All Hallow’s Eve otherwise known as Halloween has been celebrated practiced and enjoyed by the undead for more than 2000 years. The holiday originates from Ireland as a festival called “Samhain named after the country’s Lord of the Dead. The Irish believed that on Oct. 31, the boundary between the living and deceased dissolved and the dead became dangerous. Today, though not everyone prescribes to that belief, Halloween has great meaning for people everywhere, even here at Pepperdine.
When I was younger my parents would deck out the house with insane decorations Jack-o’-lanterns and props. Cobwebs would cover the staircase the mantles the walkways and doorways and we always watched ‘Hocus Pocus.'” -Junior Kamron King
“On Halloween night me and my brother would always compete to see who could get the most candy. We’d go home and stay up for hours seeing who had the most candy and trading each other for candy that we liked.”-Senior Matt Dougherty
“Halloween is made for kids and exploited by adults.”-Junior Cameron Wheeler
“Every Halloween we have chili and some type of drink from a bowl with dry ice so it looks like a witch’s brew. Halloween has always been the biggest deal in my house.” -Senior Courtney Boucher
“Every year my dad dresses up as The Pumpkin Man which involves him hollowing out a huge pumpkin in order to fit it on his head. It’s been a tradition ever since – and even me and my sisters have been little pumpkin heads.”-Senior Amanda Pond
“I’ve always viewed Halloween as a day to dress up and look however you want to look and people won’t judge you.”-Sophomore Kopper Overton
“I do remember thinking the correlation of Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos in Mexico was interesting because the importance of celebrating the dead in Mexico was rivaled with a kids’ holiday of dressing up and candy.”-Junior Nate Fisher
“Halloween is pretty much the springboard into winter in my book. I always look forward to Halloween especially for my chance to get outside the box get my groove on and of course get some free candy.”-Junior Alexander Waters
“I remember that this article came about how people were taking needles and injecting drugs into candy … very disappointing because I wasn’t allowed to go without my mom at all. We would dress up and then go to these huge ‘hallelujah’ parties at our church on Oct. 31.”-Freshman Rachelle Jensen