October 29, 2003 From The Editor There are only a couple sleeps left until Halloween, Aren't you excited? I know as a parent I can’t wait to stand out in the cold while my child collects candy that will send us to the dentist formore fillings over the next year. And the dressing up. I just can’t bring myself to do it. The last time I dressed up was when I was five. It just doesn’t seem right to me. I really can’t support the notion of costumes. So when I was five I dressed up as a witch and knocked on my neighbours’ doors begging for candy. When I got home my mom took a polaroid of me and that was the day that changed my life. Sometimes I almost get swayed by someone and think about putting on a cos- tume but then I refer back to the polaroid. It’s just wrong. Seeing yourself in costume really does something to a gal. I don't, however, have a problem with my child dressing up. She is going to be Belle this year and thanks to the Disney Store prices we won't be eating for a few weeks but hey, she got a great costume. The saddest part of Halloween for kids is that it is usu- ally so unbearably cold that they have to wear mittens, scarfs, hats, and big winter jackets. No one ever sees the costumes. The poor children get to the door and the homeowners politely ask, “What are you dressed up as?” The kids explain what a great costume they have on underneath it all. Luckily kids don’t care. It’s all about the candy for them. They couldn’t care less if they wore a garbage bag out so long as they filled up a couple of pil- low cases full of candy. Let’s talk about the candy. Back in my day, (well as I said I never went trick or treating but my brothers did and they were forced to share with me) they would give out full size chocolate bars, real bags of chips, candied applies, popcorn balls, and even the MacDonald’s coupons. Now you are lucky if you get enough mini chocolate bars to even make up a regular size one. It’s sad really. Today's youth are getting ripped off. They have to collect candy for about five hours to be able to get the amount we would have collected back in the ’70s, after just conquering our own block. I just remembered another Halloween image that may have scarred me for life. This could be the missing piece to the puzzle. My mom went to a Halloween party and she dressed up as Aunt Jamima. My actual aunt painted my mom in black body paint, gave her a turban, and wrapped her up in a kind of toga looking thing. My brothers wouldn’t stop crying and I was seriously scared. It was real- ly creepy that she had her voice but she certainly didn't look like our mother. I think I was seven, leaving my brothers at the tender ages of three and four. I am sur- prized they aren't in therapy. I am not looking forward to the smashing of pumpkins all over the streets, the loud screeches of firecrackers, and the numb fingers and toes from standing out in the cold. But [ll do it. Pll do it for my child who still thinks Halloween is super great. But you won't catch me at any party dressed up as a superhero, you can bet on that. Happy Halloween, Managing Editor, Kerry Evans Contents e the other press © 2 Mailbag News 4 Best Practices in Aboriginal Education 4 Trading Firm Looks to Hire New Grads 4 Emotional Eating Workshop Held at Douglas College 4 Cheap Tickets S Wenlido 5 A Class Act Opinions 6 Jack-o’lantern Stew i 6 Rules to Follow for the Coffee Connoisseur/Bohemian Wannabe 7 A Review of The Other Press Pub Night 7 Give It to Me Straight 8 Third Degree 8 Paparazzi 9 Right Hook 9 Editorial Cartoon 10 Digging Up a Mistake Culture 11 What's On Around Town i This Week in History 13. 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