Vol. 30 #6 10.27.14
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A spooky haunted house for our Halloween issue, featuring Pharrel and a flamingo. Design by Keghouhi Bedoyan // AS Review
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IN THIS ISSUE NEWS 4 MEChA:
Remembering loved ones Learn about MEChA’s Dia de Los Muertos event
5 Get your Shriek on!
Find out what movies are playing during AS Films Shriek Week
STUDENT LIFE 8 Culture is never a costume, period.
Make sure your costume isn’t offending someone’s culture
9 Two people, one experience
Read two students’ experiences at the Ethnic Student Center Conference ooyte
FEATURES 8 AS Review
Horror Story: It’s all in your head Nontawat Thammawan shares a scary true story
12 What was your first costume?
We asked students what they wore for their first Halloween
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Abigail Ramos Kelly Mason Trevor Grimm C Hayley Halstead Auzin Ahmadi Ian Sanquist Nontawat Thammawan Designer Keghouhi Bedoyan Adviser Jeff Bates
Editor in Chief Assistant Editor Lead Photographer Writers
Mount Baker Theatre is supposedly haunted by a ghost named Judy, learn more about the theatre and other haunted places on p. 10 Photo by Trevor Grimm // AS Review
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EVENTS AS Films presents Shriek Week Oct. 27-30 // 7 p.m. - midnight // FR 102 // Free Monday through Thursday enjoy Halloween themed movies as a part of AS Films Shriek Week! Go to all four movies and win a special prize! To learn more about the event, check out p. 5
Wednesday Night Concert Series: Dedric Clark and the Social Animals w/ Well Wishers Oct. 29 // 8 p.m. // UGCH // Free Enjoy free music at the Underground Coffeehouse as part of the fall Wednesday Night Concert Series. This week’s musicians include alternative rock/country band Dedric Clark and the Social Animals and indie pop/folk band Well Wishers.
Rock the Vote! Oct. 30 // 6 - 9 p.m. // VU MPR // Free Fill out your ballot, listen to sweet tunes from Minor Plains and Snug Harbor and enjoy free food and guest speakers at Rock the Vote! This event is hosted by AS Representation and Engagement Programs and Pop Music and features a secret headliner.
Top Ten: October 16-23 1
Say My Name Odesza
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Left Hand Free Alt-J
Dead Parrots Society: Squawktoberfest
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Oct. 31 // 8 p.m. // Old Main Theatre // $3
Electric Rainbow Minus The Bear
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Inside Out Spoon
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Tesla Flying Lotus
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No. 6 Moon Hooch
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How Can You Really Foxygen
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I’m Callin Tennis
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Adult Adversion Alvvays
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Temporary View SBTRK
What’s more fun than a Dead Parrots Show? A spooky Dead Parrots Society show. Catch the improv group as they perform their super spooky Halloween show. This is the last show of Squawktoberfest.
A note from the editors... You unlock this door with a key of imagination beyond it is another dimension, a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas, you’ve just crossed over into the AS Review’s Halloween issue, enjoy! Special thanks to Zach Becker for designing the spooky spider webs on each page.
KUGS is the Associated Students’ student-run radio station. Listen online at kugs.org. If you’re interested in getting on the waves, pick up a volunteer application in the station’s office on the seventh floor of the VU.
