Students go all-out for Halloween
Campus Times
October 31, 2003
Antonette Manabat, junior, is dressing as a flapper for Halloween.
Manabat will be in her costume on Friday during the communications department's
LVTV shoot of "Halloween Live," an interactive television show
that airs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Channel 3.
For junior communications major Luis Chavez, one of the most important
aspects of Halloween is having the perfect costume.
"As far as I can remember, I have dressed up every year,"
Chavez said. "I'm going to start a tradition of finding the right costume."
Last Halloween Chavez and a friend decided to do nothing for Halloween,
but they ended up going to Wal-Mart and finding little things that made
for great costumes.
Once they had their costumes, the night was set. They made a stop to
go on-air with "Halloween Live," the University of La Verne's
own annual holiday television semi-unscripted variety show, which broadcasts
from the Art and Communications Building, to show off their costumes.
"It was the best Halloween I've had without my parents," Chavez
said.
Halloween, for many, is the second best day of the year.
When else would they get the chance to be somebody else, run around
in the dark scaring others or just enjoy the free candy earned throughout
the night?
"It's a day where you can mess around and not worry about anything,"
Chavez said.
The process of finding the right costume is one of the things Chavez
looks forward to. "I like Halloween because I like to dress up,"
Chavez said.
This Halloween, Chavez will dress up as "Rocky," the movie
character. His costume, he said, will be made from odds and ends he picks
up at discount stores.
"If people don't recognize me, then I'll just be a boxer,"
he said, adding he'll probably stop by "Halloween Live" once again.
Unlike Chavez, some students will not get the big night off from work.
Freshman business major Duke Trinh said he will spend his Halloween
evening working at Wal-Mart.
"They're forcing me," he said.
But Trinh is still looking forward to the holiday, when he and a work
pal will fit in some trick-or-treating during his lunch break.
"We're going to be dressed up as Wal-Mart associates," he
said. "That's going to be so hilarious."
Trinh said that he has dressed up for Halloween every year.
"It's one time of the year you can be someone other than yourself,"
he said.
If Trinh did not have to work, he would have liked to go to a Halloween
party.
"Business before pleasure, that's how it is," he said.
But the women of Stu-han will be helping out the community while having
fun this Halloween night.
To provide a fun and safe environment for children around La Verne,
the Office of Housing and Residential Life will host its 10th annual Halloween
Spooktacular held in Stu-Han.
The women residing in Stu-Han will distribute candy to elementary-aged
children and their parents.
"Halloween is cool, but a little overrated," said junior Jerrica
Perez, Stu-Han resident. "But it's something cool for the kids,"
she added about the event.
For those who are subtler, handing out candy and a scary movie will
do.
"Halloween is kind of dying down for me now" said junior Melissa
Castillo. "I don't trick-or-treat, but I do dress up."
Though she is not too enthusiastic of this holiday as she was before,
Castillo is looking forward to seeing the Halloween midnight performance
of "The Rocky Horror Show," held in Dailey Theatre.
"Everyone is talking about it," she said.
So whether out on the town or in their own home, there is no denying
that children and adults get into the spirit of this holiday.
"It's one day out of the year to have fun," Chavez said.
