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horrorscopesAquarius Jan. 20 - Feb. 18

You might have a few mood swings on Halloween. Someone might

show up in the same costume or a Libra could get to that cute Gemini before you. Even so, it’s worth it to control your temper and have a good time on Halloween. Take it easy on the alcohol and surround yourself with positive people, like Tauruses and Leos. They can keep you from doing something you might regret.

Song of the weekend: “Cannibal Queen” – Miniature Tigers

Pisces Feb. 19 - Mar. 20

You might feel a little down but don’t sulk all weekend. Leave the

ice cream behind and hit up a bar or party, and look for a Cancer with dance fever. He or she may be the ticket to leaving your brooding tendencies behind. If you haven’t picked a costume yet, dress as a favorite celebrity. This can be a great outlet for your creative side. Don’t lose sight of your ability to read body language, and make sure to screen out the weirdos on Halloween night.

Song of the weekend: “Oxford Comma” – Vam-pire Weekend

Aries Mar. 21 - Apr. 19

As the leader of your social circle, it may be tempting to force friends to

play second fiddle to your extravagant costume during Halloween weekend. Cut it out. Keep it creative and fun but don’t convince others to downplay their costuming. You’ve probably been planning your costume since May but you’re the type to make a last-minute trip to the fabric store and go all out with something attractive and origi-nal. Make sure to budget time and money so you can enjoy the night.

Song of the weekend: “She’s So Unusual” - Cyndi Lauper

Taurus Apr. 20 - May 20

While it may seem tempting to curl up at home with Hitchcock or

Poe on Halloween night, you’d be missing all the fun. Dress as something classic and scary to cruise the bars or attend a party. Look for Virgos or Capricorns to light up your night — they may be dressed as royalty or animals. Take it easy on the alcohol or you’ll find that cute Virgo holding your head out of the toilet.

Song of the weekend: “Take Me Out” –Franz Ferdinand

Gemini May 21 - June 20

Your fickle mood has caused you to change your mind about

costumes several times, and if your friends are trying to match you, they might not be happy. Appease your social circle and stick to something. Seek out an Aquarius during the celebration. He or she may be dressed as a sexy librarian, owl or other symbol of knowl-edge. Make sure to control yourself during the night, or your violent nature could take hold. You wouldn’t want to get blood all over your costume.

Song of the weekend: “The More You Ig-nore Me, The Closer I Get” – Morrissey

Cancer June 21 - July 22

For you, Halloween is a chance to get out, dance and have a

good time — as if you need an excuse. Make the most of it and go out with friends but don’t be hesitant to chat up the brooding Scorpio dressed as a Goth. He or she could help turn up the heat on your night. If you are in a relationship, take the opportunity to get closer to your significant other on the dance floor.

Song of the weekend: “One More Time” – Daft Punk

Leo July 23 - Aug. 22

It may be time to stop focus-ing on gossip and instead focus

on having a good time. You’ve been gearing up for Halloween all month and it’s time to party — and you’ll be the center of attention in a gorgeous costume. An Aries may be jostling for everyone’s favor on Halloween night but you can earn his or hers with a well-made costume. Look for a man or woman dressed in a concept costume or caricature of a celebrity.

Song of the weekend: “Take It Off” – Ke$ha

Virgo Aug. 23 - Sept. 22

Your changeable nature is great on Halloween — you have no

trouble getting into character for your attrac-tive, yet demure costume. Fire signs in your life may be ragging on you to go crazy on Hal-loween and do things you normally wouldn’t, but hold your ground with Aries, Leo and Sagittarius and be yourself. Seek out a Taurus on Halloween — he or she might be dressed as a witch, werewolf or vampire.

Song of the weekend: “Speechless” – Lady Gaga

Libra Sept. 23 - Oct. 22

You are ready to cut loose on Hal-loween weekend but be wary of

getting too rowdy. An Aquarius might feel that he or she needs to compete and your compat-ibility may turn into a fight. Try to cool your temper, and focus on having a good time. You might be the type to wait until the last minute to ready a costume — get creative with some of the outlandish things in your closet. Formal-wear can turn you into a princess or spy, and even last year’s costume will make a splash.

