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USSU Trick or Eat dresses up student charity CÉLINE GRIMARD University of Saskatchewan students have a great excuse to dress up for Halloween and go door-to-door trick-or-treating this year. But instead of building their own personal candy collections, students will be collecting non-perishable food donations through the U of S Students’ Union Food Centre Trick or Eat program. The event is part of a national initiative put on by Meal Exchange, an organization that collects food donations for local food agencies. Meal Exchange is an advocate for long-term solutions to hunger and also provides donations to support students working towards a Canada with zero hunger. In collaboration with the USSU Food Centre, which is a branch of the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre, university students have been volunteering and dressing up for this event for a

number of years. Taletha Bennett, thirdyear nutrition student, is the on-campus co-ordinator for the Food Centre and has participated in Trick or Eat for the last five years. In past years, it has been a concern of those involved with the initiative that student volunteers may be difficult to come by on a weeknight, however Bennett is hopeful for this year's turnout. “Because it's a Saturday this year, we actually get the whole day to do the event instead of a few hours

that night. I thought at first that it might be a challenge as a co-ordinator to just get everyone together or get everyone organized, but I think it will be an advantage to us just because students can start earlier and will still have time to go out to different events,” Bennet said. The event starts at 4 p.m. on Oct. 31 in room 110 of Upper Place Riel, but students can also fundraise beforehand by accepting non-perishable food donations and cash donations. Students will choose t h e i r route on the day of the event, from a map of Saskatoon. According to Bennett, routes are based on the size of the team and the duration of time they plan to be outside. Once a

team has their route, they can pick up their supplies which include grocery bags and optional thank-you cards for the donors. “It's kind of more of a legitimacy thing ... people like to look and see what the actual campaign is and where it originated and just some facts about it,” Bennett said. The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre also supplies informational sheets which indicate items that are presently in short supply. Bennett encourages students to get involved and notes that signing up ahead of time is not required but helps the organizers keep track of the number of participants. The event is not exclusively for students either; Bennett says all are welcome but she admits there is a particular incentive for those who register under their college. “The college with the most donated bags at the end of the night wins the candy cup, a large trophy cup full of candy that your college can have on display until next Halloween.” Last year, The College of Arts and Science won the

cup and the event itself raised 5,000 pounds of nonperishable food items for Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre. Once the team bags have been counted for, the Food Bank picks up the donations and brings them back to their warehouse to be weighed all together. According to Bennett, the USSU Food Centre’s record is 7,000 pounds, so the group is trying to surpass that figure this year. If students cannot make it to the event itself and want to take part, the USSU Food Centre will have donation barrels set up in the Arts Tunnel and in the Health Science Building from Oct. 26–30. The USSU Food Centre’s main office also accepts non-perishable donations or people can simply donate cash online. Bennett insists that Trick or Eat is a valuable part of the U of S campus community initiatives and encourages students to do their part. “This event helps us to replenish the food stores that keep our students fuelled all year. It's a great way to give back to the organization that gives to us all year long.”

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U of S Ghost Walk tours reveal campus’ haunted halls EMILY MIGCHELS Showing off the spookier side of the University of Saskatchewan, the Diefenbaker Canada Centre, in partnership with the U of S Alumni Association, is running their third year of Ghost Walk tours on campus, which introduce students, faculty and the community to the school ghouls of some familiar “haunts.” Since 2013, Ghost Walk tours have been a staple of Halloween at the U of S. Initially, the tours were primarily targeted towards U of S alumni in Saskatoon and the surrounding area. Now aimed also at the general public, Ghost Walk tours try to introduce a new perspective to campus while providing an opportunity to learn more about the history of the university. Lisa Mercier, a history student in her final year at the U of S, is a guide for this year’s excursions and she explains that the Ghost Walk tours go above and beyond the regular tours the centre offers throughout the year. “We talk a little bit about the history of the university in the ghost tours, but we give goers a little bit extra that would otherwise not be on a regular historical campus tour. The ghost tours also provide us here at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre an opportunity to go beyond the limits of our campus tours and kind of focus on something a little bit more fun and energetic, and we can be a little more malleable in terms of information,” Mercier said. U of S students might not regularly have a chance to see

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campus in this light and while this year’s tours are sold out, there is much to look forward to in the future. According to Mercier, participating in the tours can provide students with new dinner conversations and material for late-night campfire tales. This year, students were invited to submit their own on-campus ghost stories. “We ran a ghost story contest, where students could submit their ghost story to the Alumni Association. We picked a winner which will be featured on this year’s ghost tours. A lot of stories were submitted, one

about the Thorvaldsen janitor, and another pertained to the drama building,” Mercier said. Teresa Ann DeMong, manager of the Diefenbaker Canada Centre, explains how the Ghost Walk concept stemmed from an ordinary yet unusually small tour involving only one attendee. “I think it ended up just being our guide and the one individual and they started talking about what it would be like to do a spooky tour. We came up with a plan for it in a couple of nights. We thought we might do two or three tours and maybe have a few people

come out, but we ended up doing four nights, two tours per night, and they were sold out in a week and a half,” DeMong said. The success of the event has since grown exponentially and DeMong speaks to the concept’s increasing popularity. “This year, I think it was two hours after the email went out, there was 100 people on the waiting list.” Mercier mentions that past attendees have dressed up in costume and this year she plans to participate in the festivities by dressing up herself. “A lot of [tour goers] just

dress for the weather, last year I had a couple in ski pants; it was a little chilly last year,” Mercier said. The Diefenbaker Centre offers much more than the Ghost Tours, according to Mercier, and she insists students need not worry if they miss out on the themed event. “We do historic walking tours; you can book a tour, it’s $35 for an hour-and-a-half walking tour of the campus. Also, in the summer we have community campus tours that are every Sunday and Wednesday at 1 p.m. They’re free as well for the community.”

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Presidential preview: Peter Stoicheff opens up to students KEIGHLAGH DONOVAN News Editor

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The University of Saskatchewan officially welcomed its new leader, Peter Stoicheff, on Oct. 24 at fall convocation. As the 11th president and vice-chancellor of the U of S, Stoicheff has made many of his long-term and short-

term goals public knowledge, including his plan to “Indigenize” the institution, among others. However, for U of S students especially, there remains much to be known about the man behind the presidency.

How did you come to the U of S? Stoicheff: “I had heard a lot about the U of S — and this takes me way back to when I was a young kid in Ottawa — my dad worked for the National Research Council of Canada and he worked very closely with Gerhard Herzberg, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1970. He wrote a biography on Herzberg actually that came out about 10 years ago. Herzberg used to talk a lot about the U of S because he had been here for 13 years. His wife was Jewish and in 1933, they had to leave Germany where they were and Walter Murray, who was the president here at the time, put together a Carnegie Fellowship that paid for Herzberg to come here. So Herzberg felt that he owed a lot of his life to the U of S and he talked about it a lot.”

