Halloween is once again approaching, bringing promises of costume parties and free candy. While just about everyone celebrates Halloween, few take the necessary steps to ensure a fun and fruitful holiday. Here are some suggestions to help you take Halloween to the next level.
The first step is the costume. Unfortunately, we're past the age when we can spend piles of our parents' cash on elaborate costumes (or we should be). However, that does not mean we have no resources to work with. By incorporating clothing that you already own but rarely wear, you can get creative at a fraction of the cost of the canned costumes. Just put some effort into it. If you're going to have the audacity to be the college kid out trick-or-treating, at least go all the way with your costume. Nothing's worse than taking other kids' candy and not even paying for it with a little fun-loving fashions.
By the way, if your costume is just a short skirt and cat ears, you're not going as a cat. You're going as a slut with cat ears on.
With Halloween falling on a Sunday this year, most parties will take place on the Saturday night beforehand. The Eagle encourages responsible partying this weekend, moreso than usual. It's hard enough stumbling around in a costume mask that blocks your peripheral vision when you're sober, let alone inebriated.
When Sunday afternoon rolls around, toss your costume on and hit the streets. While many students target the embassies in trick-or-treating, don't neglect the neighborhood behind campus. The large properties in the area are known for giving king-sized candy to trick-or-treaters (though we can't confirm the rumor that if you knock on AU President Ben Ladner's door, you will receive free tuition).
And don't fret if someone calls you out on being too old to trick-or-treat; those two seconds of shame are well worth the joy you will derive from all the candy.
