Halloween is less than a week away and many clubs and organizations at SRU have planned various activities for students to get in the Halloween spirit.
There are many events for everyone at SRU excited to celebrate Halloween.
The University Program Board (UPB) hosts many events for students to get involved in on campus. On Oct. 18, the club hosted their annual Halloween event inspired by the popular tv show, Stranger Things.
The event was called Hawkins Harvest and gave students the opportunity to come to the quad and participate in various activities, including pumpkin carving, painting and smashing.
This Halloween event also included a costume contest, fortune tellers, a waffle bar and WSRU-FM providing 80s and Halloween music.
An SRU student, Reese Skiba, shared her excitement and experience from the event.
“I went to the Halloween event with my roommate and my other friend. We picked pumpkins, ate waffles, and we got to paint a pumpkin too, which was really nice,” Skiba said.
The annual event was free for SRU students.
“We went last year for my freshman year, and I had so much fun, so I decided to come back, and I…love this event. I love the music and the painting,” Skiba said.
Bailey Carden, president of UPB said it is important to host these events for multiple reasons.
“I think especially once we get into October, all of the students are so busy with midterms and homecoming festivities that it gets really stressful, and I think having UPB events and just event programing in general really helps build morale with students,” Carden said.
Skiba also feels it is important to have events like these on campus.
“I think it’s important for students on campus because sometimes we can’t get out and do the major events, like maybe going to a pumpkin patch or going to, a haunted house. So, I feel like these events really help us feel like we’re at home. Or a sense of enjoyment comes out of it too, like I am on the track and field team, so I don’t really have that much free time. So this event being six to eight on a Friday was so easy for me to go to,” Skiba said.
On Oct. 25, there was a Halloween-themed dodgeball tournament hosted by Rock the Weekend and The Wellness Peer Educators and Campus Recreation. Students had the opportunity to compete for various prizes.
On Oct. 26, Rock the Weekend and the Association of Residence Hall Students took students to Kennywood for the park’s Phantom Fall Fest.
If students did not get the chance to attend these past events, there are other opportunities happening throughout the week of Halloween.
Black Action Society is hosting a Halloween party on the day itself.
Residence Halls will also host their own Halloween themed events for residents.
Available activities and opportunities for future events can be found on CORE.
