Students find diverse ways of observing holiday

By Gus Bode

It is time for another Carbondale Halloween celebration, and while many students are heading home for the holiday, others are planning for the fall holiday in a variety of ways, from dressing up as a pimp to treating it as just another day.

Jared Struber, a junior in art from Flossmoor, said one of his friends is throwing a party for the holiday.

I’m going to dress up as a pimp, Struber said. I went to a 1970s disco party a couple of weeks ago, and I think I’ll just wear the same costume.

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After we go to the party, we will probably go to the bars, he said. I think this year Halloween will be a lot worse, because everyone is going home. The city is closing down not only the liquor stores but shutting down social activities.

But as far as the town goes, it might be a little safer this year.

Jeana Jackson, a post-graduate in pre-medicine from Carterville, said she plans to take her two children trick-or-treating.

I’m going to take them to the mall, she said. But we’re going to come early and leave early, because even though the students are really not supposed to be celebrating, I think it will get wild, especially later in the evening.

Bill Gloff, a junior in computer science from Fox Lake, said he would go home if he had the money to travel.

I was wondering if there would be any house parties this weekend with all the people that are going home, Gloff said. I’ll probably just see what is going on in Carbondale.

Other students will not be participating in the Halloween festivities for various reasons.

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Tom Williams, a junior in plant and soil science from Rockford, said he went home last weekend and does not plan to make the trip again this week.

I’m kind of burned out on the road, Williams said. But Halloween will be just another day. I don’t have anything to do with Halloween.

Sonya Momon, a sophomore in recreation from Rock Island, said she cannot go home this weekend because no one will be there.

I don’t know anything about the area, Momon said. This is my first semester here.

If I would be home for Halloween, that would be a different story. I would probably go trick-or-treating, and there is always a party I can go to.

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