring up a little fear of God in the kids.
“Paranormal Activity 2”
Screening at: El Con, Park Place and Oro Valley Marketplace Rated: R Last year’s “Paranormal Activity” was a filmmaking milestone in its own right. The hyper-realistic creeper was filmed on handheld cameras with a budget of about $15,000 and ended up with a $193 million worldwide gross. It’s a figure that puts “The Blair Witch Project” to shame, and it didn’t even include any snot. “Paranormal Activity 2” is getting mixed reviews but has already made close to $50 million in the U.S. after one week. The set and cast may have grown — this time the Jim-and-Pam couple is replaced with a happy American family, complete with dog and bouncing baby — but the voyeuristic chills are the same. Fixed cameras capture recurring creepiness, compounded by the horror movie staple of the scary baby in jeopardy. See it
on a date, or if you’re amused by theater audiences making asses of themselves.
The “Rocky Horror” Halloween Bash Plays: Saturday, 10/30, 10 p.m. Screening at: The Loft Rated: R — $6 Are you a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania? Would you like to be? “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is the longest-running theatrical release in film history, thanks in part to venues like The Loft Cinema. The Loft has been holding monthly Rocky Horror parties for years but none so well-attended by friendly costumed freaks as the Halloween bash. If you’ve never seen the movie, don’t expect a thorough understanding by the end of the night. You’ll
be too distracted by the costumed crowd, the raucous sing-alongs, the Loft’s Heavy Petting shadow cast reenacting the plot on the auditorium stage and pelting Rocky Horror “virgins” with playful insults and prizes most ghoulish. This year’s theme is “Zombie Horror,” so come in undead drag for your chance at the $100 costume contest prize. Sink your teeth into the campiest of camp rituals — the $6 admission is worth a bite.
Photo courtesy of IMDB.com
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• wednesday, october 27, 2010 • arizona daily wildcat
treats
A feast fit for Frankenstein: The cree By Ali Freedman Arizona Daily Wildcat Put together a frightful meal for a truly haunting Halloween bash. These recipes may end up looking pretty eerie, but fear not, they taste much better than they look.
Bloody vampire bat wings
Time from start to finish: 45 minutes
What you’ll need: Your favorite store-bought chicken wings — from the frozen section Brown or black food dye Red Hot sauce or your favorite brand of buffalo wing sauce Ranch dressing Large Ziploc bag This is a simple side dish that will surely scare your guests. In a large Ziploc bag, place your chicken wings and about a tablespoon of food dye. Seal and shake it up, coating the wings to create a bloody appearance. Preheat the oven and bake the wings according to package directions. While your wings bake, fill a small serving bowl with ranch dressing. Add about two tablespoons of hot sauce or buffalo sauce and mix. This will be your bloody dipping sauce. Once your wings have cooked and cooled enough to be handled, serve. Create fun labels for your dishes so your guests have no doubts about what type of bat they’ll be devouring.
Edible eyeballs
Time from start to finish: 10 minutes
What you’ll need: Apples sliced into large circular pieces Caramel apple dipping sauce Dried apricots, smashed flat Dried cranberries Take your apple slices and lay them flat onto your serving dish. If you’d like to stop your apples from browning you can add a sprinkle of lemon juice, then add a bit of sugar to offset the sourness. Top your slices with a drizzle of
caramel — this will act as edible glue. Place your apricot on top and use the cranberries to finish off your eye, again using caramel to make them stick. Your apple will be the white of your eye, the apricot your iris and the cranberry the black center. These creepy treats are tasty and good for you all at the same time. It’s a nice way to offset your upcoming candy coma. Halloween and candy go hand-in-hand. No matter how old you may get, Halloween candy always has some appeal. What’s the point in spending $9 on a bag of mixed mini candy bars when you can make your own? Follow these step-by-step directions and learn how to make cost-effective, delicious homemade treats. Brag to your friends that you’ve created your own ghoulish treats. All of these recipes have been created from scratch and are easily replicated in your own kitchen or dorm.
Murderously good chocolate truffles
These rich treats are my go-to. They’re impressive and simple to make — literally to die for.
Time from start to finish: 1.5 hours
What you’ll need: 10 to 12 oz. of dark chocolate, chopped up (milk chocolate is OK, too) 1/2 cup of heavy cream 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 cup of powdered sugar Nuts or sprinkles a glass bowl a small saucepan
fridge for an hour or so. Mix together your cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Pour this mix onto a cookie sheet with a raised edge. Using a teaspoon, scoop out spoonfuls of your cooled truffle mix and quickly roll it into a ball using your palms. Roll your truffles into the cocoa mix and coat. Repeat with chopped nuts, sprinkles or anything of your liking. Put the truffles onto plates or cookie sheets and allow to cool in the fridge.
