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Halloween Crossword

Hazel Mitchel-Gervitz, Visual Editor • November 9, 2023

Across 5. Spooky face carved into a pumpkin 8. Halloween costume accessory for hiding one's identity 9. Author of the classic Gothic novel "Dracula" 10. Spooky mansion 11. Witch's transportation 12....

Take a break and trick-or-treat

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • November 1, 2023

In the midst of piles of papers and projects, Halloween on Oakmont gives stressed students a chance to momentarily forget their woes, dress up in a Halloween costume and go trick-or-treating on Oct. 31...

Students and Halloween: What does it mean?

Trinity students and professor share their Halloween beliefs and experiences

Daniel Itkins, Pulse Reporter • November 1, 2023

For the Trinity community, the celebration of Halloween changes with age, from trick-or-treating to hanging out with friends or attending parties. Sam Crockett, sophomore undeclared major, said that...

Looking to the past to prepare for Halloween

As Halloween approaches, students reminisce about their childhood costumes and memories

Omar Ratrut, Pulse Reporter • October 27, 2023

Maliena Carelli, junior psychology major and sports management minor What did you look forward to most as a kid during Halloween? “It was probably dressing up, getting the candy, but then also...

The CSI Clown

Alejandra Gerlach, Managing Editor • October 27, 2022

The basement of CSI at 3 a.m. was the last place Kayla wanted to be on a Saturday night — technically a Sunday morning, now. Much less on Halloweekend, when she should’ve been out with her friends...

The Queer Community Founded the Original Slutty Halloween Costume

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist • October 27, 2022

Being a child of the early 2000s, I grew up with the “slutty” Halloween costume consistently being in the limelight. Even at age six6, when I was too young to identify what exactly was slutty about...

The legend of sleepy hollow, is it really a spooky story?

A look into the Sleepy Hollow Haunted Hayride and the book that inspired it.

Adison Miser, Arts and Entertainment Reporter • October 27, 2022

The Sleepy Hollow Haunted Hayride is an event every year in the spooky town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, a real town and the setting of Washington Irving’s book “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. At the...

No need to fear! Queer horror is here!

LGBTQ horror to watch

Om Dighe, Arts and Entertainment Reporter • October 27, 2022

The horror genre is one that means a lot to me, even though I didn’t dare to watch a horror film until I was 14. Now I’m an adrenaline junkie, rummaging through slashers, haunted house movies, South...

The Horrors of Halloween Makeup

What animals go through for you to dress up like them

Diya Contractor, Intern • October 27, 2022

Halloween might be one of the stressful holidays — and I’m not just referring to the jump scares around every corner. The struggle to find out what you want to dress up lasts weeks, if not months....

Zombies descend on San Antonio

For one frightful night, a group of the undead gather in downtown San Antonio to walk from Hemisfair to the Alamo

Adison Miser, Arts & Entertainment Reporter • October 27, 2022

Last Saturday in downtown San Antonio, passersby might have thought a zombie apocalypse had taken over the city. This migration was none other than the San Antonio Zombie Walk, an annual event that supports...

Trinity gets a new Halloween party

The Student Programming Board’s latest concoction is called Fright Night Fest

Madison Haxton, Arts & Entertainment Reporter • October 27, 2022

Story was originally printed with an 8 p.m. start time Fright Night Fest, one of Trinity’s newest on-campus Halloween events, is taking place on the Jim Potter Intramural Field this Friday at...

Getting into the spirit of spooky season

Students creatively decorate their doors and dorms for Halloween

Lauren Roddis, Pulse Reporter • October 27, 2022

Halloween brings out our inner child. Dressing up in fun costumes, eating boatloads of candy and watching spooky movies all evoke an intense feeling of nostalgia. A big part of what makes Halloween...