Song of the weekend: “Paper Planes” – M.I.A.

Scorpio Oct. 23 - Nov. 21

You are the pinnacle of mystery. Embrace that on Halloween night

and dress like a tortured soul — black clothes and eyeliner should do the trick. A Cancer will be out on the dance floor, and if he or she pulls you out of the corner, take that opportunity. It could lead to a wild night that you may not remember. Don’t overdo it on the booze, or you could ruin the mystique by vomiting on someone’s shoes.

Song of the weekend: “She’s Lost Control” – Joy Division

Sagittarius Nov. 22 - Dec. 21

Your fun-loving and hedonistic na-ture is perfect for the holiday and

you may be tempted to drink all night. Space it out and look for a Leo to keep you centered. He or she will probably dress in a glamorous manner and will complement your flashy per-sonality. If you haven’t picked a costume yet, go for something that will start a conversation — skimpy works, as does topical.

Song of the weekend: “Party Hard” – An-drew W.K.

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 19

You may feel mopey this Hallow-een — how can we party when

there is so much wrong in the world? Capri-corn, there will always be something wrong. Forget about it and have fun on Halloween. A Virgo in a muted costume may be the key to ignoring your angst. Just think — those starving children in India don’t need candy or booze. Who’s going to consume it if you don’t?

Song of the weekend: “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Troy Paulekas said human figures interest him — figures that don't and can't necessar-ily exist.

"You could think of them as androids, not yet fit for production and thus re-moved from the usual order of things. They're meta-phors for society as a whole, a gathered assortment of particulars selectively bred

for their peculiar, decadent and depraved genetics," Paulekas said.

The figures in his artwork are originally composed of ink, scanned, photo edited, and screen-printed.

Paulekas's art will be featured among other art-ists Nov. 1 in the Teaching and Learning Center Reflec-tions Gallery.

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It was Colonel Mustard with a revolver in the library. Or was it Miss Scarlet with a rope in the kitchen?

Students can find out “whodunit” at the Clue Murder Mystery Party, held from 7 to 10 p.m. October 31 on the ground floor of Scholars Hall at the Living and Learning Center. Scholars Hall and Gault Hall are hosting a real-life game of Clue.

Six actors will dress up as Clue characters: Professor Plum, Mr.

Green, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet. Teams of four students will walk around each room and gather clues from the characters. The students that solve the murder will re-ceive a cheesy prize, said Kirsten March, co-creator of the event.

The 12 people involved created game sheets for players to take notes on who, what, where, when and why.

“Each character will have their own room — we have the kitchen, din-ing room, lounge and, conveniently, a billiard room to decorate,” Moore said.

March said she and Moore planned the event for Halloween night because they didn’t think anyone would want to go out on a Sunday.

“Clue was my favorite game when I was young,” Mary Condon, LLC resident, said, “It will be interest-ing to see how they interpret the game board into a real-life game.”

Moore said drinks and cook-ies will be provided.

“I have heard of a lot of people wanting to come,” “I anticipate a good turn out.” (Moore said.)

The event is free for everyone.

Preparation is always the key to surviving anything. Whether it is studying for that giant art his-tory exam tomorrow, working out for the Ironman competition or getting ready for a night on the town, training is the only way to get through it. This includes sur-viving the ravaging teeth of the living dead once the zom-bie apocalypse com-mences — and it will.

Zombie-slaying tunes

Many songs and artists could be on the zombie slayer’s play-list, depending on the mood of the slayer and their vanquish-ing style of the day. Any sort of thrash metal is ideal to have cued on the iPod. Not all slayers have matching music tastes though. Josh Groban’s soothing vocals might be on one’s list while 2Pac’s flows blast through the speakers of another. Never-theless, music is one of the best ways to aide in the fight or to flee the reanimated flesh eaters.

