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This is the only day of the year when disguises are expected and gorging endless amounts of candy is acceptable. Costume stores pop up all over the place waiting for the hoards of students wanting to buy the best costumes possible.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of Halloween is seeing a wide variety of different costumes. Ryan Wakat, a 19-year-old sophomore architecture major, said he enjoyed a costume that poked fun at world events last Halloween.
“I saw a bunch of people going as pigs with wings and it said H1N1 on the side,” Wakat said. “I also saw a cowboy strutting around the Hill and he had a Skittles belt buckle.”
No Halloween is complete without a costume with a hilarious innuendo, said student David Mast, a 19-year-old junior accounting major.
“Sperm Swim Team,” Mast said. “I literally laughed out loud.”
Other students, like 19-year-old sophomore finance major Dilmaya Thayer, said they are looking forward to seeing what costumes their friends plan to wear.
“One of my friends will be wearing a robe as a nudist on strike,” Thayer said.
Every year the stakes of having an original costume seem to be raised higher and higher. Who wouldn’t want to be the kid in everyone’s profile picture with the most outrageous costume?
When shopping for a costume, Lauren Ware, a 20-year-old junior marketing major, said she was entertained by the choices offered.
“There was actually a great one where the guy was a mattress and there was a fake girl laying on it,” Ware said.
Of course, not all Halloween costumes make the cut. Kathryn Gheorghe, a 23-year-old junior history major, said she is sick of the typical Halloween costumes.
“Anything to do with a witch or a devil is just stupid,” Gheorghe said. “Be original.”
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Taylor Evans at Taylor.Evans@colorado.edu.