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By Auzin Ahmadi Poster courtesy
ME C h A: R e m e m b e r i n g l o v e d on e s of
MEChA
Dia de los Muertos is coming to Western! On Sunday, Nov. 2, MEChA will host their free Dia de Los Muertos event in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. MEChA, one of Western’s older clubs, established even before the Ethnic Student Center, stands for “El Movimiento Estudantil Chicana/o de Aztlán,” which roughly translates to “the Chicano/a student movement.” The Latino/a holiday which translates to “Day of the Dead,” is celebrated from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 and is primarily a time for remembering family members and loved ones who have passed away. Traditionally, altars called “ofrendas” are built for the deceased and are decorated with sugar skulls, candles, flowers and food. According to MEChA co-chair Jacqueline Chavez, the event has plenty of opportunities for entertainment and learning. “We will have free food that is donated from a Latino/a store or restaurant. We will have hot chocolate and someone’s doing face painting, like skulls on half the face or the whole face. There will be altars that are set up and we will decorate sugar skulls at the event,” Chavez said. The event is open for Western’s community to be a part of, so many clubs from the ESC will have altars. Attendees are encouraged to bring photos of loved ones to place on the altars. Baked goods will be sold to raise money for MEChA, and there will be two dance performances during the event from Dance Azteca and Baile Folklorico. Dance Azteca performs Aztecan indigenous dancing which honors ancestors and recognizes the indigenous roots of students, according to Chavez. “They also have prayers in the native language and a special Dia de Los Muertos performance which closes the event,” Chavez said. Baile Folklorico is a dance group made up of students from Western’s Latino Student Union and MEChA which performs traditional Mexican dances. MEChA originally came into being during the Chicano Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, during which several coalitions fighting for the rights of Mexican-Americans came together in Santa Barbara and decided to unify. Today, MEChA is much more than just a movement for Mexican Americans and has expanded to accepting and celebrating all Latino/a identities. MEChA hosts several events during the year, the most wellknown of which is the Lowrider Show in the spring. During the show, Red Square is filled with custom cars, trucks and bikes and hosts taco trucks, dance performances and games.
The show is intended to promise a positive community culture and disassociate lowrider culture from negative gang affiliations. The club is dedicated to providing a space for Chicano/a students and confronting the educational and social justice issues which Chicano/a and Latino/a communities face today. More information about MEChA and the Dia de Los Muertos event can be found on MEChA’s Facebook page, “MEChA de WWU.” Make sure to join your campus community and MEChA on Nov. 2 for this unique celebration! Note: this is not a costumed event.
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Get your Shriek on! By Ian Sanquist Poster courtesy
of
AS Films
AS Productions Films is hosting Shriek Week, a Halloween movie series Monday, Oct. 27 through Thursday, Oct. 30. The films will be screened in Viking Union 552 starting at 7 p.m. There will even be an opportunity to win a day pass to Mt. Baker Ski Area for those who attend all four screenings. AS Film Coordinator Sam Legg selected the films with variety in mind, including both comedies and psychological horror films. “I want people to be excited about getting a real movie-going experience for free, right here on campus,” Legg said in an email. “A lot of these movies came out a long time ago, and I never got the chance to see them on the big screen, so it will be great to have a real movie experience with films I’ve only been able to watch on a TV.” Monday, Oct. 27: The Shining A monolith of horror, Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of a Stephen King novel stars Jack Nicholson as a blocked writer driven insane by the hotel he’s been hired to look after for the winter. The music alone will send shivers up most spines—combined with Kubrick’s chilly, symmetrically framed shots of the empty, disorienting hotel, there is more than enough fare for haunted dreams. Oh yeah, there’s also a telepathic boy with an invisible friend who shows him visions of bloody murder—but isn’t that what invisible friends are for? Spooky stuff. Tuesday, Oct. 28: Hocus Pocus You’d be hard pressed to find someone who’ll call “Hocus Pocus” a monolith of horror, but as far as movies about singing witches with elaborate hairdos go, this one’s great for a fun time. It’s not an accurate depiction of the Salem Witch Trials either, but those are get-
ting harder and harder to find. What it does have is Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as a trio of witches determined to wreck havoc on modern-day [that is, early1990s] Salem. Look out for the immortal talking black cat with a grudge against them witches. Wednesday, Oct. 29: The Blair Witch Project The thing about “The Blair Witch Project” is that it’s much more than its gimmick. Presented as the surviving footage from a doomed expedition into the Maryland woods to shoot a documentary on the local legend of the Blair Witch, this film creates its atmosphere of dread by emphasizing the potential horror that lurks unseen. In front of the camera, we watch the trust erode between the three student filmmakers, played by total unknowns, as they become progressively lost in the forest and strange noises take over the night. Planning a camping trip anytime soon? This is the best possible film to watch in preparation. Thursday, Oct. 30: Beetlejuice Michael Keaton stars as the eponymous ghoul in Tim Burton’s wacky haunted house fantasy, which features Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as recently deceased homeowners who find their life after death disturbed by obnoxious new occupants. Seeking help to banish the intruders, they find that unfortunately the afterlife is governed by a bureaucracy more stagnant and unhelpful than any DMV. These naïve ghosts are forced to call on the help of the repulsive bio-exorcist Betelgeuse, an independent contractor who turns out to be harder to get rid of than the house’s new residents. Also features Winona Ryder in an early role as a theatrically gothic teenager. With an impromptu performance of “Day-O [The Banana Boat Song].”
