All around campus this week, students have switched out their hoodies and Patagonias to don spooky get-ups to celebrate Halloween. The Campus Activities Board (CAB) has worked to match students’ Halloween spirit by hosting a variety of events—from haunted houses to scary movies—around Boston College’s campus.
Thumbs Down: People Who Don’t Like Candy Corn
This thumbs down is kind of a double negative—apologies to our copy team. That being said, candy corn is literally honey-flavored nostalgia. Anyone who doesn’t like it clearly just didn’t have the proper amount of Halloween cheer as a kid. For 21+ readers, try soaking candy corn in vodka and then adding pineapple juice or club soda. You’re welcome.
Thumbs Up: Flies. Flies everywhere are really having a moment. From the national debate stage to…the national debate stage. Five years ago, could you ever have imagined that the one thing you would take away from a vice presidential debate would be that a fly landed on Mike Pence’s hair? #flygate
As someone who is of Middle Eastern heritage, I dislike Halloween very much. It’s the time of year when my friend who once thought Pakistan and Syria were both bordering nations, who once asked me if I liked “Muslim food,” and who once expressed her sorrow about the war in my country (in Lebanon?) decides…
Two BC a capella groups, the Bostonians and Common Tones, collaborated for a Halloween Invitational.
‘Halloween’ might be a crowd-pleaser, but the filmmakers failed to make it interesting, tense, or even the slightest bit scary.
Film is purely subjective, as is all art, and its quality cannot be measured objectively.
Not to mention, it’s hard to be stressed out about midterms during those 20 minutes you spend shrieking at a haunted house, and there is considerable value in that momentary neglect.
“Little reminders of family and friends back home, from pictures in our dorm rooms to texts from Mom and Dad between classes, help to remind us what really matters.”
In this Monday’s edition of ‘Voices from the Dustbowl,’ we asked students what the craziest Halloween costume they have seen is. [aesop_gallery id=”123942″] Featured Image by Margaux Eckert / Heights Staff
