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International Halloween traditions

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The fourth annual Zombie Dash is held at Turtle Bay resort

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The Laie Lady is a widow searching for her dead son

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How Halloween originated around the world

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Oahu Ghost Tours takes people to visit haunted locations around the island

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Learn how to make pumpkin cookies and pumpkin muffins

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Campus comment: What are you afraid of?

Different events to celebrate Halloween throughout Oahu cater to both adults and children

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Community members participated in the Turtle Bay Zombie Dash either as a chasing zombie, or a runner trying to survive. Photos by Lexie Arancibia

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Zombie Dash, a 5k run hosted by Turtle Bay Resort, came to life when participants were chased by hoards of the undead on Saturday, Oct. 17.

“You’d be surprised how fast you can run when you don’t think you have anything left,” said Kapono Panui from Honolulu.

The Zombie Dash featured an apocalypse-themed obstacle course through a trail near Turtle Bay resort with around 150 zombies scattered throughout. “It’s a familyfriendly course that’s flag football style, so the goal is to trek the course with your yellow belts or, ‘lifelines.’You want to make it through the 5k [with] as many lifelines as you can,” said Jay Park from Tantriq Entertainment, co-producer of the Zombie Dash.

Each of the runners started their half-hour adventure with three lifelines; facing obstacles like barrels, tires, and swarms of “walkers” (zombies) starving for the yellow belts.

Most were lucky if they crossed the finish line with more than one lifeline left. At the end of the race, “survivors” would trade their remaining lifelines for raffle tickets that won them anything from t-shirts, to Zodiac Hover boards, or even a trip for two to Las Vegas.

On top of maintaining their lifelines, runners were each given a scorecard to carry with them to get stamped at four different checkpoints along the way. If the runners were able to get their card stamped at all four checkpoints, they would be given an additional amount of raffle tickets on top of what they earned with their remaining lifelines.

All the raffle prizes were sponsor donated, and 10 percent of the proceeds made from admission and raffle ticket sales went to local high schools to help boost their theatre programs. Park said Tantriq Entertainment spent six months planning and getting sponsors to help with financing.

Tyler Dean from Sunset Beach said he really enjoyed the fact that the run wasn’t just another boring 5k where the main focus is to get a fast time, but it was “truly thrilling and the zombies help push you past the limits you set for yourself.”

Many of the zombies claimed they had “never felt so alive” as they did during the race. “The highlight of my day was making some lady pee her pants,” says Carol Chan of Pearl Harbor. “A lot of the bigger guys tended to scream like little girls, too.”

Bruce Jones, a zombie from Rhode Island said it was the most fun he’d had in a long time and he plans to volunteer every year at the Zombie Run. His wife Sarah said her favorite thing to do as a zombie was to climb up into a tree and jump out at people as they walked by. She got punched a few times for doing so, but said it was totally worth it.

Tantriq Entertainment plans to make the Zombie Dash a tradition, making bigger and better with each passing year. “The next step for the company is to bring Zombie Dash the other islands of Hawaii in the years to come,” Park said.

The run cost $50 per person and nearly 2000 participants were able to live out their zombie survival fantasies.

Laie Lady continues to haunt

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Laie Lady. She appeared towards the end of the Employees at the Polynesian Cultural Cencanoe ride, dressed in white robes and appearter still report their sightings of the lagoon’s ing taller than normal as she loomed high above famous “Laie Lady,” where she can still be seen the guests in the canoes. wandering its banks.

According to officials at the PCC, the

Legends say the Laie Lady is the spirit first year the center held the event, it attracted of a young girl named Nalani, who lived in the just a few thousand visitors. On its final year in town for many years and has since returned.

According to the tourism website www.hawaii- 2012, the event attracted over 35,000 visitors, of whom the majority came in high hopes of aloha.com, Nalani decided to marry a young seeing a more terrifying Laie Lady than in years sailor in her teen years who was visiting the past. There is no Haunted Lagoon this year. island. After much opposition, they ran away “I’ve heard stories about the Laie Lady. together and were eventually “hunted down by People have told me that she drowned in the her brothers, who beat her husband to death.” ocean in an attempt to look for her lost child, As her husband laid dying in her arms, Nalani and some have told me that she got lost in the shared what was supposed to be joyous news; forest,” said Kris Zhang, a freshman from Hong she was pregnant.

