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lashes" and garish nail colors. Her
"official colors" are highlighted with a
little silver stamp of approval. Fake
skin, wigs and theatrical makeup will
transform children into anyone they
want to be. For the stouter hearts,
vampire blood, "icky teeth" ("even
your mom won't kiss you," the
package claims) and a "wounds,
stitches and cuts" kit will turn you into
your worst nightmare.
H ALLOWEEN'S NOT JUST
for young children,
however. The Corp of
Cadets gets in on the
action, too. The cadets'
traditional Great Pumpkin Run is
their way of celebrating Halloween.
A junior cadet puts a huge pumpkin
on his head, dons a white sheet and
tries to run from his dorm to the band
dorm without getting the pumpkin
knocked off. The "pumpkin head" is
surrounded by other juniors and
Cadets traditional Great Pumpkin run.
seniors from the outfit who carry
torches to light his way. Band
freshmen try to douse the torches and
knock the pumpkin off of the cadet's
head before he reaches their dorm.
The pumpkin has never made it
intact. The junior is always from
company C-2 and the secret of how
the "pumpkin head" is chosen is one
that has never been divulged.
Freshman from C-2 are sent on a
mission to find the biggest pumpkin
available. Last year's pumpkin
weighed more than 100 pounds.
For the remaining children among
us, Lou's Fun shop in Bryan has
adult-sized costumes.
"We've had lots of traffic already,"
says Louise Sneed, whose sister owns
the shop. "I think the adults are
getting into it more than the kids are."
"Everybody's got a different idea of
who they want to be. One'll come in
and want to be a harem girl and
another one'll want to be something
else."
Sneed says the shop gets requests
for everything from bunny girls to
gorillas.
O N-CAMPUS RESIDENTS
dress up and go trick-or-
treqting in the dorms.
Guys have special hours
to visit the girls' dorms
and girls have special hours to visit
the guys' dorms. A costume contest
and street dance are also held. In the
past, people have given shots of
alcohol to trick-or-treaters, but this
year, due to the difficulty in
identifying and carding minors, the
RHA has asked that no alcohol be
handed out. □