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 am not a very superstitious person, but you better believe that when it is a full moon, people sta...
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 Celts were in what is present-day Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, they created Samhain....
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 scandalous costumes and Katy showed up as a scary witch? Oh, how things have changed. Halloween no...
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 stories. Luckily for all of you, we have some stories that will blow you away. Last F...
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 wind during the late hours of the night. Incandescent outdoor lights are replaced by orange, purple ...
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 Halloween without haunted houses. It is a holiday tradition to visit at least one haunted house during t...
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. This year people can come and enjoy Valley Corn Maize which arrived in town of East Grand Forks....
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 of what “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is. I attended my first live performance of the show this last Frida...
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, racially motivated shooting, or police officer shooting of an unarmed suspect to get outraged about...
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 and made their way into the first building, they heard screams coming from every direction as ...
The freaks come out at night
Aimee Coons, Staff Writer
October 22, 2017
Halloween has always been a fun time of the year. It’s a time to watch scary movies with your friends, dress up in elaborate costumes, eat excessive amounts of candy without feeling bad about yourself…but it can also be a time of true horror. Unfortunately, Halloween is a time of year crime rate tends to s...
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