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Will families be scared into their homes this Halloween?

Will families be scared into their homes this Halloween?

Brooke Kruger, Opinion Writer October 26, 2020

As Halloween nears, parents are turning over the idea of allowing their children to go trick-or-treating. A recent Harris poll suggests that 80% of participants plan on honoring Halloween tradition and...

How to find the Halloween spirit

How to find the Halloween spirit

Olga Kopp, Arts and Community Writer October 26, 2020

‘Magic is really very simple; all you’ve got to do is want something and then let yourself have it.’  Halloween is coming in less than a week, and this means that it is time for fun!  This...

SUPERstitious

SUPERstitious

Megan Vogt, Opinion Editor October 29, 2019

This time of year is all-around eerie and spooky, and because of the overall strange vibes, superstitions arise. I don’t know about you, but weird stuff happens around this time of year.    I...

History of Halloween: When and How Did This Tradition Start?

Brianna Mayhair, News Writer October 29, 2019

Today, Halloween is seen has a fun holiday that allows people to dress up and become someone else for a night and collect as much candy as possible, but how did it start? Around 2,000 years ago when the...

A shift in halloween

A shift in halloween

Se Kwon, Opinion Writer October 29, 2019

Ahh, Halloween time. I remember the days when I would dress up as a scary witch or a High School Musical cheerleader. Also, in the movie Mean Girls when everyone went to a Halloween party dressed up in...

Is UND Haunted?

Is UND Haunted?

Olga Kopp, Arts & Community Writer October 29, 2019

“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”   Halloween is coming in less than a week, and this means that it is time for spooky...

This is Halloween

This is Halloween

Maddie Deshler, Staff Writer October 29, 2019

The minute October arrives, Halloween vibes fill the autumn air. October becomes the month of eeriness and fear. Skeletons hang from people’s windows and doors, their bones clattering together in the...

Get Haunted

Get Haunted

Olga Kopp, Arts & Community Writer October 15, 2019

‘If one door closes and another one opens, your house is probably haunted!’ This quote is one of the best ways to describe the spirit of this coming Halloween.    Halloween would not be...

Enjoying the Fall Festivities

Enjoying the Fall Festivities

Olga Kopp, Arts & Community Writer October 2, 2019

Fall seemed to arrive suddenly this year, which means that fall activities are now in full swing. It is well-known that fall is famous for pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hot cocoa, and pumpkin spice lattes....

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Noah Sell, Arts & Community Writer October 30, 2018

Take what you know about seeing a movie, add what you know about seeing a live show, mash them together and forget everything you know about both of them and you are left with the start of a general idea...

The scary reality of Gun Violence in the United States

The scary reality of Gun Violence in the United States

Bilal Suleiman, Opinion Writer October 30, 2018

Halloween is nearly here. But who needs halloween when you’ve been scared all year? There seems to have been an uptick in violent shootings in this country. Every week there seems to be a school shooting,...

Legends of Terror

Legends of Terror

Quinn Robinson-Duff, Opinion writer October 23, 2018

The 10th Annual Legends of Terror was held this past weekend at the Grand Forks County Historical Society and featured two back-to-back nights of fright. When prospective thrillseekers arrived on the scene...

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