Pembroke Activities Council (PAC) hosted a Halloween event in Mary Livermore Library on Oct. 29 from 7-9 p.m. Students crafted pumpkins and skulls on the bottom floor and enjoyed the experience of an escape room on the top floor. PAC also provided candy to satisfy students’ sweet tooth craving. The library was decorated with cobwebs and orange lights in the festive spirit of Halloween. “I’m a big fan of Halloween time and was really excited attending the haunted Livermore lib

Photos by Tyana Morris UNCP held its 20th annual Halloween costume contest on Oct. 31st. Both students and faculty members got into the Halloween spirit and dressed as their favorite characters, celebrities or cultural figures, then gathered in the bookstore to stand before judges to have their costumes rated. After rating nearly 20 outfits, the judges picked their top three favorites. In first place was Lamar Courman, who works in athletics, dressed as Michael Jackson. Seco

Everybody knows what happens in the month of October...Halloween. We all know Halloween is a day of candy, costumes, tricks and of course, the Halloween parties. Halloween is also a day where staying out late can be fun, especially for college students. Even though Halloween is the day for college kids to go out and have fun, it is also a day where the police are out to protect and serve the trick-or-treaters and party-goers. On Halloween, it’s better for college students to

As Oct. 31 draws near, Americans are preparing for Halloween festivities by purchasing candy to share, costumes to wear, decorations to show and pumpkins to carve with family. Americans are anticipated to spend $2.7 billion on candy with 71 percent preparing to give out candy, according to the National Retail Federation filings. The Candystore.com surveyed candy sales from 2007- 2016, focusing on the three months prior to Halloween. They collected data on the sales of candy