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When RHA advisor Kevin Brenzel bought Halloween candy, he needed more than a plastic jack-o-lantern to carry it all.
“We had two flatbed carts full of candy,” Brenzel said. “That’s a lot of candy.”
Brenzel purchased over 120 jumbo-sized bags, costing over $1400, for Residence Hall Association’s annual Trick-or-Treat Street Thursday night. The candy was spread evenly between every dorm on campus, creating a safe, well-lit area for Grand Junction community members to trick-or-treat with their children.
“We want to put on a safe environment for the kids,” RHA President Sheridan Classick said. “We have our lights, emergency buttons. We know who is giving them candy in the dorms. It’s a safe environment at a safe school.”
Community members were pleased with the turnout.
“To me, it feels safe,” Zenaida Lewis said. “You never know what you’re going to get going house to house.”
Although Halloween night is largely considered as one of the drunkest, wildest nights for college students, RHA was prepared to deal with coed shenanigans.
“We chose 6-8 p.m. because it’s still light out, and the kids in the dorms aren’t partying yet.” Classick said. “In Tolman, the RA’s put up signs that say ‘you must dress appropriately during this time.’”
But the CMU students weren’t just causing problems on Halloween night. Trick-or-Treat Street was also a dorm vs. dorm competition based on student participation. Residents created enchanting, candy-filled worlds in their residence halls, leading children and parents through the dorms.
“I signed up to help with Trick-or-Treat street because I love kids,” Garfield Hall resident Callie Moore said. “It’s fun when you’re pumped, because the kids and the parents get pumped.”
RHA will announce the winner of the dorm battle Monday.
The most talked-about topic of Trick-or-Treat Street, however, was the unlikely appearance of a well-loved superhero.
“Last year, we had a student dress up as Spiderman,” Brenzel said. “We got phone calls in Residence Life, asking if Spiderman will be around this year. He has another job, so we don’t know if he’ll be around.”
Spiderman made an appearance in Garfield Hall, handing out candy and performing backflips for community members. He was later identified as CMU student Isah McKenzie.
But for the kids, Trick-or-Treat Street wasn’t about safety, decorated dorms or tours. When asked about the best part of the event, eight elementary school kids dressed as ninjas, pirates, ghosts and goblins all shouted the same answer in unison.
“Candy.”
dlmeyer@mavs.coloradomesa.edu
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