Freshman Fridays: Halloween

The best way to recap my impression of Cornell-oween is to host the first ever Slope Costume Contest – here from the comfort of my own column.

Disqualifications

If you were dressed as a cat, rabbit, or animal of any kind (á la Mean Girls) – I’m sorry, your costume is disqualified for lack of imagination. Try again next year with some original thought and you may be reconsidered. Unfortunately, it’s the same deal if you went out in a completely store-bought costume.

 

Last place(s)

Any slutty variation on an everyday job (i.e. nurse, police officer, cowgirl) or run of the mill costume (i.e. devil, witch, vampire) that was compiled from the smallest possible pieces in your closet garnered a disappointing last place win, tied with every girl who went out in just a bra and underwear. It was cold and raining – you weren’t fooling anyone. At least no one did this like at Arizona State [NSFW]. (2/10)

 

 

Honorable Mention(s)

To the various men dressed as Bud-Light-Year: your costumes were fantastically clever, but your wingspan lost them serious points. You guys thought maneuvering around the crowded parties was difficult, ask any one left in your wake who was hit by one – or both – of your wings.  Good idea, but next time, keep the costume closer to your person. For your efforts, take the title of honorable mention. (6.5/10)

2^nd Place

In my opinion, any group who can strategize a successful group costume that also works on an individual basis – you deserve a prize. Most popular of the night had to be minions. A relatively simple costume to orchestrate, the wide variety of its manifestations made it a contender for second place, but the fact that it was so common lost it cleverness points. (7.2/10)

 

First Place

Most clever of all the costumes I saw last night was the Ginger-Bread-Man. Only possible if one is, in fact, a natural ginger, the costume consisted of various bread-products hanging around the neck and a nametag. Perfect ingenuity score, but wasting numerous loaves of bread isn’t cool – the only reason this score is not a perfect ten. (9.5/10)

 

 

Thank you to all who participated in this year’s Cornell-oween, I’ll see you next year!

 

To those wondering: I dressed as Belle, pre-Beast.