Slaying brain eatersThere are many weapons

one can wield in the days of

reckoning. When fighting a zombie many may choose cli-

ché weapons. Typical tools include a pump-action shotgun, a semi-automatic pistol as a hip weapon and a .38 special in an ankle holster. These weapons are for professionals. It is probable one could survive long enough to gain use of this caliber of weaponry but until then some useful home items could do the trick.

Although main-stream, the use of a gas powered chainsaw is great example of a melee weapon. In addition, shovels, axes and long-bladed hedge trimmers may prove useful. For the close combat fighters that like to live on the edge, dual-wielding machetes and incorporation of throwing knives — us-ing steak knives is OK too — aid the effort to escape the rotting tissue stampede.

Go green… and veganNow this tip is not preach-

ing that eating meat is bad. Think about it though. If zombies are attacking human flesh, what is to say they are not attacking animals? Who knows, maybe mad cow dis-ease, chicken flu and swine flu

are derivations of the zombie virus. Finding fresh greens is always a good idea but eating them raw is the best way to go because no light or flame will attract the flesh bags to your location. Therefore, smoking is out of the question. I know this might be hard for some but chewing tobacco or “the patch” is always an option.

Zombie-safe zone Most of the time, staying

at ground level aside from traveling is a bad idea. The best suggestion is to find a large building with roof ac-cess. Setting post here will allow the survivalist to grow a garden and spot wandering flesh-eaters from a distance.

Also, pick a large building with other roofs adjacent to it. This is a great way to store ve-hicles for a quick escape if the stampede becomes overwhelm-ing. Warehouse buildings might prove to be the best.

Zombie escape vehicleLet’s face it — there are times

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Jessica Osterloh, junior at the University of Idaho, said she de-cided to dress up as Sakura from the anime cartoon “Naruto.”

“It’s an easy costume, and anyone who watches the show will be able to recognize her eas-ily,” Osterloh said.

Whether you like to dress up as the scariest thing imaginable or make your friends fall over laughing at how ridiculous and original you look, costumes can reflect our personalities, or clash with them entirely. Whichever the case, costume variation makes this time of year fun.

Osterloh said for Hallow-een, she plans to go to the Lio-nel Hampton School of Music for “Tubaween,”

“It showcases the school’s tuba talent and is always lots of fun because it has a music-themed parody,” Osterloh said.

UI junior Tim Hellickson said he is going to be a clown because, “clowns are creepy.”

Hellickson will spend Hallow-

een in Portland to see folk music performer Sufjan Stephens.

UI sophomore Josh Baumann said he decided to incorporate a favorite pastime and dress as a beer-pong table for Halloween.

“I saw it advertised as a Mardi Gras costume online and thought it would be funny and functional,” Baumann said.

At some point during the night, he said he plans on us-ing his costume to challenge other partygoers.

UI women’s soccer team members Jill Flockhart, Nitalia Zuniga and Christina Boodie said the soccer team has several plans for the holiday.

“The whole soccer team will be participating in the kid’s trick-or-treat at the Kibbie Dome Thursday, and Sunday we have a game,” Flockhart said.

Flockhart will be dressed as the Red Power Ranger, Zuniga will be Disney’s Nemo and Bod-die will be a kitty cat.

All three ladies said the inspira-tion for their Halloween costumes were kids’ costumes, because they all looked really cute.

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Americans aren’t the only ones who enjoy costumes, goodies and spirits of the dead. Hal-loween and simi-lar festivals occur in many cultures. Read on to see some international “fright night” traditions.

United KingdomHalloween’s origins

can be traced to Christianity’s influ-ence in Britain from the 6th to 8th century. Pope Gregory III moved All Saints’ Day from May 13 to Nov. 1 to combat observance of the pa-gan Samhain festival, in which the dead were remembered.

All Saints’ Day was also called All Hallows. Samhain oc-curred on Oct. 31 and became known as All Hallows Eve, or Halloween. Gregory allowed people to dress in costumes

to celebrate the saints. All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, was later

established to remem-ber those who died. People said prayers and lit candles that day to ease the souls’ pre-heaven suffering.

