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Ghosting, glitches, and late-night horrors: the real nightmares of a tech campus

Halloween has arrived, bringing along chilly fall breezes, oversized sweaters, and horror movie marathons on repeat. But while the rest of the world is busy worrying about haunted houses, masked slashers, and creatures jumping out from dark corners, women at a tech school know true terror looks entirely different.

Spirit Halloween 4EVER

Your 20s have to be your most haunted years, not just because of the young-adulthood purgatory of being an almost-adult who tries to accept the realities of death and taxes, but also the need to put the naiveties of childhood to rest (I’m floored to think we’re closer to the year 2030 than 2020) so we can take on the burden of becoming.

Nobody’s home

Try something this Halloween. Open the comments under any viral video and read them slowly, in the dark.

This really resonates with me.

Spooky scary K-pop songs

Although many people may associate K-pop with either cute, colorful music videos or hard-hitting, girl-power anthems, this genre contains dozens of concepts that focus on themes such as temptation, desire, and even death.

Day of the dead(line)

The smell of pumpkin spice, the sight of Halloween decorations, and the noise of leaves falling from the trees fill Stevens’ campus all around.

Some spooky math jargon and its meanings

One of the goals of this column is to present mathematical concepts in a fun, inclusive way. I know that for some, math can be a scary or intimidating subject, and I think a lot of this has to do with some of the terminology used by mathematicians.

Tricks for your treats

As a professional junk-food eater, I consume the most candy bars in a single day on Halloween. When I was a child, my mom had to hide some of my candy stash from me to stop me from eating it all at once.

The origins of the villain

I was told I had to write something spooky since it is Halloween, but I am not the biggest fan of horror or thrillers, which I think makes me a poor candidate to write the Book of the Week.