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Fresh costume ideas to vamp up your Halloween
Ashley Bryce Staff Writer
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Brandon Nowell Staff Writer It’s that time of year when the entire world of parenting is turned on its head. Instead of trying to make children look cute and proper, parents dress them in the ugliest Hannah Montana and pirate garb available. Instead of insisting on telling them not to talk to strangers, they are encouraged to boldly knock on the doors of people they will never know, with the creepiest of decorating options on their lawns, and demand the most unhealthy of treats available, with the threat of mischief if there is non-cooperation. It’s Halloween. Love it or hate it, it’s an important part of American culture, and it offers many opportunities for parties and originality. So instead of crowding the nearest Party City and waiting through lines of screaming girls fighting over the best Miley Cyrus wig, try these original (and cheap!) ideas to get through the Halloween party season. GANG GREEN Get a group together, and wear green shirts with green bandannas. Gives a touch of irony to your Halloween. SECRET SERVICE AGENT Dress in a black suit with a white shirt and black tie. Slick hair back with hair gel. Find ear piece and plug ipod or walkie talkie in and put in ear. At party or while trick or treating talk into wrist or shoulder like talking to someone. CASTAWAY Take an old pair of khaki pants and tear off the legs to create shorts. Wear a dirty white t-shirt and beard and long hair. And carry around a volleyball with read hand-
print face. SUPERMAN IN A CHUCK NORRIS COSTUME Wear the shirt from a fake-muscled superman costume. Over the top wear blue denim or flannel shirt with the top three buttons undone showing the Superman badge. Outfit. Add a Chuck Norris beard, mustache, cowboy hat, boots, belt buckle and a star badge. Tell everyone that Chuck Norris doesn’t dress up as superman for Halloween- Superman dresses up as Chuck Norris. Get plenty of Chuck Norris jokes from the internet to have ready all night. DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS Blue dress, devil horns, devil tail and pitch fork. CHICK MAGNET Attach peeps or some form of chicken all over body. SUNBURNED TOURIST Dress like a tourist (Hawaiian shirt, Bermuda shorts, camera around neck, ect.) use makeup to create bright red sunburn. GOD’S GIFT TO MEN (OR WOMEN) Wrap yourself in wrapping paper and attach a large bow. The bigger the better. Include a super-sized gift tag: God’s gift to women. Have cheesy pickup lines ready. BLACK EYED PEA Using construction paper, cut out a large letter “P”. Attach it to your shirt and use makeup to blacken one eye.
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Building unity one class at a time Remember back to freshman year... You walk in the doors from the couurtyard and into the view of unfamiliar faces that stare back at you. Most likely the numberone thought running through your mind is “What have I gotten myself into?” Well, what if there was an organization made up of upperclassmen to help you out during this trying first year? That organization is called Link Crew, and its purpose is to help out freshmen. “Link Crew is a transition program designed to help freshmen feel welcome at their high school. It also helps them feel more comfortable their first year by using upperclassmen as positive role models,” said Mr. Lanham Stark, the Link Crew adviser. So what goes into being a part of Link crew? As Link leaders, upperclassmen went through a two day training on how to help this years freshmen fit into Central High School. “I joined Link crew because I wanted to see our freshmen have a good year and to get more involved in the school to make it a better place,” said
Chelsea Cheatham, senior. Starting Aug. 13, Link leaders have been meeting with their groups of freshmen. “I’ve been able to go to my Link leader about a lot of things. The whole program has already made my freshman year easier than I expected.” said Brittany Ashworth, freshman. Link crew plans to continue to work with freshmen throughout the year. “My Link leaders and their groups will be getting together to hang out and recap what they have going on in and outside school,” said Mr. Adam Powers.