Many England-ers don’t participate in trick-or-treating. Children instead gather money for the poor in return for a “soul cake.” Then they say a prayer

for the donor’s deceased relatives. The cake is made differently throughout Eng-land, from fruitcake to buns covered with caraway seeds.

Other people in the U.K. put turnip lanterns on their gateposts on Halloween to pro-tect themselves from spirits.

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PakistanTariq Usman Saeed, Paki-

stani cultural ambassador at the University of Idaho, said Halloween has only been celebrated in Pakistan for five or six years. He said celebra-tion is limited to larger cities like Lahore. The emphasis is on food and games, he said, instead of scary imagery. Saeed said there are special games for children and they have a lot of fun. Hotels put up festive light-ing, people attend restaurants and dance parties and theatres show horror films, he said.

Markets sell costume ac-cessories and makeup, Saeed said, and beauty parlors have special deals on Halloween designs. He said trick-or-treating happens in some city neighborhoods and fright-ening elements are mostly restricted to “ghosthouses”

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Best Prices In Town!

Safari Pearl seems to be incomparable to superstores, such as Wal-Mart for shoppers searching for the best Hallow-een costumes.

“There’s a lot more diver-sity this year,” said Katherine Sprague, Safari Pearl founder. “We don’t have everybody look-ing for the same costume.”

Sprague started Safari Pearl 22 years ago with “four boxes of comics and a couple hun-dred dollars,” Tabitha Simmons, managing partner at Safari Pearl, said.

Sprague said they attend trade shows and choose the best products from hundreds of manufacturers. She said they have picked up some new lines that are durable and can be washed and re-worn.

“You can spend $4 to $500

on a costume and we don’t stock those sorts of things,” Simmons said. “We try to choose good values that you can wear more than once.”

She said even in this economy, people love to dress up and forget about their life and problems.

Laine Hanabher, a student at Washington State University, said she came to Safari Pearl because Pullman no longer has a costume shop.

“I heard it had a really large selection of costumes,” Hanab-her said. “The prices are right. If you try to go make your own costumes, it’s probably going to be around the same cost, if not more.”

Other WSU students agreed with Hanabher and said friends recommended Safari Pearl be-cause prices were better than

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katherine brown | rawrUI students Rory Riggs, left, Bryan Toston, center, and Wal-ter Taresh, peruse costumes in Safari Pearl Monday evening. Safari Pearl has been busy with students searching for last-min-ute Halloween costumes, wigs and other props.

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One thing’s for sure when it comes to Hallow-een hits — they don’t make them like they used to. In the new millennium, there hasn’t been a single Halloween-themed song top 10 hit. Al-though this saddens many, here’s a list of tunes that are sure to get goblins and Lady Gaga look-alikes dancing the night away.

“Thriller” — Michael Jackson (1982)

On the best-selling record of all time is a hit so full of haunted Halloween spirit you just have to put the punch down and hit the dance floor.

This is one of the greatest songs Jackson put out, and hands down, this track provid-ed the best music video of the 20th century. This video is so good the Library of Congress has it on file as “culturally significant.” Don’t worry about knowing the entire dance - it’s just as fun to drunkenly repeat the same three signature zom-bie moves over and over again.

“Nightmare on My Street” — DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (1988)

Yes, Will Smith — also known as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air — did in fact have a Halloween hit single in the ‘80s. This song was such a hit in that the producers from “Nightmare on Elm Street” sued for copyright infringe-ment. This song is a humorous take on Freddy Krueger visiting the Fresh Prince one night while he sleeps.

“The Monster Mash” — Bobby “Boris” Pick-ett (1962)

For my father, and a lot of people in his generation, this is the ultimate Halloween

song. It was a No. 1 hit the year it was released, and it climbed the charts again over a decade later. This song is playful and cheesy. The “shoo-ba-doo” from the background singers and silly sound effects make for an early rock-‘n-roll good time. The Misfits have a cover of this song that’s far less cheesy, but the ridiculous voices and cauldron-bubbling sound effects make the

original version fun.