Looking for something to watch on Halloween night? Try John Carpenter’s underrated “In the Mouth of Madness,” a Lovecraftian tale about a horror writer whose books are so scary that they drive readers to insanity. If you’re in the mood for a sci-fi horror tragedy with breakthrough special effects in the art of gross out makeup, David Cronenberg’s 1986 version of “The Fly,” starring Jeff Goldblum as a brilliant mad scientist, has got the goods. As the days get shorter and the wind picks up, the season is ripe for spooky movies. Shriek Week offers an opportunity to share in the thrills with fellow students and to experience these films on a big screen.
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Decorate with spooktacular DIYs
By Auzin Ahmadi Photos by Trevor Grimm
There’s something to be said about tradition, especially Halloween tradition—planning your costume months in advance, carving pumpkins with friends and family, having a scary movie marathon or gorging on variety packs of candy. And when you get to college, costume and theme parties on “Halloweekend” become another tradition. This year, impress visitors at your place with festive do-it-yourself decorations. All of these DIYs can be done with household items or a short trip to the craft store. The main thing you need is imagination, so let it run wild and embrace the Halloween season.
Spooky solo cup lanterns
What you need: Solo cups LED tealights Black Sharpie
What to do:
Turn the cups upside down, draw on spooky faces and place two tealights underneath each one. Put them in darker areas of the house or place several on a tray to use as a centerpiece for your table or in front of your door. Some drawing ideas: alien or Frankenstein face on a green cup, ghost on a white cup, devil on a red cup or a Jack-O-Lantern on an orange cup.
What you need: Ballons Glow-sticks Black Sharpie Ribbon {Optional}
What to do:
This easy lighted decoration can be taped to doors, behind windows, or left to float in a bunch outside. Blow up the balloons, draw alien faces on them, crack the glowsticks and stick them inside the balloons. Tie ribbon around the balloons, use a sandbag if they need to stay in one place, and put them wherever needs a touch of the extraterrestrial!
Floating Creature Faces
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What you need:
Creepy pickled body parts
Wine bottles Glossy-finish white, orange and yellow spray paint
What to do:
Have any leftover wine bottles from the weekend? Turn them into festive centerpieces for your kitchen table. Lay down some cardboard to avoid stains and spray-paint the whole bottle white. Wait for it to dry, and then spray-paint the middle part orange. When that coat dries, spray-paint the bottom of the bottle with the yellow paint. At the end, your bottles should look like giant pieces of candy corn.
Candy corn wine bottle
What you need:
Mason jars Red or yellow food coloring Fake body parts {hearts, eyeballs or toy doll}
What to do:
Probably the scariest decoration on this list, and only for the hardcore Halloween decorator. If using a toy doll, dismember the doll to pieces for different body parts. Put the body parts in the jars, fill them with water, and add a few drops of food coloring to get that “preserving fluid� look. Place the jars on a prominent shelf to greet party guests, or hide them wherever will freak your roommate out the most.
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Culture is never a costume, period.