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the president of another institution and I think that is an important point to make. I wasn’t necessarily looking, as a career move, to be a president. What I did want to do was serve this particular university.” Name: Peter Stoicheff Year of birth: 1956 Birthplace: Ottawa, Ont. Marital status: Married to Kathryn Warden, going on 30 years Parental status: Two children, Alex (28) and Chris (26) What are you most looking forward to in your new role as president? Stoicheff: “When I was dean of arts and science ... I really loved interacting with students and I would hope that as president of this university, I can continue doing that with students from all colleges, but also with the GSA and USSU leadership. It’s a huge thing for me. It was a danger as a dean too, particularly of a really large college, and it would be a danger as a president that other things draw you away from that. So, I am really looking forward to continue interacting with students. It is important for me that the U of S becomes a place where students and faculty can debate the current and important issues of today. The university isn’t just about making sure its budget is fine and that its different systems are working. All of those things are necessary and we have to be responsible about those, but the ‘why’ for ‘why do you do all that?’ is so that you can have a place that I call a cultural institution where students and faculty together, or students on their own, can debate the really urgent issues of today. Where else in society can you do that? This is the place. I am really looking forward to creating that kind of environment.”

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What is your favourite Netflix film/TV show? Stoicheff:“The Wire.” What is your favorite memory as an undergraduate student? Stoicheff: “I was in Kingston at Queen’s University and Kingston was a place where all kinds of amazing musicians — particularly folk musicians — would come through, so I have memories of hearing some of the really great folk musicians really up close and personal at that time, like Bruce Coburn and people like that.” Any words of wisdom for U of S students? Stoicheff: “You don’t have a very long time at university and it is a really special time. My advice is to see the richness of being able to explore different things here at the U of S. You might come into university thinking that you want to take one direction and you may be absolutely right, but there might be other things that you are exposed to; don’t ignore them, because those things, they may change the course of your life. University is a place where you can get exposed to tons of different things and soak it all up.” Book recommendations: • Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan • The Orenda, Joseph Boyden • Three Day Road, Joseph Boyden • T he Narrow Road to the Deep North, Robert Flanagan

“Read William Faulkner. Fantastic writer.”

love reading — I was an English prof for “Imany years here, and so I guess a hobby is still reading not just literary texts, but crime fiction. I am a huge fan of William Devereau, who is an alumnus of here, actually. He wrote Street Legal and Needles. Look him up, really interesting guy.” october 29, 2015

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Undefeated Huskies host Golden Bears KADE GATES The undefeated number two ranked University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team looks to maintain their perfect season as they host the number three ranked University of Alberta Golden Bears on Oct. 30 and 31. The Dogs have been on fire to start the year as they are 6–0–0 with wins at home against the University of Lethbridge. On the road against the University of Calgary and last weekend, they swept a home-and-home with their arch rivals the University of Regina Cougars. Head coach Dave Adolph had a pretty clear idea of what he thinks has been helping the Huskies off to their great start, and what will help them continue winning down the road. “Depth — in the next three weeks we are going to play teams with equal depth as ours. What I think is important is having the ability to play three or four lines. If we can do that, we are going to have some success; depth in this league is huge,” Adolph said. Offensively, Saskatchewan has been led by Andrew Johnson who has six goals in six games and began the season on a four-game goal streak. The Huskies have gotten

great secondary support from forwards like Kohl Bauml and Michael Sofillas. Bauml has been the set-up man for the Dogs, leading the team with six assists in six games. Sofillas has six points thus far and has already scored twice for the Dogs on the power play. Josh Roach and Sean Aschim have also added to the Huskies offence. Adolph has been proud of his team’s effort so far, but one player in particular stands out through the first six games of the year. “I’m most impressed with the way Andrew Johnson has stepped in here and played like he used to be. He’s always

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been a skilled player and he got cast in a role he couldn’t get out of in the WHL. We knew about Bauml’s speed, we knew about the consistency of Levi Cable and Logan McVeigh. I’m just most proud of the way AJ is playing for us right now,” Adolph said. The Huskies backend has been extremely potent early this season. Zak Stebner and Kendall McFaull come into this weekend’s series fourth and fifth on the team in scoring. Stebner has six points and is plus-6, which leads the team and the Canada West in the plus/minus category. McFaull has five points and has also contributed a power play goal.

Goaltending responsibilities for the Huskies have been given to Jordon Cooke, who boasts 2.33 goals against average and a record of 5–0 with a shutout. Cooke was 0–2 last season against the Golden Bears, allowing nine goals and stopping 76 of 85 shots. He is expected to get both of the starts this weekend for the Dogs. Alberta is led by fifth-year forward Jordan Hickmott, who has eight points in the early going of the season. Kruise Reddick and Levko Koper have been the main supports for Hickmott. Reddick has seven points and is plus-3 on the season, while

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Koper also has seven points so far this season including five assists. Shutting down these players will be a key to stopping the Golden Bears offence. In goal for the Golden Bears this weekend will most likely be Luke Siemens, as he has started all six games for Alberta this year. He holds a record of 4–1–1 with a GAA of 1.63 and has only allowed 10 goals in six games. Siemens is one of the top goalies in the conference and the Huskies will look to test him early and often. It will be tough for Saskatchewan to remain undefeated after the weekend, as the Golden Bears have long been the powerhouse of the CanWest. The Huskies do have the firepower to beat their rivals this year, however, as their depth is the best they’ve had in years. Adolph is aware of the passionate rivalry and is ready for his team to take the next step against a team they haven’t had much success with in the past few years. “Alberta still has the best depth out of anyone in the country and they have arguably six of the best seniors in the CIS. Obviously, we’re going to have to contend with them but it’s always been us and Alberta, so it’s just about finding a way to overcome the jitters and understanding you can be a big dog too.”

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SPORTS AUSTIN ARVAY / SPORTS EDITOR

Soccer teams head into playoffs

WOMEN’S SOCCER: HUSKIES 1, WESMEN 1

HUSKIES 2, BISONS 1 With a thrilling 2–1 victory, the Huskies secured first place in the East division of the women’s soccer Canada West playoffs. After a 1–1 draw with the Winnipeg Wesmen the day before, Erica Hindmarsh was the hero on Oct. 25. After Manitoba opened the scoring just 12 minutes into the contest off of a corner kick, Hindmarsh gave a brilliant

individual effort to even the match at one in the 19th minute. While the green and white controlled the play, Manitoba hung around and the game was still tied after 90 minutes. In added time, Hindmarsh buried her second of the game and fifth of the season to put the Huskies ahead for good, giving them their 10th win of the season.

