Housing officials will host a carnival-like event to celebrate Halloween.
The event, “Spookfest,” will be from 7-10 p.m. Thursday. It is open to all students, living on or off campus. It is slated to include food trucks, live music and costume contests, among other festivities. The event will be in partnership with Student Activities Council.
SAC will also host pumpkin painting, pumpkin donuts and the film Hocus Pocus on the quad.
Spookfest was established last fall by Addison Pollard, theater and performance junior, and Amie Reardon, music junior.
“It’s laid back and spooky,” Pollard said. “The housing office has worked hard to make the events fun for anyone who wants to get their spook on.”
Some students who attended the event last year said they will return to Spookfest again.
“That was lit as heck,” said Maddy Donatelli, acting junior. “I’ll be there. Let the record show, I will 5,000 percent be there.”
Reardon said Spookfest began as a celebration aimed specifically at United Methodist Hall residents.
“I feel like they get forgotten a lot, and we wanted to throw a big thing to bring all of them together,” Reardon said. “Methodist is special because it doesn’t have any common spaces, really.”
Reardon said they decided to open the event to all students and had about 200 people attend.
She said she thinks more people will attend this year due to more open communication with organizations running other events on campus, and a date that does not overlap with the Homecoming schedule.
Reardon said there also is slated to be a spooky, yet silly tour through Methodist Hall, but the bulk of the festivities will take place on the Team One Pavilion.
Joey Witten, acting sophomore, said he is interested in the activities that will take place in the pavilion.
“Usually, I feel like when they try to do Methodist events, it just doesn’t work out,” Witten said. “Because they try to do them in Methodist, but no one wants to go. Because you could just be at home.”
Students are encouraged to dress up for Spookfest. There will be several costume contests, including funniest costume and best couple costumes. There will be prizes, which will be high-end technology, Reardon said.
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