“Psycho Killer” — Talk-ing Heads (1977)

More than 15 bands have covered this song, includ-ing Brand New, Phish and Barenaked Ladies, but noth-ing beats the original from Talking Heads’ first album. Although the track was not written with Halloween in mind, it fits the haunted spirit of the season. The lyr-ics were inspired by what the band assumed would be the thoughts of a serial killer.

What makes this song a Halloween party must is the bellowing sing-a-long chorus.

“The Time Warp” — ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Soundtrack (1975)

With this upbeat dance-worthy song on your playlist, ghosts and naughty school girls alike will be doing “The Time Warp.” The dance is quite simple to groove to because the lyrics tell you what to do. “It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to right.”

Trees have begun their perennial death cycles. Hal-loween is near.

Corn mazes, haunted houses and gory blockbust-ers vie for patrons. Household decora-tions transform front yards into cemeteries. Dance bars and night-clubs are rendered more frightening than usual.

Some will attend haunted houses. Others will watch movies like “The Shining.” I will gorge myself on candy corn and cry for the trees.

Scare-it-yourselfIf you plan to host a killer

party, check out the Monster-list of Halloween Projects. The website is a collection of how-tos for spooky props and mechanisms. There are instructions for fog-filled cauldrons, pneumatic corpses that burst from coffins and chandeliers made from skulls. There’s even a video that demonstrates some of the props in action.

The giant lawn-chair spi-der is particularly unsettling. In one photograph it loomed from a roof on septic-tubing

legs. It stared down at victims with eyes made from plastic pumpkins. Its victim hung from “webbing” on the roof’s edge.

I plan to avoid lawn chairs until Payless stocks roof-sized boots.

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Disney black magicOther cultural staples can

be spookified. Disney has an online video channel called Disney Living. It recently uploaded parodies of horror films with Disney twists.

One of the videos spoofed Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shin-ing.” A child sped down a narrow hotel hallway on a plastic tricycle. He rounded the corner and stopped in front of two girls dressed like Minnie Mouse in polka dot dresses. The boy looked hor-rified. The girls beckoned him to play with them “forever, and ever and ever.” The boy thought for a moment and smiled. He was oblivious to the warm and fuzzy tortures

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Top five: Halloween hit list

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“I Put a Spell on You” - The Animals

“Ghost Town” - Specials

“I’m Your Boogieman” - White Zombie

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Yes, the boogie monster used to hide under my bed.

And he was “somewhat hideous” and “produced physical or mental fear by either his appearance or his actions,” the Wikipe-dia definition of a monster.

No matter if this appear-ance existed in the imagina-tion of a young child or in reality, it still existed. There-fore the monster was real.

The hideousness of the boo-gie monster is something we probably all agree on. It is com-mon knowledge this infamous monster is out to prey on young children at night. We have all probably encountered the boo-gie monster at some point in our lives.

But not all monsters are universal. Almost all of us are afraid of some-thing, and curl up inside at the mere thought of the object of our fears. To us, these things are “hideous,” even if

to someone else it seems ridiculous. The ironic thing about individual monsters is that although in our minds

they are real, to others they are seen as irrational fears.

Oprah will not allow gum in her studios — or in the words of another gum-phobe, she has banned the “half-masticated, saliva-drenched food mass with the consis-tency of industrial rubber.”

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Bridges, spiders, mannequins, sponta-neous combustion, butterflies, aliens or rainbows.These fears may sound ridiculous but they are things some people

truly dread. I was able to combat my deathly fear of plugholes from child-hood, but still the thought of under-water rocks can give me the shivers.

Within relationships, there are so many monsters lurking around that

it is a wonder the world’s population keeps increasing. Or perhaps it is the monsters that ensure our continuation as a species. We are so afraid — afraid of letting people in or letting go. We avoid any form of deep involvement with others for along with this comes effort, problems and inevitable pain. It is easier to remain detached — to play it safe.