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points in the standings. Rookie midfielder Gabriel Buatois, who hails from Kansas City, Mo., scored his first goal of the season in the 55th minute. Not letting up, Luigi Bekwayo buried his second goal of the season just two minutes later off of a nice pass from Marcello Gonzales. From there, they coasted to a 2–0 victory — as well as a 3–0 victory the following day over the MacEwan University Griffins — and the Dogs will enter the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Prairie division.

FOOTBALL: THUNDERBIRDS 41, HUSKIES 36 In their final home game of the season, the Huskies defence let them down as they dropped to 2–5 on the season with a 41–36 loss. In an interesting turn of events, second-year player Kyle Siemens was named the starting quarterback — and he didn’t disappoint. Siemens finished 44–67 for 520 yards, which is the fourth most yards in Huskies history, to go along with three touchdowns and an interception. De-

fensively, the Dogs couldn’t slow down the Thunderbirds’ passing attack as Michael O’Connor threw for 449 yards and three touchdowns, while running for another. Heading into the final week of the season, the Huskies need a win over provincial rival Regina, combined with an Alberta loss to the number one ranked Calgary Dinos, in order to sneak into the final playoff spot.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: HEAT 3, HUSKIES 1

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The number one ranked team in the CIS came into the PAC and swept away the hometown Huskies with a pair of convincing victories. On Oct. 24, the UBC Okanagan Heat won 3–0 (25–12, 25–15, 25–15) to drop the Huskies’ record to 2–2. It was a hard weekend for the Hus-

kies, as they had a tough match-up with the talented squad from UBC Okanagan. In the match, Emmalyn Copping led the Huskies with 10 kills, while Jina Barker had 22 assists. Saskatchewan will return home to face undefeated Trinity Western next weekend.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL:

HUSKIES 5, COUGARS 3

HUSKIES 2, COUGARS 1 (2OT)

After winning 5–3 at home on Oct. 23, the Huskies took to the road the following night and knocked off the Regina Cougars 2–1 in a double overtime thriller. Regina opened the scoring midway through the first period and outplayed the Huskies throughout the game, outshooting them 39–24 in the contest. In the second period, Emma Nutter

In their home opener, the Huskies came back to win a thrilling five-set match by a score of 3–2 (21–25, 25–27, 25–17, 28–26, 15–11) after trailing two sets to zero. The victory was the team’s first of the new season. Offensively, Andrew Nelson led the way with 23 kills, to go along with sev-

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en digs. Libero Matt Erickson was solid, recording 16 digs in the match. The Huskies played a much better team game in the second half of the match, and it resulted in nine service aces and three blocks. Jordan Nowakowski was strong as usual, tallying 16 kills, nine digs and two aces.

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evened the game at one with a power play goal assisted from Kennedy Harris and Lauren Zary. Early in the second overtime session, Julia Flinton found Rachel Johnson on a two-on-one break and she tipped it past the Regina netminder for the game-winner 1:25 into the fifth period. Jerrica Waltz made 38 saves in the game to pick up her second win of the season.

MEN’S HOCKEY: HUSKIES 3, COUGARS 1

HUSKIES 6, COUGARS 2 In the second half of a weekend home-and-home series, the Huskies took down their provincial rivals 6–2 to complete the weekend sweep over the Regina Cougars. It was a special night at Rutherford Rink as the program honoured Cody Smuk, a former Huskie hockey player who lost his battle with cancer in June 2015, by raising his number 24 to the rafters.

The Dogs put on a great performance to honour their teammate with three goals just 3:17 apart to open up a 4–1 lead after the second period. Michael Sofillas, Sean Aschim, Andrew Johnson, Levi Cable and Cameron Blair all scored en route to a dominant 6–2 win, running the Huskies’ record to a perfect 6–0.

CANADA WEST STANDINGS FOOTBALL: W-L Calgary 7-0 UBC 5-2 Manitoba 5-2 Alberta 2-5 Saskatchewan 2-5 Regina 0-7 MEN’S SOCCER: Prairie Division: W-L-T Calgary 8-2-2 Alberta 8-4 Mount Royal 7-4-1 Saskatchewan 6-3-3 Lethbridge 5-5-2 MacEwan 2-9-1 Winnipeg 1-10-1 WOMEN’S SOCCER: East Division: W-L-T Saskatchewan 10-3-1 Calgary 8-3-3 MacEwan 7-4-3 Manitoba 7-5-2 Lethbridge 2-9-3 Mount Royal 3-8-3 Regina 1-10-3 Winnipeg 1-10-3

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time with a 3–0 (25–20, 25–22, 25–18) win, improving their record to 2–2.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY:

MEN’S SOCCER: As they entered the final weekend of the regular season, the Huskies needed one win to clinch themselves a berth in the CanWest postseason. They did just that on Oct. 24, with a hard fought 2–0 win over the Alberta Golden Bears. Alberta needed a win, but they couldn’t put one past Greg Buckley, as the Huskies keeper recorded a fivesave shutout — his first of the season. After a tight first-half, the Huskies broke open in the final 45 minutes for a pair of goals and picked up three huge

The following night back at home, the Huskies took care of business again, this

WOMEN’S HOCKEY: W-L-T Lethbridge 7-1 Saskatchewan 6-1-1 UBC 5-3 Alberta 4-4 Regina 4-3-1 Manitoba 3-5 Mount Royal 2-5-1 Calgary 1-5-2 MEN’S HOCKEY: W-L-T Saskatchewan 6-0 UBC 4-0-2 Alberta 4-1-1 Mount Royal 3-1-2 Calgary 3-2-1 Manitoba 2-3-1 Lethbridge 1-4-1 Regina 1-5

UPCOMING GAMES Women’s soccer: Oct. 31 vs. Lethbridge Pronghorns @ 12:00 p.m. (CanWest quarter-final)

Football: • Oct. 30 at Regina Rams @ 7:00 p.m.

Men’s soccer: • Oct. 30 at UBC Thunderbirds @ 8:30 p.m. (CanWest quarter-final)

Women’s hockey: • Oct. 30 at Alberta Golden Bears @ 7:00 p.m. • Oct. 31 at Alberta Golden Bears @ 6:00 p.m.

Men’s volleyball: Oct. 30 vs. Trinity Western Spartans @ 8:00 p.m. Oct. 31 vs. Trinity Western Spartans @ 8:00 p.m.

Men’s hockey: Oct. 30 vs. Alberta Golden Bears @ 7:00 p.m. Oct. 31 vs. Alberta Golden Bears @ 7:00 p.m.

Women’s volleyball: Oct. 30 vs. Trinity Western Spartans @ 6:00 p.m. Oct. 31 vs. Trinity Western Spartans @ 6:00 p.m.