For this you’ll need to set up a simple double boiler. Your glass bowl will need to fit into your saucepan with a few inches between the bottom of the pan and the glass bowl. You’ll fill up your saucepan with a few cups of water and bring it up to a simmer, setting your bowl on top of the simmering water. Don’t let your water touch the bottom of the glass — you’ll burn your chocolate. Add the chopped chocolate into the double boiler and stir it until it melts. Slowly add in your heavy cream and mix until completely blended. Take your bowl off of the heat and allow your truffle mix to cool until it’s slightly thickened and easy to handle. If you’re impatient you can stick it in the
Haunted strawberries deluxe
Time from start to finish: 1.5 hours
What you’ll need: Truffle mix (see above recipe) Large strawberries Skewers Parchment paper Orange and black sprinkles or colored sugar Wash your strawberries and remove the stems. Stick your skewers into the stem end of your strawberries. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place your sprinkles and sugar into separate, shallow bowls Cook up your truffle mix using 10 to 12 oz of chocolate but only a ¼ of a cup of heavy cream. Once your chocolate and heavy cream have been melted together and mixed, remove the mix from the heat and dip your strawberries and coat them. Once covered in chocolate, coat in your choice of sprinkle or sugar. Lay them out of the parchment paper and allow them to cool in the fridge for about an hour. Share and enjoy!
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Choose your own adventure
epiest munchies for monsters Bloody Brew
Fill a mixing glass 3/4 full with ice. Add 1 1/2 oz. of vodka and 4 oz. tomato juice. Spice it up with salt, pepper and Tabasco Sauce. Strain into a glass and fill to the top with beer. Garnish with creepy toppers of your choice.
Pumpkin Martini
As you walk towards the back door, it gets colder and colder. Suddenly your foot slips as you realize you’re trudging through a thick layer of glowing slime. You sludge open the door to find a zombie hoarde moaning welcomingly at you. What do you do?
Pick up the shotgun: B8 Turn around: B3
Shake 1 oz. canned spiced pumpkin pie filling, 2 oz. orange vodka, 1 tbs. maple syrup, 1/2 oz. lemon juice and 1/2 oz. coconut water in a shaker, strain into a glass and garnish with a gooey spider.
Green Goblin
For a stronger brew, pour 2 oz. vodka over ice and top off with sour apple imitation liqueur. Drizzle with caramel syrup for extra sweetness and garnish with worms.
Black Widow
In a shaker, put 1 tsp. sugar, 4 slices of ginger and 4 blackberries. Fill with ice and add 1 1/2 oz. vodka and 3 oz. purple grape juice. Shake and strain into a glass. Garnish with blackberries and eyeballs.
Vampire Elixir
Pour 1 1/2 oz. vodka, 1 oz. apricot brandy and 1 oz. lime juice over ice. Top off with club soda and add a splash of pomegranate juice for a bloody effect.
Photos by Lisa Beth Earle /Arizona Daily Wildcat
Bloody Shot
Simple and sweet. Add a dash of grenadine to a shot of your favorite fruity vodka. Plop in an eyeball to frighten your friends, but don’t let them choke!
— drink recipes adapted from fabulous-cocktail-recipes.com and thenibble.com
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frights
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
You are met with an army of mini trolls, who in their gritty voices ask you for money. You're out of change and they're starting to nibble at your ankles. They're too heavy for you to kick, but just small enough to trip you if you keep going. What an inconvenient and terrible happening.
Run toward back door to hide: B4 Run toward stairs: B3
Last-minute costumes
Party animal
Find a pair of cat ears of an animal mask (they have tons of cheap ones at Party City and Tucson Thrift), get a cone-shaped birthday hat, maybe wrap yourself in some streamers, and you’re a party animal.
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Zombie anything
Make mischief at home this Halloween By Steven Kwan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Once you reach college, you have two options when it comes to Halloween: go out or stay in. (Unless you are chaperoning children, you’re probably a little too old to go trick-or-treating.) Let’s consider what you can do:
Go out
• Party/club hopping — a safe choice. It would be like any other weekend, but with costumes — unless it really is like any other weekend. • Haunted house hopping — a better choice. As seen in last week’s Wildlife, you have
several horror hotspots to choose from. The challenge at each location is to see who can out-scare each other: you and your friends or the monsters.
Stay in
• Monster Bash — you can show off your handiwork at concocting Halloween-inspired drinks and food. For music, don’t play “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett more than once … please. • Murder Mystery Theatre — This is like a dinner party with a show, but you and your friends are the performers. Given the holiday, everyone can dress however they like as they try to figure out who the murderer is.
Imagine: Zombie Chewbacca teams up with Sailor Moon to be the next Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. You can buy premade kits starting at $12, or you can create the mystery and character backstories yourself. • Movie/TV scare-a-thon — We are blessed (or is it cursed?) with a cornucopia of movies and TV shows that range from silly parodies to a personal education on special effects. Consider the following: “Tales from the Crypt” — an underrated TV classic. Based on stories published by EC Comics, these half-hour episodes were not only filled with tales of murder, deceit and horror,
Sorting, trading enhances candy haul By Johanna Willett ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT This Sunday, thousands of kids will dress up like princesses, pirates and animals and take to the streets to score pillowcases full of candy. Then, they will dump the candy onto the kitchen table and take inventory. If you’ve ever trick-ortreated before, this is a familiar scene. “We’d dump all of the candy out on the floor and swap it back and forth,” said pre-architecture freshman Kaitlyn Fillmore. “We always gave the stuff we didn’t like to my mom.” Unfortunately, a pillowcase without any cheap, undesirable candy is a rare thing. The real challenge is how to get rid of it. “I didn’t like mint stuff,” said undeclared freshman Rico Tapusoa. “I threw the stuff I didn’t like at people.” Physiology sophomore Sarah Batterton despises Dots. “I always got really mad when I found those,” said Batterton. “I hated those little boxes of Dots.” Romie Buttel, a pre-law freshman, sorts his candy carefully before separating the bad from the good. “I separated my candy by color,” said Buttel. “I put the reds with the reds and the blues with the blues. It looked really cool.”
