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Celebrating those cheery, eerie Halloween nights

Monday, October 29, 2018

"In this town we call home, everybody hail to the pumpkin song," say the lyrics in a modern-day film favorite, and Penn College students surely welcomed Halloween with a pair of juxtaposed traditions: kid-friendly hours for trick-or-treating at The Village Apartments on Wednesday, balanced by the following night's shudder-inducing attraction of the ever-expanding "Arc Asylum" haunted welding laboratory.


– Photos by Rachel A. Eirmann and J.J. Boettcher, student photographers


A cute li'l stinker assesses his take-home treat.

A cute li'l stinker assesses his take-home treat.

A tenant stocks up on a monster-sized supply to sweeten the little creatures at her doorstep.

A tenant stocks up on a monster-sized supply to sweeten the little creatures at her doorstep.

Village residents go all out for the occasion, showing off their decorating skills and pleasantly sharing the latest in cobwebby cuisine.

Village residents go all out for the occasion, showing off their decorating skills and pleasantly sharing the latest in cobwebby cuisine.

A fall fixture returns to The Village.

A fall fixture returns to The Village.

A gentle warning points the way.

A gentle warning points the way.

The things you see on an evening stroll!

The things you see on an evening stroll!

Hogwarts and a hard hat add up to family fun.

Hogwarts and a hard hat add up to family fun.

The annual event provides a safe and welcoming Halloween environment for younger members of the Penn College family.

The annual event provides a safe and welcoming Halloween environment for younger members of the Penn College family.

A goodhearted event clearly brings more smiles than dread.

A goodhearted event clearly brings more smiles than dread.

Web and interactive media instructor Spyke M. Krepshaw and family enjoy their on-campus outing.

Web and interactive media instructor Spyke M. Krepshaw and family enjoy their on-campus outing.

Seasonal ambiance marks the burial site of a time capsule that dates to 1997-98, the first full year that students lived in The Village. The capsule, which contains memorabilia – photos, <br />
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newspaper clippings, a list of then-popular music and fads, etc. – will be opened in May 2023. It was designed and built by former construction instructor James A. Potter II and dedicated <br />
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in memory of Joseph A. DeFeo, Village Council president, who died in April 1998.

Seasonal ambiance marks the burial site of a time capsule that dates to 1997-98, the first full year that students lived in The Village. The capsule, which contains memorabilia – photos,

newspaper clippings, a list of then-popular music and fads, etc. – will be opened in May 2023. It was designed and built by former construction instructor James A. Potter II and dedicated

in memory of Joseph A. DeFeo, Village Council president, who died in April 1998.

As stylin' as she is scary, this young lady knows

As stylin' as she is scary, this young lady knows "witch" way to go for candy.

Nope. No way, dude. Definitely NOT going down there.

Nope. No way, dude. Definitely NOT going down there.

Coulrophobes, beware!

Coulrophobes, beware!

Just another

Just another "pleasant" face greets visitors to the Arc Asylum.

Boisterous boys making noise add to the chain-link chills.

Boisterous boys making noise add to the chain-link chills.

There's horror at every turn in this campus Halloween tradition.

There's horror at every turn in this campus Halloween tradition.

Jamie R. Miller, residence life coordinator and Wildcat wrestling coach, takes the gory gauntlet all in stride. His companion? Not so much.

Jamie R. Miller, residence life coordinator and Wildcat wrestling coach, takes the gory gauntlet all in stride. His companion? Not so much.

Screaming and sprinting through their fright night in the welding lab

Screaming and sprinting through their fright night in the welding lab