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D g Watch: Andrew Johnson AUSTIN ARVAY Sports Editor

When Huskies forward Andrew Johnson decided to come and play for his hometown University of Saskatchewan Huskies hockey team, he hoped for some success. But even he couldn’t have expected this kind of red-hot start. Through the first six games of his Canadian Interuniversity Sport career, Johnson has tallied six goals and three assists, good enough for first place in the Canada West scoring race. Oh, and the Huskies are a perfect 6–0. “A lot of the credit has to go to Dave and the coaching staff. I’ve been getting the opportunities and they’ve let me play with confidence and just play my game; my linemates have helped too. Between Bauml, Cable and Dave, it’s been an easy transition,” Johnson said. After growing up and playing minor hockey in Saskatoon, Johnson’s hockey career took him on quite the journey. After finishing up a two-year career with the Saskatoon Contacts in the midget AAA league, Johnson went to play with the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League. The Warriors drafted him 23rd overall in the 2009 WHL draft and he played 159 games with the club before being traded. In the final year and a half of his WHL career, he played for the Swift Current Broncos and the Seattle Thunderbirds, but he could never land a prominent role with any of these teams. At the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Johnson decided to play in the British Columbia Hockey League with the West Kelowna Warriors and it was there that he rediscovered his confidence. He had 44 points in just 46 games with West Kelowna, a mark he never hit with any team in the WHL. As he starts a new chapter with the Huskies, Johnson is thankful for the other opportunities he had, which helped him become a better hockey player. october 29, 2015

“[It helped] just building upon getting your overall game better. You learn a really structured game, you learn how to play as a team and that definitely carries over into the CIS,” Johnson said. Although his hockey career has taken him all over Western Canada, and even into the United States, the decision to come play for the U of S was an easy one. “It’s a great program. If you look at the names that have come through here — and I’m familiar with a lot of them, so that helps. They have a great coaching staff and have had a lot of success. Being in my hometown too, it was a pretty easy decision,” Johnson said. Even with Johnson and the Huskies off to a phenomenal start, he isn’t getting too far ahead of himself. With some difficult match-ups coming up on the schedule, Johnson knows the team has to be focused and ready to play each and every game. “Personally, I just like to take it one game at a time. We’ve got off to a good start and that’s something to be proud of, but at the same time we have to erase it and get ready for the next weekend.” Aside from hockey, Johnson likes to relax in his downtime; he is an avid guitar player and loves to fish. Old country is his favourite style of music, with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson being two of his favourite artists. Playing with the Huskies also means Johnson will have to adapt to becoming a student-athlete. Currently enrolled in the College of Arts and Science, he plans on transferring to Edwards School of Business next year. Although Johnson is eager to start his post-secondary education and move into the next stage of his life, the Huskies hockey program is definitely part of his future plans. Following this season, Johnson will still have four more years of eligibility with the Dogs and he plans on using them all. “It’s a great program and to see all the fifth-years that stay and they have nothing but great things to say. I’m looking forward to it.”

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The results are in: U of S students’ favourite Halloween films BRIDGET MORRISON Halloween is just around the corner, so the Sheaf turned to University of Saskatchewan students to find out their favorite freaky flicks for the season. An informal poll surveyed roughly 100 students from across campus, giving them a choice of six classic Halloween films and asking them to pick a favorite and to explain why. Here are the results! In fifth — last place, since two films tied for a higher rank — is the film Halloween. The Halloween franchise was comprised of numerous directors and writers who completed a total of nine films. The original, released in 1978, was directed and written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Although the survey didn’t specify which out of the 10 Halloween movies to vote for, most Halloween supporters said they preferred the first one, over the others. Samuel Rafuse, third-year psychology student, explained his reasoning for this choice. “It’s that feeling of insecu-

rity, combined with the iconic soundtrack and villain that cement Halloween as the embodiment of scary thrills and fun,” Rafuse said. However, Zachary Tennent, fourth-year history student, was adamant in his preference for the third installment of the series. “Halloween 3 is a super underrated one-off detour in an otherwise hot and cold franchise,” Tennent said. “I just needed to make sure that movie got its due credit.” As it turns out, it was actually the ninth film that had the biggest box office success in the Halloween franchise. This film, made in 2007, was a remake of the 1987 original. In fourth place is the film Hocus Pocus. This relatively low ranking doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Maybe it’s the fact that starring alongside Bette Midler in this film is Sarah Jessica Parker. Parker is like that one annoying kid that you’ve known your whole life growing up. You know, the one that no one really wants to hang out with, yet they somehow manage to tag along with you and your

friends — everywhere you go. Or maybe it’s the fact it was directed by Kenny Ortega, the director of the High School Musical franchise. Either way, these are not the most convincing elements of a great film, but it can be good fluffy fun. Free your inner child this Halloween while watching the third place winner, the animated TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Created and written by Charles M. Schulz and based on his comic strip Peanuts, this 1966 film always has and always will be a classic. Tied for second place are Halloweentown and Beetlejuice. Most of the supporters for Halloweentown, a film released in 1998 and directed by Duwayne Dunham, agreed that this film was their favorite because they had a tradition of watching it every Halloween with friends or family. Perhaps this is because it played every single year on TV on the Family Channel, making it a forced tradition rather than a chosen one. Nonetheless, it’s a classic. Beetlejuice, released in 1988 and directed by Tim Burton,

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was a sure-fire film to make it into the top three. “Who doesn’t love a man with green hair and a vertical striped suit?” said Ellen MayMelin, a third-year French student. Beetlejuice received the most critically sophisticated response from students, who looked more at the formal techniques of the film than other aspects. The base of many arguments was that Beetlejuice takes you to a world where the ordinary things, such as family, become believably and realistically spooky in your mind. In first place, the winner and

most popular Halloween film as voted by U of S students is Tim Burton’s 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. It doesn’t seem at all coincidental that both Burton films on the survey were among the most popular. The combination of Tim Burton and Halloween is a match made in heaven. Horror, fantasy or familyfriendly — this list of films offers lots of options to watch while cozying up with your friends and loved ones this Halloween. As Beetlejuice would say, “Not so fast, round boy. We’re gonna have some laughs.” Happy Halloween!

