Halloween Haunts
Photos by Nina Schwinghammer In full armor, knight Dan Pratt makes his way through the crowded Pub on Halloween.
UAF student Tina Buxbaum and Alumnus Ken Carr are a lady bug and frog.
Prisoner Lydia Graf guards the DA desk for Skarland Hall during the Haunted House event on Halloween.
Ethan and Maya Cheydleur, a pirate and a hippy, look at skeletons set up in the Museum of the North for the Halloween at the Museum event.
Elizabeth Humphries, a biology graduate student explains what she is doing to preserve a raven during Halloween at the Museum to butterfly Emily Schmetzer
The elusive electorate Joe Six-pack makes an appearance at the Pub.
Halloween festivities spooked campus last Friday.
The Pub was filled to capacity with lines stretching through the Wood Center. There was also a costume dance in the Hess Rec. and a haunted house for children and adults in Skarland hall.
The Chilling Children’s Carnival was a big part of the festivities, it was put on by Residents Hall Association. The carnival created an exciting and safe atmosphere for trick-or-treating kids. Some of the games at the carnival included the infamous fishing game, a bean bag toss, a twister hopscotch game and a few others.
The carnival also included a number of arts and crafts tables allowing kids to make Halloween cards, felt bags, picture frames and even Dracula figures. They also had tables set up for coloring pictures of skulls and pumpkins as well as a ghoulish Room of Mystery. Kate Wilson, the advisor for RHA, commented that the carnival was a “great success,” adding that the carnival is always a great way to give back to the community.
A participant in the carnival, Arthur Martin, a sophomore in McIntosh, said he participated in the carnival because he “enjoy(s) giving out candy to all the little kids.”
Another Halloween event was the fundraiser for the history national honor society, Phi Alpha Theta. The event was pumpkin bowling. Every year, the club, raises money for a trip to the Northwest Regional Conference, where participants present a 10-12 page paper on a historical topic of their choosing to a critical audience.
This year, Phi Alpha Theta plans to fly to central Washington, where the conference is taking place. Last year, the cost of tickets for conference participants cost between $3,000 and $4,000.
The pumpkin bowling activity, which took place on Oct. 30 and 31, had a $2 participation fee; the club made just over $100 profit.
large, medium, and small pumpkins were used to knock down the soda can pins, and if the player got a strike, he or she would receive a candy prize. The small pumpkin was most popular amongst players; its light weight made for an easier, quicker roll.
The Museum of the North was also hosting a fundraising event to raise money for the Food Bank. Children under 12 were allowed to witness various lab activities at the museum for the cost of a donation of a few cans.
Contributors to this article were Jamie Sinclair, Nicole Wells and Kay Koerner