It’s not every day that you’ll find yourself in an auditorium class taking notes with a ghost to your left and Cookie Monster to your right, but that’s a real possibility when you’ve got classes on Halloween.
LSU students have been in spirit since the weekend, dubbed Halloweekend, haunting the streets dressed as celebrities, cartoon characters, internet memes and movie stars on their way to house parties and local bars.
That spirit’s bleeding over in the halls of the university. It has been for years.
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Math freshman Ian Frick, for example, is dressed today as Kermit the Frog from The Muppets, thanks to a warm, comfy onesie. He’s reusing the costume from a high school choir performance wherein he sang “Rainbow Connection”.
“I wanted to be Kermit today,” Frick said, noting that he saw someone dressed as Big Bird on campus earlier in the day.
They acknowledged each other, he said, adding that he has gotten some funny looks, but that there’s a community among those who wear costumes to class.
“If you don’t wear a costume to class you’re not cool,” Frick said.
Psychology freshman Rocco Canfield went gallivanting to his classes as Flynn Rider from “Tangled”, complete with messenger bag, tiara and wanted poster. Unfortunately, he said, no Rapunzel comes with the costume.
Canfield said he pieced his costume together–it wasn’t a prefab–and said that making his costume is where a lot of the fun comes from, since he likes making costumes anyway.
Much of his appreciation for Halloween comes from his mother, he said, and sharing that love brings him happiness.
“I don’t think it’s an embarrassment thing,” Canfield said. “People should be confident in their styles.”
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History freshman Nicole Seghers dressed as ketchup to earn 10 extra credit points for one of her history classes. Today she was learning about Charlemagne, she said.
Seghers said she wouldn’t have done it were it not for the bonus points.
“People are giving me funny looks but you know, just smile and wave,” she said.
Animal science seniors Keenon Hill and Alicia Voisin were both dressed in matching dairy cow costumes. They said they were dressed up as their professor’s favorite animal and wanted to surprise her.
The professor, Voisin said, was donning a Kim Mulkey-inspired outfit. Though some students in that class wore Halloween inspired clothes, the three of them were the only ones to be in costume, Voisin said.
There’s no extra credit involved, Hill said, he and Voisin just thought it’d be fun. The two have been friends since freshman year. They’ve been scheming to do the cow costumes since September.
Dressing up for class is a fun thing to do, Voisin said. She felt that more people should be doing it.
“It’s fun and more people should be doing it. It brings a better vibe to the day and class,” Voisin said. “It won’t stress you out or anything. It makes more people laugh and enjoy their day.”
Distinguished by his top hat, faux paper money, dapper mannerisms and bright red bow tie was history freshman Ethan Broussard, dressed as Mr. Monopoly.
He could’ve just been mistaken for a well dressed student were it not for his top hat.
He was dressed up for a history class offering extra credit like Segher, only he said he’d have worn the costume either way, he said.
The idea to be Mr. Monopoly had been premeditated for a while, he said, and ordered the parts to make it a complete set this past week.
“I just wanted to dress up,” he said, “It’s a fun thing to do.”