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Tricks and treats to spice up Halloween beverages NAOMI ZUREVINSKI

Editor-in-Chief While Halloween serves as the perfect excuse to binge on all your favorite candy and chocolate, it’s also a time to get dressed up and have a few drinks with friends. Whether you’re in need of a great pre-drinking punch recipe or you want a Halloween cocktail, the Sheaf

has you covered this season. One of my favorite party treats is the classic Jell-O shot. These are really easy to make, and going with orange Jell-O ensures that they fit the Halloween theme. To make a batch of shots you will need one package of Jell-O, half a cup of your favorite alcohol, water and plastic shot glasses, which I found at Walmart in the paper products section. Making Jell-O shots is simple: bring one cup of water to boil in a kettle and empty the Jell-O package into a large bowl. Once the water is ready,

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pour it over the Jell-O powder and stir until the powder is completely dissolved. This part is important, otherwise the sugar crystals will fall to the bottom of your shots and taste extremely potent. Once it’s all been dissolved, take a half cup of alcohol and another half cup of cold water and pour them into the bowl. If you want stronger shots, you can use a full cup of alcohol instead of the cold water. For a richer-tasting shot, I used rum and orange Jell-O, but vanilla vodka would work great with the orange flavour for a fun creamsicle flavour. You could also do green Jell-O for a “witch’s brew” Halloween theme. This recipe makes about 20 shots. If shots aren’t for you, another delicious and simple recipe is a Halloween punch. If you don’t have a punch bowl to use, or you want to spice things up, head to a place that sells Halloween decorations and buy a plastic witch’s cauldron or pumpkin container — this is an inexpensive and creative way to

decorate and hold the punch at the same time. For a simple red colored punch — you can call it a “bloody brew” — this Halloween, you will need cranberry juice, peach schnapps and vodka. Punch requires more alcohol per serving than shots, so four cups of vodka are needed for this recipe — which uses about a 26 of vodka. Combine this in your punch bowl with a mickey of peach schnapps and two full bottles of cranberry juice, equalling 1.5 litres. Top off your punch bowl with ice, fake eyeballs, fake fingers or even fake teeth for a vampire theme. Lots of easy punch recipes can also be found online, or you can even take your favorite cocktail and make a large amount of it and voila! — it can also serve as a delicious punch. One of my favorite drinks to sip on is sangria — and a Halloween sangria is a fun way to change up an old favourite! For this one you will need a pitcher, a bottle of red wine, two cups of Ginger ale, three 11 ounce bottles of Mike’s Hard Black Cherry

Lemonade, an orange, one green apple and frozen cherries. The fruit adds extra flavours to the sangria, but can also be optional. Combine all the liquids in the pitcher, adding ice if you’d like. Slice up the orange and apple and toss those in. This is a full-bodied and rich sangria recipe, with strong cherry flavours. It’s a dark red color, which works well with the Halloween theme. You can also toss in some fake eyeballs or teeth into this pitcher to go along with the season. Other alcohols that work well with Halloween are red apple or green apple liqueur, which are fun colors to work with. For green apple, you can do a sour flavoured shot or cocktail. For something adventurous, try a pumpkin liqueur, which can be delicious as a blended drink or even with a cup of coffee for a creamy pumpkin twist at home after your evening adventures. Halloween may just be the perfect time to try something new — and put your vodka seven to rest.

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Monster mashin’ fashion: U of S students share their Halloween costumes and traditions CHELSEA POWRIE Culture Editor

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There’s something in the air on campus — the wind is brisk and cold, the trees are bare and every breath comes out in a cloud of condensation, but underlying all of that is a current of excitement. It’s Halloween season, and University of Saskatchewan students are gearing up for their favorite ways to celebrate. For some students, that celebration includes dressing up. Many of us have fond memories of trick-or-treating as kids — sometimes with princess costumes stretched over parkas or Superman capes bunched

under rain jackets. Halloween is a perfect opportunity to revisit the childhood joys of playing pretend. The tradition of dressing in costume on Halloween has its roots in the Middle Ages in Europe. At that time, Halloween was believed to be a day when the spirits of the dead returned to the world of the living. Superstitious citizens donned disguises to blend in with ghosts and ensure vengeful, jealous spirits would not recognize them. These days, costumes serve a lighter purpose. Halloween

falls at a time of year when days are getting rapidly shorter and nights increasingly colder. Bright pumpkin lanterns, fanciful outfits and fun traditions with friends and family are great ways to make the transition to the darkest time of year more bearable. Everyone has their own preference when it comes to how they celebrate. The following five U of S students have different ideas of what makes a great costume and have a variety of favorite traditions, but they all share one thing in common: they love Halloween!

Erica Maier, sea monster costume The College of Arts and Science, archaeology and biology, fifth year

Tell us about your costume choice. I have always loved retro Halloween costumes and monsters from old Halloween movies. I wanted to be something I’d never seen a costume of before. I love how colourful and ambiguous it is. Keighlagh Donovan, Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction costume The College of Arts and Science, English, fourth year Tell us about your costume choice. I am a huge Quentin Tarantino fan and Pulp Fiction is one of my all-time favourite films. It was also a really easy costume to put together and the wig was the only real expense at $30. What was your favourite childhood costume? One costume that stands out in my memory was the year I dressed up as Barbie. My Mom had initially surprised me with a Barney — yes, the purple dinosaur — costume because he was my absolute favourite, but I burst into tears and insisted I could not wear that because none of the other kids thought Barney was cool and I would definitely get made fun of. What do you love most about Halloween? Horror films, both old and new! I adore feeling frightened when I know I am not in any real danger. Do you have any Halloween traditions? I have never had any aside from dressing up. However, I do find myself re-watching films such as Hocus Pocus, Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween.

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What was your favourite childhood costume? A fuzzy blue bird costume that I wore one Halloween when there was a snowstorm. My parka fit under the costume perfectly, so I could still trick-or-treat. What do you love most about Halloween? Halloween is absolutely my favourite holiday. I love it because you can become whoever you want. You can switch identities and it’s so much fun seeing someone you know be someone else for a night. Halloween is awesome because it allows people to express themselves artistically through a different identity. Do you have any Halloween traditions? As kids, we always watched this old Donald Duck Halloween special called “Trick or Treat” from the 1950s. Me and my siblings still watch this every year. Now my biggest tradition is listening to old radio broadcasts of scary stories and listening to a Halloween playlist or spooky rock ‘n’ roll songs — it totally gets you in the spirit! october 29, 2015

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Bailey Christopherson, pumpkin costume The College of Arts and Science, second year Tell us about your costume choice. I picked my costume because I don’t like how Halloween has become a display of who can make the sluttiest outfit. I thought it would be fun to see the surprise when people realized that when I said I was being a pumpkin I didn’t mean a tight, short mini dress. I’m being a big poofy pumpkin with tights! I like it because I made it myself, and I felt really accomplished afterward. Homemade costumes are way better than the cheap stuff you buy in the stores. Kristian Hundseth, splicer costume The College of Medicine, second year Tell us about your costume choice. I based my choice off the “splicers” in the video game Bioshock. I love video games and I love Halloween, so they went naturally together. I like that it’s creepy and still recognizable as such, even to someone who has never seen the character before. What was your favourite childhood costume? I dressed up as Pikachu. My friend dressed up as Ash Ketchum, so we got to look nerdy together. What do you love most about Halloween? It brings people together to have fun and enjoy dressing up as something you normally aren’t. It’s fun to be scary, funny or downright unrecognizable for one night.