Kong studying business. “She is still out there As several months passed, Nalani gave and I don’t intend on running into her.” birth to a son who later disappeared from her The only visible signs of the legacy left begrasp. Locals in Laie and workers at the PCC hind by the Laie Lady, according to Zhang, is a believe the reason she is still spotted today coconut tree that grows along the cultural cenwandering around is because of her quest to ter’s lagoon. Named the Kapakahi Tree, Zhang find her lost son. says its twisted shape signifies Nalani’s chaotic “The Laie Lady’s loss of her husband and and dramatic mind, and she has reportedly been son has plunged her into a life of isolation sighted near it. and has driven her mad. Her intentions are a According to www.scare-zone.com, a mystery,” said Raymond Magalei, the PCC’s prewebsite dedicated to investigating strange vious director of marketing, in a statement in occurrences and sightings, the Laie Lady was 2012. “Some say she is a lonely, broken mother spotted during the construction of the lagoon in trying to find her lost son, others have claimed 1962. The site says “a labor missionary from Tonshe has a more sinister agenda.” ga was digging out the lagoon…. and he looked Starting in 2008, the PCC opened its up to see a girl walking towards him. Thinking lagoon to host a new attraction called the that it was his sister bringing him some dinner, “Haunted Lagoon.” Visitors from all around the island came to experience a haunted canoe ride he turned around to put down his tools. When through dark passageways of the lagoon. The at- he looked up again, he saw no one there.” traction’s most sought-after appearance was the The Laie Lady is said to roam Laie looking for her lost child. Photo from McNeil Wilson Communications.

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Halloween around the world

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Origins Halloween is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when the people of Ireland would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts, according to history.com. Although the United States has added various party elements to the holiday, it first became global in the eighth century, when Pope Gregory III designated Nov. 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs. That holiday is called All Saints' Day, and is still celebrated all over the world in the more Catholic dominated areas.

China In China, the commercialized event is celebrated by expatriate Americans or Canadians, reported about.com, but it is spreading towards the original inhabitants as well, as junior social work major Olivia Wing To Tsan, from Hong Kong, observed.

“We go to a theme park with haunted houses,” she said. “People dress up as ghosts.

It’s a party thing.You don’t go with your family.”

Although neighborhoods with a lot of white immigrants celebrate it more close to the US fashion, the whole event is strongly influenced

by America.

America Halloween is now the US’s second biggest commercial holiday, after Christmas, with spending at approximately $6.9 billion a year, reported ibtimes.com. One fourth of all the candy sold in the States every year is for Halloween.

Antonio Cardona, a junior majoring in business management from Guatemala, said he likes the American way of celebration. “It doesn’t have any meaning for me. It’s just a party. It’s excuse to have fun. I was here for Halloween last year. With the Latino club we went to Waikiki dressed up as skeletons. It was crazy.”

To Tsan remembered Halloween from the time of her mission in California. “We had to go home earlier. It can be really crazy.

So we cleaned our apartment from 6 to 9.

Deep cleaning.”

Latin America

Polynesia

Among Spanish speaking nations, the holiday during Halloween time is known as “El Dia de los Muertos.” According to epmg360.com, a company meant to reach multicultural consumers, it is a holiday to remember friends and family who have died. Officially commemorated on Nov. 2 (All Souls’ Day), the three-day celebration begins on the evening of Oct. 31, designed to honor the dead who are believed to return to their homes on Halloween.

Antonio Cardona, a junior majoring in business management from Guatemala, said, “We remember our ancestors by going to the cemetery. Normally we bring flowers, but there are also people who bring the favorite food of [the deceased person], because they believe over the night the spirit will be hungry, so they can eat their favorite dish.”

In Guatemala it is a family celebration, he said. “All my uncles and aunts came and we get everybody together and have a great meal. In my country it’s not a dark party, but how we honor our ancestors.”

Clifton Tokoara, a freshman from the Cook Islands majoring in psychology, also saw the influence of US customs in his own country, though his culture still holds closer to the Catholic traditions he experienced before joining the LDS church.

“Originally it comes from the Catholic Church,” he remembered, “but since I came off my mission it seems the whole island is celebrating it now. In the Cook Islands it’s also known as Turama [light] day. Today in the islands they decorate the graves with flowers, clean and repaint them, light a candle and say the Hail Mary.”

