2008 Woodie Awards
Halloween hijinks run high
By: Frank Wiswell
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: Lifeline
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Halloween is the one time of the year students may not mind a cop walking in on their party.
Mancelona senior Elizabeth Poisson said she's either going as a police officer or Alice from the story "Alice in Wonderland" for Halloween this year. Poisson said she plans to put together her costume by compiling items from friends' closets and past costumes.
"There's no way it (a Halloween costume) should be $50," Poisson said.
At the same time, Poisson said she will not be able to make her own costume.
"I'm not creative," she explained.
Baraga junior Viktoria Santti usually makes her own Halloween costumes. This year, she plans on going as LeeLoo from the film "The Fifth Element."
Santti said one of the reasons she invests so much time into handcrafting her own outfits is because many of the Halloween costumes available at stores for females are too revealing.
"That's why I don't buy my costume. They all seem like that," she said.
Dan Stoddard, manager of Halloween USA, 1717 S. Mission St., said the most popular line of costumes come from a brand called Leg Avenue, which cost from $29 to $54.99 each.
"They primarily make lingerie," Stoddard said.
Stoddard said costumes from Playboy and Dreamgirl also are popular.
For guys, Stoddard said many have put together costumes from "The 300" using items at the store. Stoddard said Burger King, Ganjaman and other funny costumes are popular with men.
"For guys, they just come in last minute, grab something off the shelf, and they bolt," Stoddard said.
For many students, Halloween is a chance for students to relive their younger days.
"It makes you feel like a kid again," Poisson said.
Rapid River junior Alex Cole said Halloween gives her the chance to push her cares aside for a day.
"(Halloween is) a chance just to be goofy and forget about how serious everything is," Cole said.
Group costumes also are popular during Halloween, with students dressing as everything from X-Men to the Royal Tenenbaums.
Midland sophomore Marcia Lee said she and her two friends are going as Snap, Crackle and Pop, the Rice Krispies cartoon characters.
Lee said she and her friends are making their own costumes using button-up shirts, handkerchiefs and hats, and she doesn't expect to run into anyone wearing a similar costume.
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Mancelona senior Elizabeth Poisson said she's either going as a police officer or Alice from the story "Alice in Wonderland" for Halloween this year. Poisson said she plans to put together her costume by compiling items from friends' closets and past costumes.
"There's no way it (a Halloween costume) should be $50," Poisson said.
At the same time, Poisson said she will not be able to make her own costume.
"I'm not creative," she explained.
Baraga junior Viktoria Santti usually makes her own Halloween costumes. This year, she plans on going as LeeLoo from the film "The Fifth Element."
Santti said one of the reasons she invests so much time into handcrafting her own outfits is because many of the Halloween costumes available at stores for females are too revealing.
"That's why I don't buy my costume. They all seem like that," she said.
Dan Stoddard, manager of Halloween USA, 1717 S. Mission St., said the most popular line of costumes come from a brand called Leg Avenue, which cost from $29 to $54.99 each.
"They primarily make lingerie," Stoddard said.
Stoddard said costumes from Playboy and Dreamgirl also are popular.
For guys, Stoddard said many have put together costumes from "The 300" using items at the store. Stoddard said Burger King, Ganjaman and other funny costumes are popular with men.
"For guys, they just come in last minute, grab something off the shelf, and they bolt," Stoddard said.
For many students, Halloween is a chance for students to relive their younger days.
"It makes you feel like a kid again," Poisson said.
Rapid River junior Alex Cole said Halloween gives her the chance to push her cares aside for a day.
"(Halloween is) a chance just to be goofy and forget about how serious everything is," Cole said.
Group costumes also are popular during Halloween, with students dressing as everything from X-Men to the Royal Tenenbaums.
Midland sophomore Marcia Lee said she and her two friends are going as Snap, Crackle and Pop, the Rice Krispies cartoon characters.
Lee said she and her friends are making their own costumes using button-up shirts, handkerchiefs and hats, and she doesn't expect to run into anyone wearing a similar costume.
lifeline@cm-life.com
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