For many others, it is the fear of being alone that keeps them trapped. People become so attached to oth-ers that they lose all inde-pendence. People scramble to “own” each other. They are so afraid of losing their other halves that they will remain in relationships that strip them of dignity, cause them pain and hold them back from their dreams.

Paulo Coelho, author of “The Alchemist,” said the moment love becomes attachment, becomes

demanding, it is a prison.“It has lost the freedom; you cannot

fly, you are encaged,” Coelho said.He said the only thing that makes a

dream impossible to achieve is the fear of failure. Now we have come to one of

the biggest, universal monsters. Just as we develop attachments to people, we develop attach-ments to lives of comfort. It is so easy to cling to the past – to dwell on things we have come to know for fear of the unknown. Fear — of judgment, of risk and of failure, stops so many of us from becoming the people we want to be.

When lying in the darkness, most of us cuddle down under the covers when the boogie monster comes. After all, in all his invisibility, he is undoubt-edly creepy and out to get us.

But just like the fear of butterflies,

Who’s afraid of the boogey man?

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"Tom Trail is a strong supporter of the retirees lawsuit and has been an invaluable resource through-out this whole process. It was because of Tom's efforts that the State Board of Education agreed to listen to our presentation." —Wileen Anderson, Genesee

"Thank you very much for all you have done to thwart recent collusion betweenthe Idaho Board of Education and university administration/legal council tochange policy regarding faculty contracts. I'm deeply grateful for your effortson our behalf." —Anonymous UI Associate Professor

"The Dog Fighting/Felony Penalty Bill passed in part to Tom's leadership, persistence, and commit-ment to support humane treatmentfor animals." —Governor Butch Otter

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The fifteen-pound pumpkin sat heavily on his newspaper-covered kitchen table and light sifted through thin blinds to illuminate his work-station. Al-though carving styles vary, five underlying steps can transform the unappealing fruit: Choos-ing the pumpkin, applying the design, gutting and cleaning, carving and adding the finish-ing touches for display.

Rowson said he found the biggest pumpkin he could at the local supermarket. Al-though he said he was a little disgruntled about its horribly disfigured backside, he was satisfied with the front.

“It’s the pretty standard design, it’s supposed to rep-resent a skull… traditionally,” Rowson said.

“I would do a happy face,”

Nora Nielson, an onlooker, said. Silly or happy faces are pop-

ular choices but Rowson said he was set on a sinister design.

Rowson said a simple ballpoint pen works well for drawing the template and mistakes can be erased with rubbing alcohol.

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You hear a wolf howling at the full moon lighting your

midnight path. An icy wind brushes your shoulder, and

leaves crunch underfoot. You spin around in vicious anticipa-tion but there’s nothing there — nothing but the menacing smile

of a jack-o-lantern lighting an old rickety house’s porch. It’s an eerie glow of other-world

energy that completes the Halloween season.

Pumpkin carving, bob-bing for apples, gorging on

candy and sipping eggnog are elementary for anyone want-ing to experience the best of

Halloween. University of Idaho student Alex Rowson said

pumpkin carving was first on the Halloween to-do list. Row-

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With the template in place the pumpkin is ready for gut-ting. There are special-made knives for pumpkin carving but Rowson said a simple 5-inch serrated kitchen knife worked well enough. He cut a hole through the top of the pumpkin, making way to scoop out the meaty center.

“I’m not going to make pie,” he said as he trans-ferred the stringy insides

to a silver pot, “I was look-ing at some other recipes. I was thinking of making some kind of pasta out of it. You can also roast these (the seeds) and eat them.”

Rowson said until now, he had not carved a pump-kin for two years — since he last lived at home. He said pumpkin carving was a family and neighborhood activity.

“When we were little my

dad was the one who always carved the pumpkins,” Row-son said “Our neighborhood always had pumpkin carv-ing and haunted houses.”

Nielson said her family used to paint pumpkins.

“No one paints pump-kins,” Rowson said and proceeded to clean out the last bits and pieces. “That’s good enough, this is gonna be the tough part.”