He continued, “In the church, we remember the dead differently. Whereas other religions cry and bawl over the loss of a loved one, our church has a lot of hope. That’s maybe why Halloween has a lot of dread to it. It’s very different. The All Saint’s Day is about light. Halloween is about darkness and death.”

All my uncles and aunts came and we get everybody together and have a great meal. In my country it'snot a dark party, but how we honor our ancestors.

Anthony Cardona Guatemala

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HALLOWEEN RECIPES

B Y D ALLIN HA YC O C K

Pumpkin Cinamist Muffins INGREDIENTS: 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed 3/4 cup pumpkin puree 1/3 cup coconut oil 1/4 cup Milk 2 tablespoons molasses 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Pumpkin Spice & Chocolate Vice Cookies INGREDIENTS: 1 cup pumpkin puree 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup oil (canola or vegetable) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 large egg 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon milk 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 375º F 2. Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla and egg. Mix until well combined.

3. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the dry mixture to the pumpkin mixture.

Mix well.

4. Add in the chocolate chips.

5. Using a spoon drop mounds of the cookie dough on the cookie sheets.

6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool.

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cup granulated sugar teaspoon cinnamon

DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 400º F. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray 2. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and optional salt; set aside.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugars, pumpkin, oil, milk, molasses, and vanilla until combined.

4. Pour the wet pumpkin mixture over the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined. Batter is quite thick and if yours is seemingly too thick, add a splash of milk to thin it.

5. Pour batter into muffin cooking sheet.

6. Bake for about 11 to 12 minutes. Allow muffins to cool in pans for about 10 to 15 minutes before removing and placing on a rack to cool completely. They can be dipped in the cinnamon-sugar coating as soon as they're cool enough to handle.

7. In a medium bowl, add the sugar, cinnamon, and stir to combine.

8. Roll each muffin through cinnamon-sugar until evenly coated.

Ready in 30 mins

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PARADISE HAUNTED

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Legends of ghost stories shared on Oahu Ghost Tours ome of Oahu’s most sacred grounds have become desecrated from growth and development over the years, a claim Oahu Ghost Tours believes has stirred up supernatural activity on the island.

Guests can book tours which will explore sites in and around the island that have been recognized as consistently haunted. According to their website, “Guests are taken to some of the most haunted places on Oahu” and given first-hand experience of reallife hauntings.

Some tour locations include places where sacrifices were made to ancient gods and goddesses of Hawaii. Notorious haunted places are usually tied to their long histories, but the tour group also visits more modern haunts, such as hospitals used during World War II that housed sick children and wounded civilians and soldiers.

“Our guides are very experienced experts on telling and portraying the stories of these places,” stated Oahu Ghost Tours owner Chris Spears. “All of the stories are true, and all sites are real. We use historical and ancestral information, as well as eye witness accounts. In fact, many of the sites we visit are historical by day, but haunted by night.”

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Oahu Ghost Tours says a crucial part of the tours are the chants that are said before entering any sacred sites. They claim these chants differentiate these haunted places from others due to their ties to Hawaiian history. The group claims that a sense of asking permission is required amongst the spirits before entering, otherwise the group is considered trespassing on their occupied territories.

“I have had my own personal experiences with the supernatural,” stated Joe Punohu, a Kaneohe native, in his online biography. “I’ve always been taught to have a certain respect for everything around me, and to not deny the presence of the supernatural occurrences, but rather to learn about them and learn from them.” Punohu is working as a ghost tour guide.

One location of a tour offered by the group gives guests up-close experiences with Hawaii’s notorious Night Marchers. According to the Huffington Post, the Night Marchers are ghosts of ancient Hawaiian warriors who roam their ancient battlegrounds and burial sites.

Legends state that looking one of them directly in the eye will require you to march along with them for the rest of eternity.

Michael Nielsen, a junior from California studying business management, has

a “love-hate” relationship with supernatural occurrences. He said, “I love the adrenaline and the element of surprise, but I hate the nightmares that follow.” Nielsen said adrenaline is what motivates him, and several others, to go on ghost tours.

The banyan tree at the beginning of the Manoa Falls Trail also attracts much attention among hikers and is also a site of the tour.

