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Nursing
sophomore Celina Alva paints Maria Alaniz’s face during the Greek
Life Halloween Carnival on Wednesday night in the University Center
Bluebonnet Ballroom. Fraternities and sororities hosted the event
that included games, face painting and candy. (The Shorthorn:
Fabiola Salinas)
On a night when
fear is the backdrop, one sugary treat makes a scared person forget
all their worries — candy.
At the Greek Life Halloween Carnival Wednesday night in the
University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom, children and college “kids”
alike played games and won candy. Sponsored by the Order of Omega,
the carnival housed almost all the Greek organizations and their
booths.
Brittany Dill, Order of Omega president and communication and
political science major, had a dart game for the children to play.
Dill was dressed as a cowgirl and said the carnival was a great way
for everyone to get out.
“It helps promote inter-Greek relations and it also helps the
community when we do this,” she said.
Dill said the groups went to different places like the YMCA and the
Boys & Girls Clubs to pass out fliers about the event. The carnival
has gone on for about five years, she said, and this year they had
moved it inside.
“In the past years, the weather always got too bad for us to be out
there,” she said. “This year the weather is perfect and we’re
inside.”
Maria Fernandez, management senior and Delta Alpha Sigma member,
wasn’t wearing a costume, but wore her Greek letters with pride. She
and her fellow members did face paintings at the carnival. Fernandez
said they did it last year, too.
“We paint pumpkins, ghosts, moons and stars on their faces,” she
said. “We give them pretty much whatever they want.”
Marc Barger, international business junior and Sigma Phi Epsilon
member, called the carnival safe and fun. At the booth, he said the
kids tossed washers into holes in a wooden plank. Beside each hole,
how much candy the kids received was marked, however if they didn’t
get the washer in, they still got candy.
Since most of the kids come from residential areas around campus,
Barger said the carnival was a chance for everyone to get involved.
In his fraternity, an executive member picked which kind of candy
their chapter would give and the president picked what game they
would have there.
“This whole carnival is a group effort,” he said. |
