| Issue 7| Volume 148 | Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 | theavion.com |
A Brief History of Halloween
At some point in time, we have all asked ourselves why it is custom for little kids to wander around on the last day of October dressed in costumes and why we allow them to beg for candy from people they do not know. It sounds ridiculous to people who have never heard of it before, and it is honestly very costly. Costumes can cost around $40 or more, and the price of candy escalates on the market every October. So where did this outrageous holiday come from? The festival of Samhain is where Halloween finds its origins. The Celtics feared ghosts in their historic culture, so they figured that dressing up in scary costumes would keep evil spirits away. Later a European pope would create All
Saints Day on the 1st of November, and the traditions used for the festival of Samhain transitioned to the night before this holiday as a "cleansing" of bad spirits. The ceremony, over time, was dubbed as Hollows Eve, or as it was shortened to: Halloween.
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Abigail Johnson Correspondent
As far as the candy is concerned, there are numerous stories as
to why "trick or treating" came into being in modern culture. Celtics used it as a peace offering of sorts. The Celtics would leave out presents and treats near where they rested to distract the ghosts away from them, hoping the spirits would find favor and leave them alone. The Celtics would also carve different objects and put lanterns in them to scare off the spirits who did not find their offerings appealing, a tradition that was inspired by the tale of a cursed man named Jack who scared away ghosts with the light of his mighty lantern. The Irish have a different story that describes the collecting of food and supplies for the Halloween festival every year to feed the people. They would go from door to door asking for donations from people with the means to provide.
Student Gov. Town Hall: Your Questions Answered Keenan Thungtrakul Senior Reporter
What’s Inside
On Thursday night, students had the chance to have their questions heard in a live Q&A session with members of the upper division of Embry-Riddle's administration and the SGA. Students wrote out questions on note cards and submitted them to be read by the SGA President, Dustin Gibson, and addressed in real time. Some hot topics discussed that night included the stray cats on campus, the all-too-familiar problem of parking on campus, and
plans for the old UC once the new Student Union is completed. Representatives from the SGA, Sodexo, the Dean of Students, Student Engagement and Student Union, and administration came to help students voice their concerns and hear their plans to address them. Ever wandered around campus and found yourself looking at a cat? Well, there are a number of stray cats living on campus, and they continue to multiply as they breed. Students, faculty, and staff often feed the cats, and a local animal control center regu-
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larly catches these cats to neuter them before re-releasing them. A committee has been created and has partnered with a local humane society to further address the issue of these felines on campus. We all know what it is like when you cannot find parking at our favorite parks, shopping malls or attractions. Well, this problem is not new for Embry-Riddle. Almost everyone, both students and staff, has voiced multiple complaints about the lack of efficient, much less sufficient, parking on campus. Continued on A3 >>
Rajan Khanna/The Avion Newspaper A panel of representatioves from the university and Sodexo helped to answer the student bodies many questions
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