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Student on the street: What is the best Halloween costume you have ever seen or worn?

Fourth-year biology major Aida Marquez discusses wearing a Hannah Montana costume for Halloween as a kid in Corvallis on Oct. 26, 2023.
Fourth-year biology major Aida Marquez discusses wearing a Hannah Montana costume for Halloween as a kid in Corvallis on Oct. 26, 2023.
Morgan Barnaby

With Halloween right around the corner, we asked students to weigh in on their favorite costume choices.

 

Name: Rachel Mahler

Major: Animal science

Year: Third-year

Best Costume: “I think the best one I wore was (when) I was a unicorn princess … But then I remember there was one kid when I was in fifth grade who had a robot costume and it was like a box and he was walking around and that was really cool.”

Name: Graison Poledna

Major: Mechanical engineering

Year: Second-year

Best Costume: “I was Mr. Freeze from Batman. I was probably like 6 (years old). It was a sweet costume. I filled this two liter soda bottle up with blue crunch wrap (as a) freeze gun.”

Name: Hayden Gosnell

Major: Microbiology

Year: Second-year

Best Costume: “I think my favorite one that I’ve worn myself was, I was Maleficent one year when the movie came out. I made a staff out of a stick in my backyard.”

Name: Aiden Wilson

Major: Double majoring in music education and theater arts

Year: First-man

Best Costume: “One year I made my own and it was Poncho Man where I wore a poncho. It’s very simplistic but it’s got many levels to it.”

Name: Madison Haney

Major: Biohealth sciences with a pre-med option

Year: Fourth-year

Best Costume: “When I was little I was Elvis Presley. Hands down the best costume I’ve ever picked. I did the wig, the big glasses, the suit with all the rhinestones on the back … it was like a whole thing.”

Name: Aida Marquez

Major: Biology with a pre-med option

Year: Fourth-year

Best Costume: “When I was in first grade I was Hannah Montana, with the blonde wig and everything.”

Name: Reagan McAdams

Major: Kinesiology

Year: First-year

Best Costume: “I’m a big fan of the inflatable ones, like the inflatable dinosaur is good. I was a gumball machine one year. That was a big hit.”

 

Name: Tehani Hussui

Major: Apparel design

Year: Third-year

Best Costume: “Last year I saw a group of guys dressed up as Starship robots. They had Starship T-shirts and their orange flags on their heads.”

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