What was your favourite childhood costume? Probably this genie costume my Mom sewed for me when I was five! It was pink and satiny and had little coins sewn on around the edges! It was so unique. What do you love most about Halloween? It’s the last festive thing to do before it gets really cold. The colors are beautiful and the pumpkins are adorable! It’s super fun that everyone gets so excited for one day. Everyone’s in a generally great mood and it’s not an overly stressful holiday. Do you have any Halloween traditions? Watching Hocus Pocus. I’ve been watching it since I was little. That is the greatest Halloween movie of all time! I want to dress up as the Sanderson sisters for Halloween one day. Also, TV shows that do Halloween episodes. Oh my gosh, The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror!”

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HallowEats: Tasty and terrifying recipes for your Halloween table CRAZY CARAMEL CORN EMILY KLATT Staff Writer

When you think of Halloween treats, packaged chocolate bars and gummy candies are probably the first things that come to mind. Fear not — there is more to Halloween than crappy store-bought sugar. Here are three recipes for homemade Halloween treats that are so good, they’re scary.

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PUMPKIN PIE SMOOTHIE adapted from epicurious.com

Why not get your day off to a spooky start with a delicious — and healthy — pumpkin pie smoothie? This recipe legitimately tastes like pumpkin pie but is socially acceptable to eat for breakfast. Feel good about getting in some nutrients before 9 a.m. while sipping this refreshing drink. This recipe serves one.

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If you’re curling up to watch a scary movie on Halloween, you’re probably going to want something tasty to snack on. This is a basic recipe for caramel corn, but you have the option to make it crazy by adding some creative mix-ins. From Reese’s Pieces or Sour Patch Kids to Candy Corn, anything goes on Oct. 31. This recipe makes 10-12 cups of caramel corn. Ingredients: ½ cup unpopped popcorn kernels Roughly 1 tbsp oil ¾ cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 1-2 tbsp molasses 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp baking soda Optional: spices, or mix-ins like nuts, dried fruit, candy, etc. Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Heat enough oil to lightly coat a heavy-bottomed pot on medium heat. Add the popcorn kernels to the pot. Cover the pot, moving it around from time to time until all of the kernels are popped. Transfer to a large bowl. This should make 10-12 cups of popcorn. 3. Add any mix-ins to your popcorn. You can use excess Halloween candy, chocolate chips, peanuts or your treat of choice. 4. Time to make the caramel! Melt the butter in a pot on low heat. Add the sugar and the molasses. Once the sugar is melted, bring the mixture to a boil and stir for three to four minutes. 5. Add the vanilla, salt and the baking soda. You can also add spices, too. Try nutmeg and cinnamon to taste, for a sweet flavor or cayenne pepper for a spicy treat. 6. Pour the caramel on top of the popcorn, stirring to coat the entire mixture. Be sure to work quickly. 7. Spread the caramel corn on a lined baking sheet and put into the oven for 30 minutes. Stir the mixture halfway through so it doesn’t clump up. 8. Let the pan cool. I’m serious. If you eat it too soon, which is tempting, you’ll burn your tongue.

Ingredients: 1 cup milk of choice ½ cup canned pumpkin ¼ cup vanilla yogurt (optional) 1 frozen banana 1 tsp pumpkin spice 1 tsp molasses 1-2 ice cubes Directions: 1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend away. 2. Pour into a glass or travel cup and enjoy!

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Cupcakes are the perfect treat to share with a crowd. This is a basic cupcake recipe that can be whipped up for your next Halloween party. Feel free to play around with the decorations — there are lots of possibilities! Even better, let your guests decorate the cupcakes themselves! This recipe makes 10-12 cupcakes. Ingredients: 1 cup milk 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour 2 tbsp cornstarch ¾ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ½ cup canola oil ¾ cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a muffin tin or line with cupcake liners. 2. Mix together the milk and apple cider vinegar. Set this aside so it can curdle. 3. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch and salt. 4. In another bowl, mix together the curdled milk, sugar, oil and vanilla. 5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir until no lumps remain. 6. Divide batter evenly between 12 cupcake liners. 7. Bake for 20-22 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and firm to the touch. 8. Let cool completely until decorating. Use your favorite frosting recipe and top with Halloween themed candy for decoration. 9. Devour!

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People have been getting together to go out and see The Rocky Horror Picture Show since 1976. Don't be intimidated by not knowing what to expect though — here's your guide to getting involved with this Halloween tradition! The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a science-fiction, comedic, musical B-movie that has long attracted audiences to interactive midnight showings. These events involve costumes, props, sing-alongs and a whole lot of other kooky traditions. In the film, Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) are a normal, straight-laced, newlyengaged couple whose world gets turned upside-down in one crazy night. During a country drive, the couple's car breaks down, leaving them stranded in the middle of nowhere. Brad and Janet seek refuge at an old castle they passed on their way. They discover that the castle is owned by Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist from Transsexual, Transylvania. The couple's night is filled with invention, horror and sexual exploration. When the film first debuted in 1975, it was a flop. However,

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the film's popularity bloomed in 1976 when some cinemas began showing Rocky Horror at midnight viewings. Participation with the film began with audience members yelling back to the screen in September 1976. In the spring of 1977, the first "props" were introduced when viewers began to throw items at the screen while watching. Since then, participation has escalated. It is now expected that audience members dress up as the film's characters, yell at the screen and brings along specific props for certain scenes. In some theatres, people will silently act out the film in front of the screen, miming along with the movie. A first-time viewer of the film can find a list of props and the scenes when they are used at rockyhorror.com, which is the official fansite. Many of the props are easy and cheap items to pick up. They range from an old newspaper to a piece of toast — preferably unbuttered — as well as party hats and a roll of toilet paper. Be sure to check ahead of time to see if any props are not allowed in your local theatre. The Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon, for example, asks that audience members leave rice at home — a popular prop in some theatres. Interaction with the film

and dressing up is highly encouraged, but not mandatory. If you're unsure or uncomfortable, it is totally okay to just sit and enjoy the atmosphere in the theatre and the participation of others. Rocky Horror is an event at which a variety of people can come together and embrace their alternative side. Participation makes the audience an accepting family of sorts, if only for a short while. Weirdness — and cross-dressing — are embraced and celebrated. Attending a screening is a fun way to let loose on Halloween for those seeking an alternative to bars or parties. If the bar is on your agenda for the night, but catching this interactive flick is something you want to do as well, the Broadway Theatre's showing starts at 8 p.m., leaving plenty of time to go out afterwards. So come one, come all to The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Be sure to bring props, energy and a good attitude. Come show off your best Rocky, Janet or Frank costume in the pre-show competition. After all, who would want to miss out on a movie where you can actually come dressed in underwear or tight golden shorts? For more information on the Broadway Theatre's showing of The Rocky Horrow Picture Show, visit broadwaytheatre.ca. october 29, 2015

