Ghoul Spirit Club and department events help fill the void of Harvest Festival

The Mall marquee has been malfunctioning since last year’s construction of the North of Mall, displaying inaccurate information before being shut off entirely last semester. There is no timetable for its repair.

The marquee was previously used to present information about the school, such as upcoming event dates, but it has been off throughout this semester without use. the Mall marquee has been off for a semester, and prior to that, it was displaying outdated information.

Associate Vice President Larry Kraus explained that the marquee is inactive because of problems with a cable connection.

“During construction of the North of Mall, cabling that connects the marquee to the computer network connection was disconnected,” Kraus said. “We were looking for the cable but were unable to locate it.”

Information Technology Manager Mark Henderson said that the cabling issue will be resolved.

“The Mall marquee will be down until we re-route the cabling to another location. That will allow for ease of administration by the department that will be in charge of providing content,” Henderson said.

Director of Facilities Paul Neiman said that the marquee does work, but the only problem is the lack of a network connection.

JOSHUA MANES Managing Editor @TheManesEvent

The halloween spirit always seems to find its way to Pierce.

From 2005-2014, the Farm Center played host to the Halloween Harvest Festival. While the corn mazes and haunted house may be gone, clubs and departments at Pierce are still bringing the celebration to campus. This year, multiple events were held at Pierce, including a costume drive organized by ASO [see page 3].

The campus festivities began on Thursday when the English Club hosted a costumed movie night with films including “Elvis and Costello Meets Frankenstein” and “Halloween” [see page 7].

On Tuesday, the costumed fun kicked-off with the Peer2Peer Halloween event, which focused on bring together mentors, mentees and Pierce Promise students together.

“Our program strives to achieve the goal of making these students feel welcome at a community event,” said Isha Paricha, a Peer2Peer mentor and the ASO Vice President. “They can come along, dress crazy on the day of Halloween and enjoy free games, free chocolate and candies.”

Paricha sees the event as a way for students to have fun on Halloween just like they did as children by dressing up and trickor-treating.

Kimberly Castillo, the cocoordinator of Peer2Peer, thinks that while the events are smaller than the Harvest Festival, they still provide students an ample place to dress up and have fun.

The Peer2Peer event wasn’t the only place for students to trickor-treat. The English Department held “Haunted Office Hours,” with candy, spooky music and scary stories.

English Department Chair

Donna Accardo said it was offered to convince students to visit their instructors.

“It’s like the secret sauce,” Accardo said. “We are getting students to come in and talk and get to know their teachers during office hours. Our students and teachers work so hard that we decided to have our own Halloween thing.”

More candy was to be had on the Mall, with the Pierce College Vegan Society handing out vegan candy.

Festivities ended with the Queer Brahma Collective’s costume contest and a screening of “Paris is Burning” in the Great Hall.