Halls offer Halloween activities

Trick-or-treaters will take to the streets tonight – and the university’s residence halls.

All residence halls except Thomas Hall will have trick-or-treating. The hours for Lincoln/Stevenson/Douglas, Lawson and Taylor halls are 6 to 9 p.m. The hours for Andrews, Carman, Pemberton and McKinney halls are 7 to 9 p.m. The hours for Ford Hall are unknown.

Each hall will handle trick-or-treating in its own way.

Amy Price, complex director of Carman Hall, said instead of door-to-door trick-or-treating, kids will go to each of the floor lounges in the North Tower in Carman Hall and will be able to gather candy there.

“The lounges will be decorated, and we’ll have people taking the kids to the lounges,” Price said.

She expects a good turnout for all activities.

At Andrews Hall, kids will have a chance to participate in a fishing for goodies game in the lobby as well as the chance to go door-to-door trick-or-treating, said Stuart Kaeding, Andrews Hall resident director.

McKinney Hall will have directors greeting the children. The doors for the various floors will be open to the children participating in the activities, said Leslie Smith, a resident assistant in McKinney Hall.

“Some students are planning on having scary music playing on their CD players, and some even plan on dressing up in costumes,” Smith said.

Pemberton Hall had a kids’ fun night on Monday night, and trick-or-treating will be followed by a haunted house from 9 to 11 p.m, said Lauren Keppler, Pemberton hall council vice president.

Tonight’s Halloween festivities are open to the Charleston community, Smith said.