As the crisp autumn leaves crunch underfoot and Jack O’Lanterns flicker to life, our thoughts turn to the eerie and mysterious. But this Halloween, let’s venture beyond the realm of…
Satire: Not Gourd Enough
Pumpkins are the staple fruit of the Fall season—synonymous with Halloween and the festivities that follow it. People love exploring pumpkin patches with their loved ones, making pie and carving…
Hot Girl Halloween
Halloween Pumpkin
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Animals built for Halloween
When someone says Halloween-themed animals, most people will think of the classics—cats, bats and rats. Also spiders, but that doesn’t rhyme. These animals are tied to the scary spaces, characters…
Fright Night at PSU
Horror, humor and sexuality culminate in this year’s Fright Night: A Halloween Circus at Portland State. Returning for its eleventh year, this event will feature 12 acts and 18 performers…
The ghost of PSU
Late one dreary, blustery October evening, I sat at my desk in Portland State Vanguard’s office typing away on my laptop. Deep in the depths of the Smith Memorial Student…
Witchcraft in the 21st century
What comes to mind when you hear the word witch? It might have been the age-old stereotypical image of an old woman wearing a toothless smile and a pointy…
Spooktacular pairings
With the crisp fall air and lengthening nights, we find ourselves in the ideal season for embracing the eerie. Halloween’s approach provides the perfect alibi for settling in with a…
Don’t let Halloween take over autumn
What the hell is spooky season? In recent years, Halloween has seemed to break out of its late October shell and gradually come to cast its shadow over the…
Study confirms Halloween is an inferior holiday
A new study published by a team of researchers at Halloween Town State University found that Halloween is “wildly overrated.” The report, published in the journal Holiday Science Quarterly…