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Halloween is the time to make a statement
Alex Sanders
Issue date: 11/3/08 Section: Commentary
In today's world of shopping, children's costumes look almost identitical to their adult counterparts. There is something very wrong when a Cinderella costume has the exact same design for a six year-old as it does for a 26-year-old. Obviously the sizes and proportions are different, but it shouldn't be the same basic idea. Even if college-aged kids purchase their costumes, they should take some time and effort to add their own flare. Halloween shouldn't fade to buying an outfit to wear for one night so you can look exactly like ten other people on campus. College students should take the effort to make a costume or at least add to one. The best part of Halloween is to take part in activities like making pumpkin pie, carving pumpkins and decorating a house to make it appear haunted. Costumes should really be no different than any other Halloween activity. Only recently has Halloween become simply the act of wearing a bought costume that is prohibitively expensive for the amount of material it is made out of and prancing around in it until it has a few cups of beer spilled on it. If you make a costume, you can always take stitching out or fix it to wear during Halloween at a later point in time. Costumes from stores make alterations and stain removal more difficult.
Next Halloween, whether you are a political activist, a member of PETA, a college graduate or a current student, play with Halloween. Do something ironic, something that will make a statement or make people smile. Halloween is a holiday where anything can happen and college students are the exact age demographic that could make anything happen if they want to badly enough. So rather than driving to Buckland Hills on Oct. 28 next year to find whatever costumes iParty has left, put some thought into it. You may discover something groundbreaking or something that could create a change. At the very least, put together a costume that is fun, unique and will make people laugh.
Next Halloween, whether you are a political activist, a member of PETA, a college graduate or a current student, play with Halloween. Do something ironic, something that will make a statement or make people smile. Halloween is a holiday where anything can happen and college students are the exact age demographic that could make anything happen if they want to badly enough. So rather than driving to Buckland Hills on Oct. 28 next year to find whatever costumes iParty has left, put some thought into it. You may discover something groundbreaking or something that could create a change. At the very least, put together a costume that is fun, unique and will make people laugh.
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