According to “Uncle Joe” Espinda, a tour guide on Oahu Ghost Tours, this tree crosses the path of the night marchers and is said to hold some of their lost spirits. On some nights, he said, the faint sound of drumming while they march can be heard.

Rachel Holcombe, a sophomore from Illinois studying accounting, said she is motived by her curiosity to go to these places. “I’m intrigued by the novelty idea of having haunted places in Hawaii and I challenge them to try scaring me.”

According to their website, the group offers four different kinds of tours: Myths and Legends of Waikiki, Orbs of Oahu, Honolulu City Haunts, and Sacred Spirits. Oahu Ghost Tours offers transportation to the various sites, but a moderate amount of walking is required.

Guests are encouraged to stay in the van if any of the sites become too graphic for them.

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“Ironically, sharks. I love surfing but I am scared of the sharks. I had a friend out surfing by Goat Island and she saw a big one while she was there” Kyra Bright, a freshman from Colorado, studying biomedical science

“When I was younger, I was scared of getting older.”

Kale Lopez, a freshman from Utah, studying biochemistry

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CAMPUS COMMENT What a

“A big fear for me is when I’m married, not being able to support my family.”

Pani Kapisi, a freshman from Maui, studying business management.

“I’m afraid of clowns. When I was a kid I used to watch clown movies [which] made me really scared of them now.”

Miguel Diaz, a junior business major from Mexico.

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“What comes after graduation, whether our plans match where we’re supposed to go or not.”

Beatrice Foong, a senior from Malaysia, studying biochemistry.

“I’m afraid of fear itself. I think fear is the opposite of faith.

With God we never need to be afraid. If I’m afraid I’m not trusting in God.” Caroline Boucher, freshman from Utah, studying international cultural studies.

Choose your Halloween adventure

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Oahu hosts haunted houses, dances, costume contests, and more for people of all ages to celebrate Halloween.

Students at BYU-Hawaii will have to balance finals—some of which are on Halloween—and festivities. Jenna Van Vliet, a senior studying international cultural studies from California said, “Halloween is right at the end of the semester this year so I haven’t even given it much thought. I might try and get out there and go find something fun to do but as of now I am slammed with homework, work, and getting ready for graduation.”

Preston Moss, a senior studying ICS from Oregon said, “Halloween doesn’t seem to be as big of a deal out here at BYUH because we have students from all of the world. For a lot of people, Halloween just isn’t a thing that they do.”

Others remember traditions from home this Halloween season. Josh Peterson, a freshman studying computer science from Utah, said, “Every year for Halloween, instead of handing out candy my Mom and Dad would make hundreds of donuts. We had tons of people coming over to our house to get these delicious homemade donuts.”

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Hawaii News Now reported the following events: Straight Outta Hard Rock Halloween Costume Contest

Let the Ghoul Times Roll

Info: For more information visit, www.hardrock.com/Honolulu.

Nightmare at Dole Plantation 3

When: Oct. 31, 7 pm – 12 am Where: The Tunnels at Aikah 221 When: Oct. 31, events begin at Iliaina Street, Kailua 9 pm Attractions: Dancing, costume Where: Hard Rock Cafe Honolulu contests, prize raffle, silent aucat 280 Beachwalk Ave, Honolulu tion, live entertainment Attractions: Costume contest – Info: $25 presale ticket, $30 at the winner will receive $1500, live performances from EMKE and DJ door. For more information go to, hawaiianimalsanctuary.org Jimmy Taco

Night Terrors Haunted House

When: Oct. 30, and 31, 7 pm – 11 pm Where: Dole Plantation at 64When: Oct. 30 & 31, 7 pm – 8 1550 Kamehameha Hwy, Wahiawa pm Attractions: House of Nightmares Where: 891 Valkenburgh St., haunted house and Nightmare Honolulu Express train ride.

Attractions: Haunted House Info: Profits from the event will be Info: For more information, go to doleplantation.com. donated to the Operation Home front Charity. For more informaSunset Mele on the tion, go to: www.FearBeyondRooftop, Trick or Haunts.com

Treat: Hawaii Convention Center

When: Oct. 31, 5 pm – 9 pm Where: Hawaii Convention Center at 1801 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu Attractions: Food, live entertainment, showing of “Maleficent” Info: For more information, call (808) 943-3025