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The Twin Towers cafeteria’s annual pumpkin carving contest and first costume competition took place Wednesday evening.
Lucian Stewart, freshman management major, dressed up as Willy Wonka and won best costume. He said he made his entire costume by hand.
“I bought cheap material and lining for the hat and glued the curly hair wig into it,” Stewart said.
Nicholas Clark, freshman civil engineering major, won second place for his Samurai costume.
“A lot of the parts of this are authentic,” Clark said. “The bow is from the 16th century and it’s made of horsehair.”
He said his mom bought each part of the costume piece by piece as Christmas gifts and did not tell him where she found them or how much they cost.
Clark said the one item he made himself was the Samurai-style shoes.
“They were really expensive so I decided to just make them,” Clark said.
Third place was awarded to Mariah Preast, freshman biology, major for her sequin devil costume.
“I looked online for costume ideas and saw something similar to what I already had,” Preast said. “So this has parts of the same costume from last year and I didn’t really spend anything on it.”
Each winner received a certificate to Freshens Smoothies. The first place winner received a $15 certificate, the second place winner won a $10 certificate and the third place winner received a $5 certificate.
Yvonne Combs, a Sodexo employee, was pleased with the enthusiasm of participants in the costume competition.
“I think this was really good for it being the first time,” Combs said. “We’ll probably do this every year from now on.”
At 8:30 p.m. students began carving pumpkins for the competition. The judges will determine the winners today at 3 p.m. and the pumpkins will be displayed in Towers and Harless cafeterias at 4 p.m. in time for dinner.
Cheryl King, general manager of Sodexo, said she is always happy to attend the pumpkin carving contest.
“Especially for the freshman being away from home for the first time, I think it’s good that we have a tradition like this that they can look forward to and feel at home,” King said.
She said Sodexo ordered approximately 100 pumpkins from a local produce store and each pumpkin cost $2. They ordered the pumpkins from the same store as last year.
Maria Romano can be contacted at romano5@marshall.edu.
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