• Hocus Pocus film review

    Hocus Pocus film review

    Perhaps one of the most notorious Halloween movies in recent years is “Hocus Pocus,” a 1993 cult classic that has become a holiday staple due to its star-studded cast and comedy. I will admit that I have been swept up in the Hocus Pocus fever. This Halloween, I have resolved to watch Hocus Pocus every

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  • Eight great ways to reuse Halloween pumpkins

    Eight great ways to reuse Halloween pumpkins

    Photo: Megan White Those cheap, festive, farm-fresh pumpkins are too irresistible to pass up during the spooky season. Halloween has come and gone, though, and now you are left with an excessive amount of carved pumpkins and Halloween candy. Before you throw your masterpiece away, here are eight do-it-yourself ways to extend your pumpkin’s life

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  • Movie Review: Halloween (2018): This film frazzles instead of frightens

    Movie Review: Halloween (2018): This film frazzles instead of frightens

    A rather meager budget of $300,000. Making summer in southern California look like autumn in the Midwest. A simple music score involving the repetition of a few notes. An opening sequence which would make brilliant use of a new kind of camera. Most importantly, an altered William Shatner “Star Trek” mask, conveying the blank stare

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  • DIY: Costumes you can make from your closet

    DIY: Costumes you can make from your closet

    It’s the night before the Halloween party. You are sitting on your bedroom floor with approximately 10 outfits laid out in front of you. Some look vaguely like costumes—especially that bathrobe you wear when you dye your hair that looks like a Jedi robe. Yet, you are still utterly stuck; there is no way you’re

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  • Halloween, ghost of senior’s childhood past?

    Halloween, ghost of senior’s childhood past?

    It is finally October. A time when the leaves are changing and the weather is turning. And there is one thing on every college student’s mind: “What am I going to be for Halloween?” Personally, I feel like I have grown out of Halloween over the years. The idea of dressing up in a costume

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  • Hallow’s Eve traditions progress throughout history

    It seems to me that Halloween, more so than any other holiday, means something completely different to each age group: children are hell-bent on scouring the neighborhood for candy; the young adult generation that, since having abandoned the trick-or-treat quest, will use the day as an excuse for another themed party; and the older folks,

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  • Terrifying, gruesome menu items provide Halloween spirit with a ghoulish air

    Terrifying, gruesome menu items provide Halloween spirit with a ghoulish air

    Wizards, pumpkins, and haunts, oh my! It’s Halloween time at Elizabethtown College, and that can only mean one thing: frightening and fall-like activities to entertain the College community. The next two upcoming weekends have everything from exciting haunted houses to movies. Etown students are not allowed to trick-or-treat around town, and there can only be

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  • Cherry Crest Farm and Jason’s Woods provide fun and fright

    Cherry Crest Farm and Jason’s Woods provide fun and fright

    Junior Rachael Waldman waited in a long line at the graveyard for Jason’s Woods’ Horrifying Hayride in Lancaster, Pa. “You don’t want to sit in the front, back or middle,” she overheard a customer in front of her say. As Waldman continued to walk to the entrance, ghouls lurked around dressed as ex-convicts and crazy

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  • Halloween dinner, entertaining or terrifying?

    Halloween dinner, entertaining or terrifying?

    Theme dinners have become a custom here at Elizabethtown College. The various theme dinners held are Final Exam Treats, TGIS Picnic, Convocation Picnic, Homecoming Dinner, Thanksgiving Dinner, Holiday Dinner and Halloween Dinner. All of the theme dinners reflect a time at Etown where everyone comes together to have fun. The Halloween-themed dinner in particular allows

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