by Connor Gray, Student Reporter
It’s that time of year where tricks, treats, and scares all the rage as Halloween is around the corner and Northwestern is getting in on the fun.
For the first time ever, Northwestern is celebrating Halloween campus wide which is being spearheaded by the Student Government Association with events to create activities for students to have fun, make new friends and get that sweet candy.
Student president Ethan Sackett and vice president Dawson Maxwell gave incite to what it is to be expected from the things they have set up for the students to do and how it will be handled by them. Sackett talked about all the types of events that are to be expected for the next couple of weeks to celebrate halloween. Certain events will be more eye opening depending on what event someone is more interested in. Beating up an old vehicle with bats and sledgehammers, and smashing pumpkins will be something to do, or maybe pumpkin carving is your way to go if you want a less violent option to let the creativity flow on the Oct. 22.
Starting of the week Halloween, on October 26 a pumpkin carving and painting contest will be done for those who wish to participate all you need to do is turn in your pumpkins to Olivia Yindel at the wellness center.
Though the SGA isn’t directly involved, the historical society is doing a haunted stories series to give people a scare as a way to fundraise for the society, it will be held over by the high school. On Oct. 29, the spanish club is sponsoring a spook fest event which will have costume contests, pumpkin bowling, cornhole, etc. as a way to create some diversity.
Despite the great lengths the SGA is going to make this happen, they are taking precautions in regards to COVID-19 and will make sure everything is as safe as possible. SGA decided to celebrate Halloween this year by holding these events because students love Halloween and were asked if they could do it, so they did.
Sackett said in regards to holding a lot of events on Halloween week,
“With the postponement of sports, we’re just trying to find many events and opportunities for students to stay engaged.”
When asked about why they came up with the Halloween events Maxwell said, “We realised there was a market for Halloween events and that we haven’t had any in the past.” They got brainstorming the ideas and everything came together. When asked about their favorite event Maxwell said pumpkin smashing and car bashing is his favorite, and Sackett’s is the haunted stories series.