“Normally people put pump-kins out to let kids know they’re giving out candy,” Rowson said.

Rowson placed pumpkin can-dles inside the pumpkin, com-plete with corkscrews on the bottom to prevent a fire-hazard,

and took his pumpkin outside. The pumpkin was placed

on an old stump on the front lawn where he said it would best serve candy-scouting trick-or-treaters or perhaps give late night wanderers a scare.

Rowson traced the pointed edge over the outline as if men-tally mapping the knife’s route.

“I want the eyes to have the proper curve here — I want it to look properly mean,” he said, as he sank the knife into what would become the jack-o-lantern’s grin.

After carving the grin, in three long cuts the first eye was carved and removed from its place. After many more precise and angular incisions, the pump-kin’s expression came to life.

“Gruesome, definitely a bit evil,” Rowson said as he took a step back to evalu-ate his handiwork. And so the hardest part was over.

“I was gonna put some oil on the edges this year. I’ve never done that before, but I read on-line that it would help to keep it from drying out,” Rowson said.

He was about to display the pumpkin when he said he did not have candles and made a quick run to Ro-sauer’s to remedy this.

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Halloween weekend is a time of gathering, a time of celebration and a time to party your socks off. This year is no exception as Halloween occurs on the weekend. Venues in downtown Moscow will keep Halloween events going all weekend long.

Champions Sports Bar Champions will host the Budweiser Boo

Bash Saturday as part of their festivities. Owner Barry Tassler said, “The Bud-

weiser crew will be coming from out of town. We’ll have the Budweiser girls, giveaways and drink specials. Everyone is welcome to come in costume or not.”

Champions will offer free beer sam-pling. A costume contest will be held with cash prizes. The bash starts after dark.

Sisters’ Brew Coffee HouseSisters’ Brew will host a murder

mystery Friday, from 6 to 9 p.m. Partici-pants will get different costumes and character cards as a host guides the event, leading to the discovery of the killer among the group.

“I’ve never done one before, but always wanted to, so this year I decided to do it,” owner Gina Rich said.

A prize will be offered to the person who guesses the correct killer first. Those participating in the experi-ence had to sign up by last Tuesday.

MinglesMingles will host a Halloween Night

Bash on Saturday with a costume contest and door prizes. Three hundred dollars will go toward the costume contest and first place will get $100. Additional awards will be given for the best sexy, funny, most original and scariest cos-

tumes. Each entry will receive a free drink token, but a person can only win one category. The contest begins at 10 p.m. and prizes will be given at midnight.

John’s AlleyJohn’s Alley will host Halloween

events all weekend long. Friday, Saturday and Sunday the staff will be costumed up and ready to party. Saturday, there will be a costume contest and giveaways.

Thor Fenwick of John’s Alley said, “We’re definitely going to be partying all weekend, and expect a lot of people to be out each night.”

Hand Full of Lovin, a Seattle-based Indie group, will perform Saturday night, and Lua Cinder, a Reggae band from Mis-soula, will perform Sunday night.

The Garden LoungeThe Garden will host a costume con-

test both Saturday and Sunday night.

Drink specials will be provided.

CJ’s NightclubCJ’s will host a Halloween party and

costume contest Saturday night. There will be a cover charge of $7 to attend events.

Kenworthy Performing Arts Center

The Kenworthy will play “Zombie-land” at 8 p.m. Friday, 9 p.m. Satur-day and 7 p.m. Sunday. Movie-goers are encouraged to wear costumes to the show.

Halloween bashes, costume contests, drink specials, a murder mystery party and a zombie flick will make up the downtown scene this weekend. People can enjoy the festivities on their own or with friends. There will be something for all tastes.

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For expanded advice refer-ence books by Max Brooks and avoid watching films about zombies. These films are useless because Holly-wood does not know what they are talking about, unless the advice giver is Bill Murray.

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he’d face in the techni-color dungeons of Cinderella’s castle.

