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(10/18/01 5:26am)
As the glow of a jack-o-lantern creates the only source of light in Bryan Park, Bloomington residents and IU students gather together to feel the cool, crisp autumn air against their goosebump-covered skin. The sun drops below the horizon. Darkness envelops the group who, even in the heart of the woods, are unafraid of the creepy silence that oozes from the tangled tree branches. \nThey have come together for the 25th annual Festival of Ghost Stories, which is one of many activities students can attend to chill their bones during this year's Halloween festivities.\nThe free event, put on by the Monroe County Library, the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department and the Bloomington Storyteller's Guild, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 in Bryan Park. The Festival of Ghost Stories is for adults and older children only.\nStorytellers tell a variety of tales from personal stories, stories from other cultures and classic tales, says Dana Burton, Teen Services Coordinator for the Monroe County Library and a member of the Bloomington Storytellers Guild. \n"Many adults have never heard good ghost stories, they will be very entertained," Burton says.\nThe event is presented in almost total darkness on a lighted stage. Some stories are gruesome, some are scary and twisted and some just make you feel uncomfortable, Burton adds. \n"I enjoy listening in the dark to one story after another and hearing the stories that my colleagues come up with," Burton says. \nThe turnout for the event is usually pretty good, says Shelli Stewart, Community Relations manager for the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department. She also notes that refreshments will be served and that the listeners should bring a blanket or lawn chair.\nIn the upcoming weeks before Halloween, IU students will have the opportunity to get spooked on campus, while helping a good cause. Lambda Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma are currently putting together a haunted house, and the proceeds will go to Big Brother Big Sister. The haunted house will include the three floors and basement of the Lambda Chi house.\n"We have been planning the house since the beginning of the school year," junior Mike Elstro says. Elstro says all Lambda Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma members are required to work at the haunted house. He also says the house earns about $1,500 each year for Big Brother Big Sister.\nThe haunted house will run from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Oct. 25 to 27. Admission is $5.\nAnother Halloween season favorite is pumpkin carving and picking out a pumpkin is half the fun. Local orchards, including Melton's Orchard, located at 4445 West State Road 45, and Musgrave's Orchard, at 8820 N. Old State Road 37, already have plenty of pumpkins in stock. \nDon Tatlock, owner of Melton's Orchard, says the business usually sells a few tons of pumpkins every year. He notes that carmel apples, cider, gourds, miniature pumpkins, corn stalks and squash are all popular items for Halloween. "We have pumpkins of all different sizes and all different prices," Tatlock says.\nThe Internet can be a helpful way to find free unique patterns and instructions for how to carve pumpkins. At www.jack-o-lantern.com, there are tips and patterns for beginning carvers, along with a recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds.\nAlthough local stores are full of the traditional fake spider webs, witch hats and Halloween candy, students are beginning to visit local specialty costume shops to scope out possible Halloween costumes.\nAlice Fulk, owner of Costume Delights, located at 336 S. Walnut Ave., is getting ready for her busiest season of the year. And most likely, she will have no shortage of customers, as IU students once again will be looking for the perfect costume for Halloween this year. \nFulk works with customers to create the look they want to achieve, often "ordering something close and just revamping it." She says Batman costumes, Southern belle costumes, Wizard of Oz costumes (this year Costume Delights even has the flying monkies) and Sesame Street costumes are usually popular every Halloween. \n"For college girls, Moulin Rouge costumes are very popular (this year), and we have several," Fulk says. \nSharon Hays, owner of Rags T Ritches costume shop, at 1809 E. 10th St., predicts that patriotic costumes will be popular this year, because of the increased sense of nationalism after the recent terrorist attacks on the United States. Rags T Ritches has plenty of Statue of Liberty and other "American" costumes, Hays says.\nHays decided to take some accessories off the shelves this year, including "war" items, such as fake grenades and TNT bombs, because "I don't think those items are appropriate for this Halloween," she says, adding that people often come in to the store to get ideas for a good costume, or just buy accessories and "use something they already have if they don't want to rent."\nBut, for the best costume selection, shop early, Fulk advises.\n"The last week before Halloween, people line up an hour before we open, and people (in the store) are wall to wall, door to door, shoulder to shoulder," Fulk says.\nAfter the costumes have been returned and the Trick-or-Treaters are enjoying the candy they collected, the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department will host the Great Bloomington Pumpkin Launch. The event is from noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the Hilltop Garden and Nature Center, located at 2301 E. 10th St. Participants must pre-register, for $2.50, by Nov. 2, at the Bloomington Parks and Recreation office, Stewart says. Each person entered in the event will launch their used pumpkin on a launching device to see whose pumpkin goes the furthest. \n"Once the pumpkins have been launched, they will decompose and be part of the ground, so it's an environmental thing," Stewart says.\nThis is the first year for the event, Stewart says.\nThe Pumpkin Launch will also feature a pumpkin seed spitting contest, which is free. She also says there will be a pumpkin pie taste-off at the event, and participants can taste a piece of a traditional Halloween favorite for $1.
