Tag: Halloween

Students carve out time to party

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Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer The History Club hosted a Halloween party on Friday night in Patterson Hall that included music, games, a costume contest and a pumpkin carving contest. According Cori Horton, a senior history major from Enterprise and the president of the History Club, the party was a huge success, and the club will be hosting it again next year.  “People especially loved the water pong tables and the pumpkin carving contest,” Horton said. Lauren Post, a senior English major from Troy, said she loved spending time with her…

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Halloween not ‘pagan’ day

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Taylor Boydstun Variety Editor According to CNN, more than 179 million Americans celebrated Halloween this year, spending over $9 billion on decorations, candy, costumes and more. That’s over one-third of the U.S. population. In a class lecture on the history of Halloween, Luke Ritter, a lecturer of history, told a story from his childhood about trick-or-treating at the home of a man who said he shouldn’t celebrate Halloween since it is a pagan, Satanic holiday. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” Ritter said. “The origins of Halloween are, in…

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Spirit of Halloween celebrated this weekend

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Lilly Casolaro News Editor Nijhoom Roy Staff Writer In the spirit of Halloween, several of Troy’s organizations are hosting themed events this week as the holiday draws near. One group is Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity, which will be holding its annual philanthropy event, “Trick or TKE,” on Saturday, Oct. 29, in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the organization’s national philanthropy. According to its website, St. Jude’s mission “is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.” Daniel Patterson, a junior…

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Why we dress up for Halloween

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(PHOTO/Jill Odom)   Jill Odom Variety Editor   As a kid, Halloween was that special time when you got to dress up, wander around after dark and rack up your year’s supply of candy. For some people, Halloween candy is the most important part, for others it is getting to carve pumpkins. There is one factor that is always a must, and that is the costumes. You can be as cheap or as corny as you want, but no self-respecting adult is going to give you candy if you aren’t…

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Costumes are allowed at ULM game

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  Jill Odom Variety Editor   Despite rumors, students will be allowed to wear costumes today, Oct. 31, at Troy’s football game against ULM. Troy has no official policy on wearing costumes because games do not often fall on Halloween. According to Herbert Reeves, Dean of Student Services, students who choose to wear masks will have to remove them to enter the stadium but are allowed to put them back on once inside. The only thing that is not permitted is any item that has the appearance of a weapon.…

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