By Abigail ramos Photos courtesy of
joy weisel
Halloween, it’s all fun and games until you’re disrespecting a person and their culture. Culture is in no way, shape or form a costume. Yes, it is completely understandable that you may be “interested” in a different culture than your own. Kudos to you for wanting to embrace a culture. And maybe your intentions aren’t to hurt anyone’s feelings, but let’s get real, what do you really know about the culture you’re “representing?” Is your costume based on a culture or group of people? If it is, that’s cultural appropriation. Do you identify as a member of that culture? If not, that’s cultural apBusayo Bamidele
propriation. Would you be proud wearing your costume around people that identify with that culture? Let’s hope not, because it most likely is cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is simple. If you don’t identify with the culture, if you’re just trying to be funny or if you’re perpetrating a stereotype, you might want to reevaluate your costume. Appropriation of a culture is not only associated with Halloween. Cultural appropriation also doesn’t just happen with people who are not of color. Wearing a costume that portrays a culture is wrong. It’s wrong because you don’t know about what the people who identify with that culture have gone through. Cultural appropriation is wrong beMayra Guizar
cause it isn’t your culture. As a Mexican-American student on this campus, I love to share my culture with other people who don’t identify the same as I do. I enjoy sharing my food, my language and the history. But my parents didn’t make the sacrifice of immigrating to this country to have other people dress up in panchos and sombreros. Fun fact for you, I have to say I have probably never seen a Mexican wearing a sombrero besides someone who is in a Mariachi band. Anyone can make the mistake and not really understand why something is offensive. The thing is, that isn’t okay. So this Halloween check yourself, before you wreck yourself. K. Yuki Toyoda
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Two different people, one experince! Guest writers sophomore Jordan Butler and freshman Crystal Lewis share their experiences of the Ethnic Student Center Conference, Oct. 17 through 19.
By Jordan Butler
By Crystal Lewis
When my friends asked me what I was doing for the weekend of Oct. 17, I told them I would be attending the Ethnic Student Center Conference. Now, this being my first time attending the ESC Conference I had no idea what to tell them. I figured there would be some classic camp bonding, a workshop or two and of course bad food, but what I took from my experience was far more than what I could have told my friends. The first night began with a bang. We did a stand-up sit-down exercise that reflected how we identified ourselves. This to me was the most powerful moment of the weekend. The questions asked about identity were not easy ones to cope with, and brought on an array of emotions, which really set the tone for the rest of the conference. This was not your typical icebreaker. It wasn’t some “get to know your neighbor” game, where you talked about how many pets you have, this was an exercise that posed challenging questions of self identity. I could feel the growth in myself as I stood up to confirm my different identities. I could also feel support when I stood up and looked around at the other allies that identified the same. After that first night I knew this was going to be a powerful conference. There were three workshops on Saturday, all centered on the themes of Unity, Perspectives and Identity. After each one, not only had I learned something valuable to take with me, but I had bonded with someone new. I think that is the beauty of the ESC Conference, it’s the fellowship with other peeps and friends that you can’t get anywhere else. The conference brought more than just a discussion about issues of students with different identities but it created a dialogue that included everyone from a variety of different backgrounds, religions, ethnicities and identities. One of my favorite moments of the conference was the final night during the Cultural showcase, which mirrored a talent show. The wide range of talents blew me away, from rapping to storytelling, students had the opportunity to display their culture and receive the love and overwhelming support from the crowd. On the bus ride back, I heard a freshman that spoke of how happy she was to have gone to the conference. Hearing this I couldn’t help but smile because I knew exactly how she felt. I was incredibly blessed to have attended the ESC Conference, and thankful for all the hard work, time and passion that the coordinators put in. The lessons learned, and the bonds made could not have been forged without the ESC Conference.
I signed up for the ESC Conference because I was told by old friends that it was a lot of fun and you’d get to meet new people and as a freshman, that’s all anyone wants, to meet new people and make friends. So I signed up and after I got accepted, I didn’t really know what to think. I had no idea what it was going to be like. From the moment I stepped on the bus, I felt very afraid. All ESC Conference veterans were on the bus, they all had friends who they were sitting next to. The first event was the one that stuck with me the whole trip and even to this day, when I think of the ESC Conference, I think of the first game we played. We played a standup, sit-down game that represented some aspects of your identity. This activity brought up a lot of mixed feelings for me, it made me feel like I was able to be myself. I felt like I could trust everyone in that room because we were all opening up to each other without even saying a word. Now, to have that feeling of security as a clueless little freshman means a lot. The second day was the day that I learned more about identity and what it means to be an ally. Before going this workshop, I had no idea what it meant to be a social ally. This gave me assurance that the group of people that I was surrounded by wasn’t there to judge me. Overall, during the conference, I didn’t feel judged or put on the spot. No one looked at me like I was weird or different. There was guest speaker that said something that stuck out to me. We all split into groups and closed our eyes. He made us think about what it feels like to be part of often-judged communities and put ourselves in someone else’s shoes. The end of the second night concluded with a cultural sharing event where people voluntarily shared a piece of their culture and it was so amazing hearing people’s stories, their songs, raps and poems. It inspired me, to one day be able to share with everyone else a piece of my culture and after watching the upperclassman and one brave freshman go out in front of everyone, I could picture myself doing the same as they did and hopefully inspire other freshmen as well. When the weekend was over, I came back to school with a head full of new knowledge about identity, a mind full of inspiration, friends that will last me a lifetime and a lot of studying to catch up on. The ESC Conference really opened my eyes up to my surroundings, I have found a place where I can call home. I was blessed to have been chosen to go on this trip and I can’t wait to go again.