A second spoof used Gore Verbinski’s “The Ring,” a film about a girl’s spirit who kills people through televisions with videotape. The parody followed a man who turned off his T.V. after it switched on by itself. He turned and the T.V. flickered to life again. He looked back in terror and Snow White appeared on the screen. Instead of crawling toward him like a lizard on

LSD, she smiled and waved. The man waved back and returned to forgetting his medication.

People would remember medications if they tasted like candy.

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Sinful sweetsGoodhousekeeping.com

made an advice video about Halloween treat calories. Good Housekeeping’s health direc-tor Toni Hope gave sugges-

tions and broke down caloric content. Other clips showed women removing wrappers from chocolates like clothing from forbidden lovers.

The Good Housekeeping Re-search Institute advised against complete abstinence. Know-ing calorie amounts can help people stay on the right path. Hope praised Tootsie Rolls as one treat of choice.

A little sugar on the side never hurt anyone. Just make sure to call him Tootsie while he cleans the pool in his Speedo.

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Village Centre CinemasThe new Village Centre

Cinemas located in the Eastside Marketplace is now open to the public. Renovations included stadium style seating in two theatres, new paint and carpet-ing, refurbished bathrooms and concession stands. One audito-rium will feature Dolby Digital 3D. Movie and show times can be checked at (208) 882-6873 or www.eastsidemovies.com.

Animals of the NightThe Palouse-Clearwater Envi-

ronmental Institute will present

the third annual Animals of the Night event from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at the PCEI Nature Center at 1040 Rodeo Drive. Trained animal handlers will educate on live owls, reptiles, spiders and more. The event is family friendly and will also feature face painting, games, and snacks. Admission for PCEI members is $4 for adults and $3 for children. For PCEI members-to-be, are be $6 for adults and $4 for children. For more information visit the PCEI web calendar at www.pcei.org/calen-dar.htm or call Education Man-ager Jenica Wood-Beauchamp at (208) 882-1444

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Simmons said the most common costume this year is the Red Queen, from the 2010 version of “Alice in Wonder-land.” Sprague said people have become more adventur-ous in their costumes.

“There are more groups go-ing as Peter Pan than just ‘Alice in Wonderland,’” Sprague said.

Safari Pearl is not the only business to sell make-up, wigs or other accessories, but they have better quality ones as well as trained employees, Simmons said.

“No one else does whole line theatrical make-up, and our staff is trained,” Sprague said. “There is always someone on the sales floor who can answer it. We understand how to lace a corset and choose a size.”

Safari Pearl started with comics and has grown to games, anime, costumes and adult accessories. Simmons said the market is small enough where they couldn’t do just one of these but selling various products gets them through the year.

“The Halloween season is certainly a nice boost. Everything has its up season,” Simmons said.

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like our haunted houses.He said Halloween

is all about getting to-gether and having fun.

“These events are a source of happiness for all people,” Saeed said. “We shouldn’t miss any opportunity for sharing small pleasures.”

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JapanHalloween has its Japa-

nese tradition in a similar holiday called O-Bon. During O-Bon, people remember the departed and acknowledge that they’ll always be loved. The name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning “to hang upside down.” A legend recounts a Buddhist monk who sees his mother hanging upside down in hell dur-ing a vision, then descends to lead her to nirvana.

Halloween lasts three days. People visit and deco-rate their loved ones’ graves on the first day. They build spirit altars called “tama-dane” at home on the second day in honor of the deceased. They decorate them with ancestral signs and vegetar-ian dishes and place horses carved from cucumber on the altar to symbolize spiritual steeds the departed may ride.

Hundreds of people gather on the third day for the bon-odori dance. They wear tra-ditional garb, costumes with masks and makeup and other outfits. Paper lanterns are lit and sent across water to lead the spirits to the far shore.

Halloween is becoming one of Japan’s greatest holi-days. Ghost stories are popu-lar and special events occur throughout the country. There is also great commer-cial activity. Tokyo Disneyland and Osaka’s Universal Studios arrange events and stores sell festive candies. Buddhists eschew the popular trends and celebrate the holiday in memory of dead relations.

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