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A lone Halloween pumpkin leers. Teens are often pressured to go to a party or stay home alone on Halloween night.

Let them eat candy!

Camille Blakemore, Reporter October 31, 2018

The clock strikes 6 p.m. on October 31. The sun is starting to go down and porch lights begin to turn on to signal trick or treaters it’s time for the fun to start. The adults are getting ready to pass...

Jigsaw: Halloween movie review

Jigsaw: Halloween movie review

Jane Lee, Reporter November 2, 2017

Like most movies in the Saw franchise, Jigsaw, instead of having an elaborate and engaging story-line, features gory murder scenes meticulously planned ahead of time by a notorious killer. The overly-simplistic...

 From left to right Junior Fatama Hossain, Senior Mikaley Bolden, Senior Havi Carrillo-Klein, and Junior Tryphena Koomson show their Halloween spirit.

Highlanders celebrate Halloween in style

Sabrina Vazquez, Photography Editor October 31, 2017

It's that time of year again, when the hallways of McLean are filled with students and teachers in colorful and creative costumes. This year's Halloween was no exception, as students showed off their costumes....

Things to do on Halloween

Things to do on Halloween

October 22, 2014
The scariest day of the year. In this day and age, there are those who might consider running through the neighborhood with a group of costumed kids armed with a bag of overflowing candy “immature,” “dumb” or even “wildly inappropriate.” Fortunately, there exist many alternatives for the average Halloween-er on this spookiest of nights.
CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN. In celebration of the holiday, many families carve pumpkins. Other festivities include going on haunted hay rides, bobbing for apples, and visiting haunted houses.

The evolution of Halloween

October 18, 2013

As a child, Halloween held the promise of sweets and stories of monsters lurking under beds -- or in Transylvania. Halloween was also a time to become someone else. The freedom to be whomever or whatever,...

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