-or- rea Atrick..r-tr.at.r masquerading as amonst.r receives Halloween treats from sophomore Bethany Smith Oc t. 31 in Sears Ha iL Sears first-floor south won the decorating contest with its theme, "The Wizard of Oz." .AmberBolorgon; Dressed as a(ow, freshman Annie Moore hands out candy to a girl dressed as a fairy dur– ing the Halloween open house in Sears Hall Oct. 31. Cathcart. Pattie Cobb and Kenda ll halls also participated in their own decorating contests . ·Amber Bozorgolll Dorms participate in Halloween contest Every year, Sears Hall had an an nual H alloween-decorating contest. The contest consisted of decoraling the halls for the child ren who trick-or– treated Ocr. 31. Kori Ireland, Sears residence life coordina– tor, was responsible for informing residents of [he conrcsr and irs ruks. The hall residents were responsible for their own halls and had to create {he theme. "It's so nice (Q sec how the [women] can be so creative and come lip with all these ideas," Ireland said. "They have great imaginations when it comes to decorating. It's great to see them all work together as a team. I think thar's my favorite part of the year." The competition took place Halloween nighr. Children from Searcy visited the women's halls from 5-8 p.m. When the children finished ttick-or-treating, they placed their votes for the winning hall. Ireland said the decorated halls added to the excitement of trick-or-neating in the dorm. "It's so funny seeing the kids go up and down the halls," Ireland said. "They can never decide which hall to go to." Thewinning hall was the south hall on the first Aoor. 111eir theme was "The Wizard ofOz." The decorations were so realistic tha t the children did not remember that it was a dorm hall, freshman Tiffany Neupert, Sears residence assistant, said. First-Aoor south started with a big banner thar said "Welcome to Kansas." The walls were covered in green and brown paper that looked like a field. The hall was also decorated with fairy lights, glitter,the yellow-brick road representingMunchkin Land, a scary forest of trash bags, hand-pai nted amvork, the Wicked Witch of the West, a field of poppies and, finally, rhe Land ofOz. The ocher halls in Sears also came up with creative themes, including Hogwarts School ofWitchcrafr and W iza rd ry, from the Harry Potter books, and a "Finding Neverland" hall with pirares and an Indian tee-pee. Some students were surprised at the com– petitiveness among the halls. "The competition was tougher than what I thought," Neupert said. "AU of the halls were so goo~ a~d different (hat I couldn't even pick a faVOrIte, About 300 children visiced Seats Hall Hal– loween night. Many of the children stayed until the winner was announced to see which hall won, "There were so ma ny kids," Neupert said. " Th~y"were everywh ere. It was ridiculo usly hectic. -Atenas Hernandez Cruz freshmenilill.
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