November 04, 2024

L&C 2024 Halloween Costume Contest Winners

We had a record number of ballot entries this year: 73!  Thanks to everyone who participated and voted. After counting hundreds of votes from students, faculty, and staff, the winners are…

Best Pet Costume

The Best Presidential Candidate, by Kristin Baker, Career Center Staff feat. Chewy

Best Individual Costume

The Green Knight (from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), by Lola Ecker, CAS Student

Best Group Costume

Career Center Across the Spider-Verse, by the Career Center, feat. Rocky Campbell, Nina Olken, Sam Williams, Kristin Baker, Tasia Sullivan, Elie Al Khoury, Sainaa Uppal, Yadira Figueroa, Imo Volland, Sarah Van Brakel, Saleth Sierra Lovo, Zahra Diallo, Sophia Korsmo, Aaliya Mehnaz Ahmed Submitted by Tasia Sullivan, CAS Career Center Staff

Best Kid/Family Costume

Caution, Road Work Ahead!, by Gaby Herrmann, OSA Case Management feat. Gaby, Eli, Jonathan

Best Door Decor

The Cult, by Pringgo Pranendita and Michael Tan, CAS Students

Spine-Chilling Data Points

Despite a few hundred fraudulent bot entries (which were excluded), this year’s contest was a tight race in almost all categories. No winner received a majority of the votes, except the Kid/Family costume. Perhaps we should follow Portland’s example and move to rank choice voting next year for this contest? 

  • Only four votes separated first from second and third place in the individual/pair costume entry!
  • The group costume winners received nine more votes than the second place group, but still only secured 15 percent of all votes.
  • The pet costume contest wasn’t quite as close—21 percent of votes to the winner (possibly because of the timely election theme).
  • Although there were quite a few fans of the winning Door entry, it wasn’t a landslide victory (41 percent of votes).

Special thanks to everyone joined our first ever Thriller flash mob, our first annual Halloween costume parade, and to our ONE L&C volunteers for decorating the Fowler Student Center trick or treat!