Buttel’s candy haul two years ago didn’t need color to make it “cool.” “Two Halloweens ago, I went trickor-treating with some friends, but we drove,” said Buttel. “In one neighborhood, everyone just left buckets of king-size candy bars by their doors. We took everything.” The trick-or-treating experience is definitely enhanced when you’re not dealing with stingy candy providers, but a good costume can also make or break the evening. “One year, I went trick-or-treating with a friend who dressed up like a juice box,” said Fillmore. “I was a vampire. People kept calling us the bad guy and the juice box.” Valerie Phillips, a media arts freshman, took the importance of candy on Halloween to a whole new level one year. “I dressed up like a gumball machine,” said Phillips. “That was fun.” For all the hype surrounding candy and the solemnity in which many kids sort and trade it, there’s way more sugar at this time of year than any person can eat. “After my parents checked to make sure it wasn’t tampered with, I ate my favorites,” said Batterton. “I never went through all of my Halloween candy.” Instead, most of us just pile chocolate Santas and candy hearts on top of stale, uneaten candy corn.
but they were also flavored with irony, gallows humor and gruesome puns. John Kassir brings it all together as the voice of the Crypt Keeper. MUST WATCH: “What’s Cookin’” with Christopher Reeve, Judd Nelson and Bess Armstrong who turn a failing squid restaurant into a success with a secret recipe. “Night Gallery” or “The Twilight Zone” — the first is in color, the second is in black and white. Both feature excellent stories, many of which were written by host Rod Serling. Asian horror films vs. American horror films – “Saw” vs. “Audition,” anyone? How about “Ringu” vs. “The Ring?”
Recycle your costume from last year with some added blood splatter. Zombie is the quickest and goriest way to get into the Halloween spirit.
Old Spice Man
This one is for dudes only. Get a towel and wrap it around your waist, tote around some Old Spice Body Wash and make sure you’re constantly reminding everyone that the tickets are now diamonds.
Grapes
Purple or green tights + purple or green shirt + purple or green balloons = a bunch of grapes. Not the most practical but definitely impressive.
Polaroid picture
Paint a square of cardboard white, cut a smaller square hole out of it, and wear it around your neck to be a Polaroid picture of yourself. — Maitri Mehta
Go ahead, reveal your inner monster COMMENTARY BY Kellie Mejdrich
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Halloween tradition. Isn’t this the one holiday specifically devoted to disguising ourselves? I guess there are two sides to this idea. First, that during Halloween, we’re actually not disguising ourselves, but rather totally revealing ourselves and being completely blunt about it. Skimpy-costume wearers are screaming to be consumed visually, totally uninhibited by societal judgment. And it’s likely that Halloween is like that for everyone, female or male: a cathartic experience in showing your inner desires, disguised as a disguise. Why is it so bad to show what you’ve got, moreover, advertise it? For once we have a time where we don’t have to lie that this is what we want. But then it’s also possible that we are missing the real point of Halloween: where’s the mystery? Where’s the fun in keeping our MEJDRICH, page B7
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Sexy lumberjack woman? Sexy tin man? It’s all a joke, let’s face it. Perhaps a real Halloween costume would just be sexy naked woman. It would be honest, at least. Either way, Halloween is going to be a blast, whether you’re screaming to get laid, wearing a neurotically detailed replica of your favorite movie character
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Undead men walking: Zombie Walk 2010
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By Steven Kwan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
It was a cool and moonlit night Saturday — perfect conditions for zombies and survivors as they lumbered and stalked their way down Fourth Avenue for this year’s Zombie Walk. The audience at Club Congress chose Teresa Shaver as “Most Original” for her zombified version of the title character from “Juno.” Shaver, a psychology senior, led the mob comprised of decomposing figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Sonny and Cher and Captain Jack Sparrow, . This year’s walk attracted more than 1,100 participants, an increase from last year’s estimated 650-700 walkers, according to Rosie Zwaduk, one of the event’s main organizers. By the end of the night, the undead and living had donated 618 pounds of food to Tucson Community Food Bank.
Zombies began their ‘Thriller’ dance on the ground before all the action commenced at Zombie Walk 2010.
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It's the zombie apocalypse! You defend yourself against the horde pretty successfully until you run out of bullets, at which point you cleverly lead them to what you noticed to be a cliff off of the Harvill building stairs. You clever devil! You race back to your home where you hide out for the weekend and start life afresh on a cold dawn morning. You can't believe you made it out alive. This is a Halloween you'll never forget.
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