(10/18/01 4:00am)
As the glow of a jack-o-lantern creates the only source of light in Bryan Park, Bloomington residents and IU students gather together to feel the cool, crisp autumn air against their goosebump-covered skin. The sun drops below the horizon. Darkness envelops the group who, even in the heart of the woods, are unafraid of the creepy silence that oozes from the tangled tree branches. \nThey have come together for the 25th annual Festival of Ghost Stories, which is one of many activities students can attend to chill their bones during this year's Halloween festivities.\nThe free event, put on by the Monroe County Library, the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department and the Bloomington Storyteller's Guild, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 in Bryan Park. The Festival of Ghost Stories is for adults and older children only.\nStorytellers tell a variety of tales from personal stories, stories from other cultures and classic tales, says Dana Burton, Teen Services Coordinator for the Monroe County Library and a member of the Bloomington Storytellers Guild. \n"Many adults have never heard good ghost stories, they will be very entertained," Burton says.\nThe event is presented in almost total darkness on a lighted stage. Some stories are gruesome, some are scary and twisted and some just make you feel uncomfortable, Burton adds. \n"I enjoy listening in the dark to one story after another and hearing the stories that my colleagues come up with," Burton says. \nThe turnout for the event is usually pretty good, says Shelli Stewart, Community Relations manager for the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department. She also notes that refreshments will be served and that the listeners should bring a blanket or lawn chair.\nIn the upcoming weeks before Halloween, IU students will have the opportunity to get spooked on campus, while helping a good cause. Lambda Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma are currently putting together a haunted house, and the proceeds will go to Big Brother Big Sister. The haunted house will include the three floors and basement of the Lambda Chi house.\n"We have been planning the house since the beginning of the school year," junior Mike Elstro says. Elstro says all Lambda Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma members are required to work at the haunted house. He also says the house earns about $1,500 each year for Big Brother Big Sister.\nThe haunted house will run from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Oct. 25 to 27. Admission is $5.\nAnother Halloween season favorite is pumpkin carving and picking out a pumpkin is half the fun. Local orchards, including Melton's Orchard, located at 4445 West State Road 45, and Musgrave's Orchard, at 8820 N. Old State Road 37, already have plenty of pumpkins in stock. \nDon Tatlock, owner of Melton's Orchard, says the business usually sells a few tons of pumpkins every year. He notes that carmel apples, cider, gourds, miniature pumpkins, corn stalks and squash are all popular items for Halloween. "We have pumpkins of all different sizes and all different prices," Tatlock says.\nThe Internet can be a helpful way to find free unique patterns and instructions for how to carve pumpkins. At www.jack-o-lantern.com, there are tips and patterns for beginning carvers, along with a recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds.\nAlthough local stores are full of the traditional fake spider webs, witch hats and Halloween candy, students are beginning to visit local specialty costume shops to scope out possible Halloween costumes.\nAlice Fulk, owner of Costume Delights, located at 336 S. Walnut Ave., is getting ready for her busiest season of the year. And most likely, she will have no shortage of customers, as IU students once again will be looking for the perfect costume for Halloween this year. \nFulk works with customers to create the look they want to achieve, often "ordering something close and just revamping it." She says Batman costumes, Southern belle costumes, Wizard of Oz costumes (this year Costume Delights even has the flying monkies) and Sesame Street costumes are usually popular every Halloween. \n"For college girls, Moulin Rouge costumes are very popular (this year), and we have several," Fulk says. \nSharon Hays, owner of Rags T Ritches costume shop, at 1809 E. 10th St., predicts that patriotic costumes will be popular this year, because of the increased sense of nationalism after the recent terrorist attacks on the United States. Rags T Ritches has plenty of Statue of Liberty and other "American" costumes, Hays says.\nHays decided to take some accessories off the shelves this year, including "war" items, such as fake grenades and TNT bombs, because "I don't think those items are appropriate for this Halloween," she says, adding that people often come in to the store to get ideas for a good costume, or just buy accessories and "use something they already have if they don't want to rent."\nBut, for the best costume selection, shop early, Fulk advises.\n"The last week before Halloween, people line up an hour before we open, and people (in the store) are wall to wall, door to door, shoulder to shoulder," Fulk says.\nAfter the costumes have been returned and the Trick-or-Treaters are enjoying the candy they collected, the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department will host the Great Bloomington Pumpkin Launch. The event is from noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the Hilltop Garden and Nature Center, located at 2301 E. 10th St. Participants must pre-register, for $2.50, by Nov. 2, at the Bloomington Parks and Recreation office, Stewart says. Each person entered in the event will launch their used pumpkin on a launching device to see whose pumpkin goes the furthest. \n"Once the pumpkins have been launched, they will decompose and be part of the ground, so it's an environmental thing," Stewart says.\nThis is the first year for the event, Stewart says.\nThe Pumpkin Launch will also feature a pumpkin seed spitting contest, which is free. She also says there will be a pumpkin pie taste-off at the event, and participants can taste a piece of a traditional Halloween favorite for $1.
(02/19/01 5:27am)
IU-Purdue at Fort Wayne will build residence halls housing for 500 students after gaining approval for on-campus housing from the Purdue board of trustees Friday.\nThe school has considered on-campus housing for about 20 years, said IPFW Chancellor Michael Wartell. The proposal began taking shape in 1997, when IPFW commissioned a survey of housing in the immediate campus area. The study indicated a shortage of available housing, Wartell said. \nA 1999 survey of IPFW students showed an interest in campus residential housing. Of 2,000 surveys returned, half said they would either definitely live in on campus housing or strongly consider it, Wartell said.\nIPFW is currently looking at two different methods of funding the construction, which Wartell said he hopes to have completed in fall 2002.\nThe campus could have a private developer build residence halls on land leased to them by the university, with the residence halls becoming IPFW property after a specified amount of time. The other method would be the standard way of constructing residence halls, which is dealt with internally through the Purdue University bonding authority, Wartell said.\nWartell said he is hopeful on-campus housing would contribute to a larger sense of community on campus.\n"I think it will change the culture considerably," he said. "On most commuter campuses students focus their lives away from the campus and so campus culture is almost nonexistent. When there are resident students, culture develops on the campus. Those students focus their lives on campus and it draws in commuter students"
