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From Cornell’s earliest Halloweens to the present, revelers have used the occasion to both celebrate and wreak havoc.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/halloweekend/)
From Cornell’s earliest Halloweens to the present, revelers have used the occasion to both celebrate and wreak havoc.
Though alcohol-soaked Halloween parties play into Cornell’s weekend traditions, students choose to abstain for a variety of reasons. Some students are not drinking on this holiday because they are recovering from an Alcohol Use Disorder.
Bzzt. The door swings open to the grinning face of your elderly neighbor and you study the wrinkles around her eyes. “Trick or Treat,” you repeat, and she gladly picks up a dish of candy. You’re dressed as a superhero, or ninja turtle, or princess or fairy tale creature, and she starts gabbing about the constellations in the sky and her astrological sign. You have to sit and listen, but all you want is for her to place the Skittles in your pillow case or plastic pumpkin so that you and your parents can run off to the next house.
The goal of the zones were to ensure the safety of students and to reduce the risk of sexual assault, according to Andrew Rosenblatt ’20, vice chairman of the Student Assembly Health and Wellness Committee.