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Wear a costume, not a culture this Halloween LEE BONHAM As we get older and the concept of Halloween evolves, so do our choices for costumes. When it comes to cultural costumes however, what may be funny to you may be hurtful to others. Halloween is a pretty funky concept. It has essentially amounted to a city wide block party, fueled by cheap snacksized candies and weary parental supervision. But this quasi holiday takes on a much different mode of operation once that awkward gap of being too old to go door-to-door and too young to hit up the bars is finally closed. While there are some people who love Halloween because of the ability to lose themselves in a costume or gory makeup, there is a growing culture of oversexualization and a streak of culturally and racially insensitive costuming that detracts from the true spirit of Halloween. This problem of cultural appropriation doesn't just happen on Halloween however — and on May 5, 2014 in Saskatoon, I witnessed a similar situation. This day, known as Cinco de Mayo, is a massive source

of cultural pride for Mexicans but has been widely appropriated by the larger Saskatoon population as an excuse to drink cheap tequila, eat horribly inauthentic tacos and be generally dismissive of Mexican culture all together. Last year, looking for some festive fun, some friends and I visited a tacky Mexican themed resort bar known to many students — the Crazy Cactus. I’m all for the gimmick that a local Mexican bar can provide but on that occasion, a costume contest initiated by the owners revealed negative stereotypes and cultural insensitivity. The costume contest revolved around who looked the most "Mexican," which resulted in a sea of ponchos, sombreros, fake mustaches and stereotypical Spanish accents. However, this costume contest simply furthered assumptions about Mexican people, their dress and their culture in negative ways. This same lack of respect for cultural attire and accents is unfortunately all too present within our modern interpretation of Halloween. When an entire community — or in this case an entire nation — is reduced to a comic and stereotypical representation, the people of that culture are

lumped into a single category. This is most evident in the Caucasian segment of those participating in costuming, and while I will admit there are some blurred lines of what is politically correct and what is overkill, there are some obvious no-fly zones in terms of racially or culturally motivated costume ideas. This is dangerous because most often, the traits that are expressed through these costumes have little or nothing to do with that culture at all. It shows not only a lack of education, but also of cultural respect. The lack of respect towards

the diversity of a culture is where the creation and perpetuation of harmful cultural stereotypes emerges from. We need to remember that the cultural and ceremonial costumes of certain groups should never be the basis for an insensitive costume that, at its core, looks to cause a comedic reaction. When you get a laugh out of a costume that is culturally insensitive, it’s not the costume that is being laughed at, it’s the culture. As a rule of thumb, if you’re ever in doubt about a costume in terms of its cultural representations, ask yourself, “How would

someone from the culture that my costume represents perceive my use of their culture?” Better yet, ask yourself how you would respond to seeing someone wearing a costume that ridiculed your own heritage or cultural traditions. There are many wonderful and hilarious costumes to wear for this upcoming Halloween, so before making the decision to wear a provocative and possibly culturally insensitive costume, think about what that costume is saying about culture and what wearing that costume says about you.

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Silly rabbit, Halloween is for kids ZACH TENNENT

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parties, you probably don’t like it at all. Say what you will about its origins, at its core, Halloween is a day for kids. It entails dressing up as a spooky fictional character or creature and going door-todoor collecting tiny chocolate bars — something that’s a whole lot cuter and a lot less threatening when you’re prepubescent. As we get older, the prospect of begging strangers for candy becomes a little less accepted and appealing. We lose interest in chocolate bars and become more interested in going to bars. Still, Oct. 31 remains an incredibly popular pseudo-holiday among students — and even bonafide grown-ups — long after we abandon trick-or-treating. Therein lies the problem. The adult equivalent of Halloween bears little resemblance to what kids do. In truth, adult Halloween is

more about getting drunk and wearing sexy costumes. It gets deprived of its true meaning and turned into another excuse to party — just like practically every other holiday. The only real continuity comes from wearing costumes, but even then, costumes tend to get a bit racier as we get older. For every ghost and ghoul, there’s a sexy kitten or Long Dong Silver the pirate. This doesn’t seem right. When I step back to think about it, I have to ask myself, “Is nothing sacred? Can’t we just leave Halloween for kids?” Not everything aimed at children needs to be for adults too. Besides, it’s not like we really need yet another excuse to dress provocatively and get drunk. It seems that most holidays and notable annual occurrences get corrupted — or at least re-imagined and trans-

formed — as we get older, losing their original purpose and becoming convenient excuses to go to the bar. St. Patrick’s Day is the obvious example — I don’t know what the real significance of the date is, do you? From what I’ve seen over the years on campus, most students don’t even wear green. They just take the opportunity to drink green beer. New Year’s Eve, Mardi Gras and Canada Day are just more of the same thing. They’re three days with very different origins, yet their relevance falls by the wayside and we celebrate them all the same way. While none of these revisionist holidays are particularly good things, I can loosen up enough to accept that most are relatively harmless. However, it seems that the adult version of Halloween is the one case that poses a serious problem.

We’re taking what should be a benign, innocent holiday and making it into something steeped in an awkward, humorous eroticism. It’s worth noting that I understand the original meaning of Halloween wasn’t about children begging their neighbours for candy either, but that’s not the issue at hand. At the risk of sounding like an old coot, kids grow up so quickly. The last thing we should be doing is taking a more-or-less innocuous children’s holiday and taking it away from them. I get it — we all like Jell-O shots and looking sexy and partying, and we don’t need to take the adult fun out of every holiday and annual event. But maybe Halloween is a day best left to the trick-or-treaters. After all, we have the good decency to leave Easter alone, and goodness knows there’s a lot to work with when it comes to over-sexualizing that day.

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Too sexy or too sizeist: The bias of women’s Halloween costumes KAY-LYNNE COLLIER With Halloween fast approaching, female students are starting to break out their “sexy” costumes, and with that also comes an underlying sexism that is rarely recognized at this time of year.

Halloween seems to be the time of year when everyone thinks that it’s okay to slutshame women based on their costume choices. However, this is definitely not okay. There are a variety of reasons why a woman might wear a sexier Halloween costume, and yes, one of those reasons

Caitlin Taylor / Photo Editor Gendered costumes seem to offer an alternate reality.

might be that she wants to look and feel sexy. However, when Halloween comes, do women actually make the conscious choice to wear a “sexy” Halloween costume or are those types of costumes the only options available? This year, I decided that I wasn’t going to make my Halloween costume like I usually do. Instead, I wanted to just buy one off the rack at a store. I went into three stores in Saskatoon to do so: Spirit Halloween, Walmart and Value Village. At Spirit Halloween, instead of costumes being separated by gender, they’re organized into “themes.” I thought this would make it more difficult to notice the sexism in the female costumes. However the layout of the store actually made it a lot easier to tell. For almost every costume, there is a “male” and “female” version and the differences are quite appalling. Male versions tend to be a more accurate portrayal of what the costume is actually suppose to be and usually offer coverage from head to toe. The women’s version, however, is completely different.

