SUA puts on spooky Saturday events
Evening activities provide something for every Halloween enthusiast
The Student Union Activities plays host to another year of Halloween mayhem. Saturday night’s events include a costume contest, pumpkin carving and free food.
By Jeff Deters
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Students looking to break out their Halloween costumes a little bit early now have the opportunity to do so.
Two annual campus events, Haunted Hawk Nights and the “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” will return this weekend. Festivities are from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday night in the Kansas Union. Attendees can carve pumpkins, take part in a costume contest, listen to scary stories, win free prizes, go cosmic bowling and more.
Kathy Talbot Rukes has worked with Student Union Activities for three years and served as advisor to the Hawk Nights committee this year. Rukes, student development advisor for union programs, said each year Haunted Hawk Nights attracted hundreds of people.
“Haunted Hawk Nights is a great opportunity for students, staff, faculty and families to join together to celebrate Halloween in a safe and fun environment,” Rukes said.
Rukes said the pumpkin carving and costume contests had always been popular. Last year’s contest winners dressed up as Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Wendy and the Lost Boys. In addition to free food, attendees can have their palms read by a psychic and have a tarot card reading.
Adam Diskin, Overland Park sophomore and Hawk Nights Coordinator, said students who had not attended Hawk Nights before were missing out on a night of fun.
“Get excited, get stoked,” he said. “We have a lot planned for the evening and will have lots to do. The food will be great. Learn what your palm says about your life ahead and carve a pumpkin all for free.”
Annie Vangsnes, Grand Forks, N.D., sophomore and SUA films cooordinator, attended the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” last year.
She said about 350 people attended the movie, and many of them shouted out lines from the movie and dressed in drag.
“It’s kind of this crazy experience,” she said.
— Edited by Jeff Briscoe
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The reading of tarot cards is a practice inauthentic to the true heritage of tarot. The tarot deck was created in northern Italy during the 15th century only for playing a trick taking card game. There is no evidence that tarot cards were created for card reading or for any other purpose.
The tarot card game is still played today and it's very popular in France where there's even an official federation which organizes tournaments. Tarot cards are simply a variant deck of playing cards.
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