Before 2020 became the certified disaster of a year we now know it to be, there was a lot of excitement about the timing of some of its important dates: Christmas on a Friday, July 4 on a Saturday and yes, Halloween on a Saturday. College students across America rejoiced! The view from January promised the \u201cHalloweekend\u201d of their dreams. However, come March, that dream was put on pause. Visions of an epic weekend and group costumes were packed away, replaced by thoughts of quarantines and social distancing protocols.<\/p>\n
But things have changed a bit since the early days of lockdown. Now that we\u2019re back in school and surrounded by our peers, there may be an urge to fulfill those pre-COVID Halloween fantasies. I urge you, let\u2019s not throw away all the good work we\u2019ve done so far for one (or two or three) nights of partying, especially when there are so many other, fun options to fill up our time this Halloweekend. I present to you a definitive list of COVID-friendly activities on campus and in the greater Syracuse area! This list includes something for everyone\u2014from thrill-lovers to people who are scared by the Halloween episodes of Disney kids shows (no shame).<\/p>\n
Finally, if you insist on partying this Halloween, keep it small and stick to the Stay Safe Pledge! If not, you could be subject to immediate probation or more severe consequences. And, if you choose to drink, know the risks and make good choices. Remember your C.U.P.S. (the four signs of alcohol poisoning): C<\/strong>old skin, U<\/strong>nresponsiveness, P<\/strong>uking, S<\/strong>low breathing, and call for help if someone needs medical assistance. Here are a few tips to Be Wise this Halloween:<\/p>\n Written by Cecelia Kersten \u201923, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before 2020 became the certified disaster of a year we now know it to be, there was a lot of excitement about the timing of some of its important dates: Christmas on a Friday, July 4 on a Saturday and yes, Halloween on a Saturday. College students across America rejoiced! The view from January promised…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":319,"featured_media":1737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,30],"tags":[98,7],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyond-the-hill","category-campus-life","tag-halloween","tag-things-to-do"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n