Pants are a very rare thing to be found in a women’s Halloween costume. Instead, they’re replaced with an extremely tight-fitting, short dress or skirt. There’s almost always fabric cut out of the costume to create room for an ample amount of cleavage and every aspect of the costume is hypersexualized. It was very difficult for me to find a single women’s Halloween costume that did not fall into this pattern. Even if I wanted to purchase one of these “sexy” costumes, I couldn’t do so anyway because to my knowledge, Spirit Halloween doesn’t offer any plus-size costumes whatsoever. It would almost seem that commercial costume-makers don’t want women to wear anything but over-sexualized versions of whatever type of costume we want to wear — and if you’re a plus-size woman, then apparently you can’t be sexy, so they don’t offer anything for you at all. My findings at Walmart and at Value Village were quite similar, with only a few differences. Again, at both stores I found the options for women extremely limited to sexy costumes only.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a section for plus-size costumes at both stores. However, the plus-size costumes offered a lot more coverage of the body and — while the regular women’s costumes were more “cute and sexy” — the plus-size ones were more “dark and scary.” I do not have a problem with dark and scary Halloween costumes normally — as long as they are standard across all sizes. However, to me this sends the message that plussize women cannot be considered sexy. These costumes assume that a plus-size woman must want more coverage, which isn’t necessarily true. I love my body. If I want to show off my legs, chest or tummy, then I should be able to, just like any other woman. The verdict on commercial Halloween costumes is that I definitely won’t be buying one this year. Instead, the amount of sexism and lack of plus-size representation in stores gave me the motivation to make my costume again this year. Besides, it’s cheaper, more fun and gives me the true choice that I deserve when it comes to my costume.

Are you really scared of ghosts? You’re in university ASHLEY BRITZ As Halloween steadily approaches, there is increasing discussion of all things spooky, supernatural and unknown. A popular example of this is the existence of ghosts. However, worrying about ghosts is neither logical nor worth our time. Some people truly and honestly believe that the dead souls of past living beings still wander the earth, making themselves visible during the hours of the night. Some people have even claimed to see ghostly apparitions. First off, I don’t think the possibility of the existence of ghosts is a subject worth keeping you up at night. There is very little scientific evidence suggesting their existence and I find the possibility that your professor might shout “surprise quiz!” next Monday a little more worrisome than the possibility that a ghost might haunt you tonight. Yes, you hear about people who have “seen ghosts,” and the Internet is full of video

footage of shadowy, white, wispy figures. However, the truth remains that you cannot simply believe in the things people tell you on the Internet or in conversation. Sometimes, you cannot even trust the things that you think you saw yourself, especially in the dark. I can state with confidence that I saw ghost-like beings and shadowy figures when I was a child, but do I truly believe the apparitions were real? Of course not. I also get strange, eerie feelings while walking at night, as if I’m being watched. Do I truly believe that I am being watched? No. I believe that these illusions and the feelings that lead to a belief in ghosts are the result of the brain trying to rationalize the inherent fear that most people have of darkness and solitude. That’s the reason why most apparent ghost sightings occur after dark. The human mind and imagination can be funny, and possess the potential to create illusions that seem real. This is especially true at night-time, as the fear of not being able

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to see properly in the dark can cause the brain to manifest its own images. One example of this is the classic “Bloody Mary” superstition, in which a person stares into a mirror in the dark and chants the words “Bloody Mary” to themselves, which results in seeing a frightening, bleeding figure in the mirror. Doesn’t it seem preposterous that chanting words in the dark would actually summon the ghost of a bleeding woman into a mirror? I think that the fear and anticipation of the event becomes so real that the illusion of an apparition actually appears to occur. Now, maybe I’d have an easier time believing in ghosts if they left behind some sort of visible evidence. Unfortunately, substances such as ectoplasm — a physical substance left behind by spiritual energies — are fictional and nonexistent in the scientific spectrum. A ghost does not leave behind anything that can be scientifically traced or compiled as evidence towards its existence. A common argument made

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against the lack of scientific evidence of ghosts is that “science can’t explain everything.” I don’t disagree with this statement, as there are many mysteries of the world and beyond that still remain unsolved and unproven by science. But what is the point in wasting time, energy and fear believing in ghosts when there is no actual solid proof beyond theory? I believe it is more worthwhile to spend time being concerned over the things of real, unquestionable existence that can cause harm to us. You have a stronger chance of being stalked and attacked by a living, breathing person or animal than a ghost. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t deny that there is a slight possibility of ghosts being real, in a similar way that I don't deny there are possibilities of other other-worldly and supernatural things, such as

aliens or angels. However, until I’m presented with hard, scientific truth of their existence, I’m not going to waste time pondering or worrying about such a fickle possibility.

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THROWBACK

Backtalk:

What was the coolest trick you ever played on Hallowe’en? T h e S h e a f , O cto b e r 29, 1992 / U o f S A rc h i v e s & S p e c i a l C o l l e ct i o n s

Sheldon Zakreski 4th Yr. Arts I told Linus the Great Pumpkin was sad‑then I took his blanket.

Tracy Games Room Worker When I was younger, we would sing creepy songs to little kids.

Antonio 4th Yr. Arts I can’t tell you what I did to those kids’ candy.

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Q: How can I save money as a student? It’s rough to be spending so much money on stuff and not be working. — Olivia Sugar: You’d be amazed how easy it is to cut back on your expenses! Spending too much on textbooks? Consider checking them out from the library instead. Tired of wearing out your clothes? Invest in one sturdy pair of denim pants that you can wear everyday. Can’t afford to Netflix and chill? Never underestimate the erotic powers of YouTube.

Reese’s cups. Maneesha Kumari

Spice: Time to end your prescription to PornHub. Q: I’m having a really hard time picking a Halloween costume! What’s a good idea for a costume this year? — Edgar Sugar: The pop-up Halloween stores around the city always have a wide variety of unique and nonoffensive costume options! Choosing a costume from the Halloween store will guarantee that you will have a one of a kind costume that will offend no one!

Black licorice. Schenina Darlington

Spice: Stick your face through a box and you’re a dead ringer for a pepperoni pizza. Want advice from Sugar and Spice? Submit your questions online at thesheaf.com.

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Toffee. Jonah Hills

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DISTRACTIONS An EvEning with CollEEn JonEs

UPCOMING EVENTS

Speaking & Signing Throwing Rocks at Houses: My Life In and Out of Curling Tuesday, November 3, 7 pm

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Wednesday, November 4, 7 pm in ConvErsAtion with suzAnnE north, Author of Flying Time

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