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A haunting in the ‘Ham
From Wilson Library to Bayview Cemetery, we look at Bellingham’s supposedly haunted places. By C Hayley Halstead Photos by Trevor Grimm Every Halloween children dress up like little witches and goblins and stroll around their neighborhoods collecting treats from homes of strangers. What’s even spookier than that is the fact that there have been claims of ghost and spiritual encounters throughout the Bellingham community and even right here on Western’s campus. Wilson Library Western’s library was named after Mabel Zoe Wilson, a former Western librarian, and is rumored to be the home of her ghost. The library was built in 1928, and in 1964 the library was dedicated. That same year, she fell down the stairs in her apartment building and never recovered from her injuries. There are arrays of people who have believed that they have encountered Wilson’s ghost. Signs of a presence include random breezes in the microform room, doors closing on their own and the sound of footsteps. Mount Baker Theatre Located in downtown Bellingham, the Mount Baker Theatre is one of Bellingham’s national historic landmarks, opened in 1927. Staff members of this theater have reported odd encounters with what could perhaps be paranormal activity. They have claimed to hear clapping in an empty theater or names being called out in eerie voices. Some think the ghost that haunts the Theatre is named Judy whose home was demolished in order to make space for the theater.
Marine Park Formerly known as Dead Man’s Point, the beach park that perches on Bellingham bay used to be a pioneer graveyard. Apparently, Marine Park was the location of a Native American massacre happened long ago. As that area became more developed, there were sightings of coffins washed ashore, but there was not much evidence of human remains. The area used to be where people were buried during the pioneer days. The ferry terminal is known to have a woman in white who is spotted along the water. Bayview Cemetery In the cemetery, there’s a statue of one of the earliest pioneers of Bellingham, William Bland, who committed suicide in the basement of the Whatcom County Courthouse during the Great Depression. Another man, Edmond Guadette was buried at the cemetery with a spot next to him intended for his wife. When she passed away, there was a battle over her body, and instead was buried in Seattle. With these dismal stories, one can’t help but wonder if these fates still haunt the cemetery. There’s no guarantee that ghosts are real, until you encounter one and experience it yourself. If you’re looking for a spooky night out, try exploring haunted areas of Bellingham. Also, take advantage of the local haunted events, such as the Scream Fair Haunted House located in Lynden Washington. Be listening for those laughs, footsteps and random breezes that may pass by.
