Visitors of the Campus Activities Board's haunted house experienced the thrills of the annual Halloween celebration in the Pennington Student Activity Center. A volunteer clown as seen above was featured as a part of the haunted house as a reference to this year's popular horror movie "It."
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With a student ID, a signed waiver and a wait in a line that wrapped around the side of the building, students had an opportunity to go through a haunted house offered by the Campus Activities Board.
The event was held in the Pennington Student Activity center on Oct. 30, from 7-10 p.m.
CAB Event Manager Gabrielle Levet explained how the project was first conceived.
Levet explained, “At the end of every semester, we come up with all these ideas. It was one that was talked about last year, but whether it was budgetary reasons or just the lack of planning, it just never happened.This year we made it a priority that we really wanted to do it.”
The haunted house was made up of three rooms in the Pennington. There was also a separate room where attendees could mingle and have snacks. Levet described it as being smaller than a hometown haunted house, but being more family-friendly than The 13th Gate or House of Shock.
The project was made possible with the help of volunteers that provided props, makeup and scared attendees. CAB also collaborated with the Mentoring African American to Develop Excellence student organization for the haunted house.
President of M.A.D.E. Men Larry Banks discussed how this collaboration started.
Banks said, “I was working on one of my communication classes, Communication 151, and CAB was a beat of mine. I developed a close relationship with the event coordinator and McKenzie Tolson.”
Banks described M.A.D.E. Men’s role with the haunted house.
“Our role today was setting up,” said Banks. “We provided refreshments for the guests. I also set up Saturday evening putting up the decorations.”
Breanna Freeman visited the haunted house and described her experience.
“The clowns and everything, I can’t do it, ” said Freeman. “I can’t do dark, and I don’t like scary. I didn’t think it was going to be good. I honestly thought it was going to be wack, but it was actually good.”
Lnya Moore also went through the haunted house and shared her thoughts.
“They had one part that was really scary,” said Moore. “There was a black part where I could not see anything.”
“The funniest part was when we were all lost, and we turned around, and I said ‘Can you tell us where to go? Can you stop scaring us and tell us where to go?’” said Freeman.
Levet hopes the event brought Halloween spirit to the university.
“It’s a way you can get in the holiday spirit, like I know a lot of people can’t go home for Halloween, so it brings that family aspect with you without it being too kiddie,” said Levet.