In UFV Speaks, our intrepid reporters pick a topic currently relevant to UFV students or staff, and ask them for their heated opinions to get a real sense of how the UFV population feels about the facts.
Do you plan on dressing up for Halloween this year? Would you be willing to come to class in a costume? Curious to see how UFV students felt on the matter, I went around campus and grabbed some interviews hoping to find out.
Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Miranda Neufeldt / Geography and history
“I think if it was just me by myself and I had no friends, I would not dress up just because I’m not very passionate about Halloween. But I think if you have friends in your class and you could get people to participate… for sure, send it. It’s intimidating if you’re the only person with the big – I don’t know, pizza costume … other than that it’s pretty fun to dress up.”
Ella Vanderwyk / Psychology
“In high school, I definitely did not enjoy it as much. In my mind, I kind of felt like it was cringey. I felt like I’d be judged. But in university, it’s a lot easier to kind of have fun and express yourself a little bit more, especially when you start to meet new people or meet new friends, it’s a lot easier to just go out and you know, enjoy yourself rather than feel like it’s this — I don’t know, social pressure to just not do it.”
Would you dress up on campus?
“Honestly, I think it would be a lot more fun if it was like an actual event but I think just going to class, I wouldn’t have the energy to do so.”
Derek Hua / Kinesiology
“I think it’s a great idea. It shows our Halloween spirit and pushes that move of being able to dress up and have fun as an adult. I think it’s a great idea.”
Would you dress up on campus?*
“Not typically, because I don’t really see many people doing that around here, but I would love to if everyone else did it.”
Bergen Critchley / Psychology
“I think it’s a fun thing that we shouldn’t feel weird about doing because it’s a nice little cultural tradition, and it makes things fun. Obviously anything that has, like, accessories that look like weapons, anything you could hit someone over the head with, that’s not great. I understand concerns about having things that cover someone’s face completely, but if, for example, I showed up in a Lord of the Rings kit dressed as Aragorn, I don’t really see that as in any way harmful. That’s just having fun, because it’s that time of year, right?”
Lucy Reimer / Kinesiology
“I think it’s kind of fun, actually. I mean, it beats going to school in like, sweatpants and a hoodie, but you get to dress up and be silly on campus.”
Would you do it by yourself or with friends?
“I think if I had costumes at home I would put together a little closet costume and put on some fun makeup, just for fun. I don’t know. I don’t care what people think, as long as I’m having fun. Maybe I’ll get some candy … bring my little plastic pumpkin door to door.”
Allison Hayton / Education
“I think it’s fun because I have a bunch of nieces and nephews, so I like to still go trick-or-treating with them, but then it makes me sad because I miss doing it…”
Would you dress up now?
“Yeah, me and my fiancé dress up sometimes and we will sit and hand out candy. It’s fun.”
Veronica is a Staff Writer at The Cascade. She loves to travel and explore new places, no matter how big or small. She is in her second year at UFV, pursuing the study of Creative
Writing.