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AS Review Horror Story: It’s all in your head
By Nontawat Thammawan Illustration by Keghouhi Bedoyan Every night before bedtime, my father would tell us, “If you hear anything suspicious, always come knock on my door first.” I knew it was a precaution… I just didn’t like the sound of it. One night while everyone was sound asleep, I suddenly woke up feeling rather strange. I glanced at the clock next to the window, soft whistling wind lifted the curtain, the glimmering light shone on the clock’s surface it read 3:15 a.m. I was certain something woke me up, but I didn’t know what it was. I remained completely still on my bed and searched through the darkness for something unusual... Everything was normal. Feeling relieved, I closed my eyes to go back to sleep. Then, out of the silence, a faint scratching noise came up out of nowhere. I sprang up off the bed feeling frightened and crawled toward my brother to wake him up. I shook his shoulder lightly and asked him if he heard the noise. He turned his head toward me, his eyes barely open, and said, sounding a bit annoyed, “What noise? I didn’t hear anything. Just go back to sleep.” The noise came back louder and louder. It would have been impossible for him not to hear it. I sat down in the dark shivering with my back against the wall, closing my ears to block the noise. But it just got louder. I mustered some courage and ran out of my bedroom, rushing through the hallway with my eyes completely shut. I slammed against my parents’ bedroom door and banged on it repeatedly as I yelled out, “Dad! Dad! Open the door, dad! Please open the door!” My father came out and took me inside
the room, but the scratching noise didn’t stop. “I heard a noise! It’s like somebody is clawing on the wall with their fingernails,” I told my father. My parents claimed that they didn’t hear anything. They stayed up for a whole hour watching me scream out and cry in pain as the noise became too loud. They didn’t know what was happening and didn’t know what to do. All they knew was that I was hearing something they couldn’t hear. I was exhausted from the pain and passed out that night. I woke up the next morning at 10 a.m. in my parents’ room feeling completely normal. I convinced myself it was nothing but a terrible nightmare and went to take a shower and tried to forget everything that happened. As the water flowed down my body, the same scratching noise sparked back inside my head. Only this time, it felt like someone was stabbing my head with a thousand needles. After my parents checked my body they found a stain of blood on my right ear. They immediately took me to the hospital. At the hospital, we waited two hours to meet the doctor. When we went inside, the doctor went straight to check inside my both ears for anything suspicious, but he found nothing. “Are you sure your son is not just pretending to get attention?” the doctor said. My mother went furious and shouted, “Of course not! We found a stain of blood on his right ear for God’s sake! Could you just… check his ears again?” The doctor shined a flashlight in my right ear, and this time something caught his eye. “Wait… What was that...? OH MY GOD! There is a cockroach inside his ear!” What appeared in front of the doctor’s eyes was a half-inch house cockroach swinging its chainsaw-liked legs and clawing at the
soft muscles inside my ear. “I have to kill it first before I can take it out of his ear,” the doctor said. He grabbed a liquid-form medicine and dropped a bit of it inside my right ear. As soon as the medicine touched the wounds inside, it burned and the cockroach struggled as hard as it could as it died. The pain accumulated… I screamed out like someone set me on fire as it took the stupid cockroach a minute to burn down its life oil and die. The doctor put tweezers inside my ear and yanked out the dead cockroach. Once it was outside, I didn’t take a peek at it. I didn’t even care how big the cockroach was. I just relieved… the noise was gone Since that day, I cleaned every corner of my bedroom. I started wearing earplugs for the next three weeks, fearing other wicked creatures would crawl inside of me again. If your room is dirty and has spaces for bugs to build their little families, maybe you should start cleaning it before they build one inside of you.
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What was your first Halloween costume? By Nontawat Thammawan & Photos by Trevor Grimm
Junior Tiana Petrini’s mother dressed her as a leopard for her first Halloween. “I was one month old on my first Halloween,” said Petrini. “My mom made the costume herself. Leopard is actually her favorite animal, so she wanted to dress me up in this fluffy little outfit with tail and ears.”
Saba Farwell
Freshman Saba Farwell’s first Halloween cosutme was a pumpkin. “I think [my parents] just thought the outfit was really cute, and I was already a roundish baby,” Farwell said. “I have a really round face, so they thought it would fit the pumpkin-ish image perfectly.”
Michael Linden
Tiana Petrini
For this special Halloween issue, we wanted to know what costumes Western students wore for their first Halloween - or at least the first one they can remember!
For senior Michael Linden, the first costume he could remember was a pirate. “I thought pirate was kind of badass actually,” said Linden. “I did it when I was 12. Pirate gears were really easy to get too, they sold it everywhere you went, so that was the first thing that come to mind.”
Jordan Vanhoocer For freshman Jordan Vanhoocer her first costume was all about convenience. She went as a devil. “My parents had a friend who happened to have a fabric to make a devil cape, and I put on little horns,” Vanhoocer said. “I was five years old.”