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November 01, 2005
Looking forward
From Ryan @ 12:25 a.m.
Thomas Whitcher, Associated Students president at Chico State University, said the time has come for the students and other community members to "take ownership" of Halloween.
After successfully halting the violence that has occurred during the holiday, he said the community needs to make the holiday one for Chico residents in future years.
"Now it's time to release it back to the community," Whitcher said.
Whitcher said there were many factors leading to this year's Halloween turnout. He said the event falling on a Monday helped as well as several professors scheduling midterms and paper due dates around the holiday.
Whitcher called this year's incarnation of the student government's alternative to partying and going to bars a success. Whitcher and others had just finished cleaning up from a late-night breakfast held outside the Bell Memorial Union. The breakfast, which included hashbrowns, eggs and sausage, was a capper to a night that included stand-up comedians and a costume contest.
He estimated that there was a total of 400 people on hand to see the "Halloween FrightFest Comedy Night," with about 250-300 people in the ballroom at any given time. An estimated 700 people attended last year's event.
Tonight, Whitcher said attendance peaked when Judah Friedlander performed. After the show, attendees took part in the free breakfast at 11 p.m. Several people coming from the bars and passers-by also partook of the food.
Posted by Ryan at November 1, 2005 01:03 AM