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Column: Less was more for 2009 Halloween costumes

By Jenny Cooke
Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 10:21am
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When going to a store to find a Halloween costume this year, customers were immediately assaulted by outfits sporting names like "Pocohottie" and "Cottontail Cutie." These costumes were not just taking up shelf space, girls were flocking to buy them. Jenny Cooke has a few thoughts on why girls insist on encouraging frostbite on Halloween.

Heads up, trick-or-treaters

By Eric Chen
Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 4:37pm
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Heads up! Trick-or-treating times on Halloween this Saturday are from 5 to 7 p.m. in Champaign and Urbana.

Column: More magical than a holiday

By Maritza Mestre
Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 11:34pm
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Halloween has caught Maritza Mestre by surprise this year. "This has never happened to me," she writes. "Usually I have put tons of thought into costumes and my plans for the night." So what happened? After a little thought, she realized it all had to do with the tunnel vision specific to senior year: college.

A surprise Halloween

By Maritza Mestre
Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 11:13pm
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I’m kind of crazy about the holidays. I have multiple boxes full of costumes for all different holidays — other than just Halloween. I have light-up pins and springy headbands for the Fourth of July, sparkly shirts and reindeer ears for Christmas, clover-print shirts for St. Patrick’s Day, and egg earrings for Easter. Then, of course, are the Halloween costumes and trinkets.

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