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October 25, 1985
3 POTPOURRI
This page's stories will vary from week to week. This week, Billboard's
top ten singles and IP's, Gospelfest '85 is Saturday night, a Port Arthur
native will travel around the world with his changing art show, and
the Rocky Horror Picture Show celebrates its 10th anniversary with a
Big Apple bash.
PENELOPE ODE
4 Irked waitress gives tips for non-tippers
A guest columnist foams at the mouth about non-tippers, a majority of
whom she says are C.T.s.
5 Not lor faint of heart...
The Jaycees annual Haunted House opens this weekend at the La Salle
W Hotel in downtown Bryan.
TRICIA PARKER
5 Our Halloween far cry
from original druids' celebration
Halloween evolved from an unlikely pair, a Christian holiday and a
pagan festival. Our writer explores Halloween's roots.
MARY COX
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7 Transylvanian trip tops traditional Halloween fare
Our writer "takes" a trip around the world to visit Dracula's home.
WENDY JOHNSON
8 Kids of all ages eagerly await Halloween
From elementary school children to college students, the celebrations
differ, but the sentiment's the same.
mary McWhorter
10 Slice 'em and dice 'em flicks
can't compare with classics
• Halloween I through III, and films of that genre, are more bloody, but
not more scary, than classic horror flicks.
KARLPALLMEYER
WALTER SMITH
11 RECORD REVIEWS
Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force" and "Marching Out" and Prefab
Sprout's "Two Wheels Good" are reviewed.
12 'Creative schizophrenia' helps actor change roles
Peter Strauss goes from "Tender Is the Night" to "Kane and Abel."
Wo wanted to k>© tho first to givo you
a treat so here's our Halloween issue
almost a week early. At least this way,
you'll be prepared for the big event.
To fully appreciate the festivities of
Halloween, you need to know its his
tory. The American way of celebrating
Halloween differs greatly from the ang
inal druid celebration. The Celts
thought the spints of dead relatives
would nse every Od. 31 to pay a final
visit to the living. These spirits were
supposedly evil and the Celts took
great measures to avoid them.
To keep these evil spirits from recog
nizing them, they would dress in elab
orate costumes. This custom still holds
true today, although the motivation be
hind it is more one of greed than fear.
These early celebrations were the
birthplace of other traditions as well.
The jack-o'-lantem came from Ireland;
but instead of being made from a
pumpkin, the Britons used a turnip.
As time passed, Halloween evolved
from its pagan roots into a Christan cel
ebration. But most people still think of
Halloween in terms of ghosts, goblins
and vampires.
Perhaps one of the most famous
vampires is Dracula. This blood-suck
ing nobleman is widely known for his
unquenchable thirst for hemoglobin.
Because this legend is so popular, a
travel agency has even booked a Hal
loween tour to his Transylvanian
homestead. One of our writers con
jures up an imaginative excursion that
takes her half-way around the globe in
the comfort of her couch.
But if you're like most people, you'll
probably do about the same thing for
Halloween this year as you did last
year. You'll make it to a party, possibly
in costume. But Halloween is a bit more
exciting to some second-graders at a
Bryan elementary school. They can
hardly wait to get their goodies as they
go trick-or-tricking from door-to-door.
Saturday morning cartoon characters
are the more popular costumes this
year; He-man and She-ra are two of
the favorites.
Aggies aren't without their fun, ei
ther. The Cadets will have their sacred
Great Pumpkin Run and the non-reg
dorm residents will be trick-or-treating
as well.
All in all, Halloween is fun for kids of
all ages. Have a happy one.
— at ease co-editors
at ease staff
Co-editors Cathy Riely
Walter Smith
Writers ....Mary Cox
Wendy Johnson
Mary McWhorter
Tricia Parker
Photographer Bill Hughes