Everyone remembers the year trick-or-treating became lame. Maybe it was the year your parents told you that you were too old to participate, or when you began awkwardly towering over the toddlers as...

Black cats should no longer be the mystified, superstition-riddled poster children of Halloween. They never asked to be.  Every Halloween, there is a fascination with the eerie, the unsettling and...

The first time I watched “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” I had a revelation: it’s not a Halloween movie, and it’s not a Christmas movie either. Even though the movie circulates around Halloween...

It’s no secret that Halloween is a capitalist holiday, but that doesn’t mean it has to be so unsustainable. The sugar-filled, spooky holiday serves no religious or nationalistic function, yet research...

Driving down Colchester Avenue, as it turns into Pearl Street, it’s not hard to skip over UVM’s last residence hall—Jeanne Mance—before the landscape changes to the commercial center of downtown...

As an emo kid at heart, “IT is the end” by metalcore band Ice Nine Kills is the best halloween song. While it was hard to pick between their other songs from their horror movie inspired album,...

UVM and Burlington Police expressed little concern about students potentially violating COVID-19 safety precautions over Halloween weekend, despite rising cases in the state. UVM Police Chief Tim Bilodeau...

A sea of trick-or-treaters went stall to stall collecting candy from student handlers and their costume-clad horses.  The Halloween Barn event was held on Monday, October 28 at the UVM Horse Barn....

In this most eerie season, Burlington parents can attest that trick-or-treating in a college town is decidedly not the spookiest part of Halloween.  With this holiday comes hoards of college-aged witches...

Bronze leaves swirl and nights grow longer, making UVM a whole lot spookier. UVM is no exception to the haunted essence of Burlington in the fall. Many students are eerily aware of the most unsettling...