{"id":10054,"date":"2022-11-18T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/?p=10054"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:44:47","slug":"macaulays-spooky-social","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/2022\/11\/18\/macaulays-spooky-social\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaulay\u2019s Spooky Social"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banana Bonanza!<\/span><\/p>\n

Macaulay Honors College hosted its annual Halloween party on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Macaulay building on W 67th St. The event, which had either been canceled or had its capacity heavily restricted for the past few years due to COVID-19 was finally back in full swing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A partygoer excitedly dancing with one of their friends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All CUNY students were allowed to attend this year, a contrast to last year\u2019s Macaulay-students-only policy. Elaina Ognibene, a sophomore at the College of Staten Island, said she was \u201cdefinitely excited they\u2019re letting all CUNY students. I wouldn\u2019t be here if not.\u201d The turnout noticeably increased from about 100 people last year to around 200-300 this time around. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Students gathered together in the Commons area of the Macaulay building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The party had a variety of activities. In the commons, the Macaulay Peer Mentors hosted a ring toss with prizes and a spin the wheel to win Macaulay merch. Some students even played video games at the party. In the reading room, special initiative Macaulay Art Tank hosted a mask and pumpkin painting activity, which saw lots of activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A partygoer focuses on painting a face mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the other hand, in classroom 2S <\/span>The Messenger<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Scribe<\/span><\/i>, Macaulay\u2019s creative writing club, co-hosted a spooky stories room and ate s\u2019mores around the candelabra fire. The party also offered a horror movie screening in the theater, along with a dance floor and catered dinner. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Attendees sit at one of the tables in the catered dining area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Attendees screamed and laughed when a group of five friends from Macaulay Hunter showed up to the party dressed as bananas and made quite the commotion. The bananas walked around the party like celebrities with everyone wanting to snap pictures of them. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A group of friends pose for a photo in their varied costumes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leading up to the event, Michelle Raguindin, a Macaulay Hunter sophomore, said she was \u201cmost excited about there being a DJ this time.\u201d She continued, \u201c[In] the previous years they only had Spotify playing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A couple is seen dancing in the faint blur of the dance floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, some students were left disappointed with the DJ\u2019s selections. Stephanie Pincus, a Hunter freshman, said the Macaulay party reminded her of a \u201cmiddle school dance. That\u2019s what I was expecting though. I think if the music was better it would have been better.\u201d Had the DJ had played more pop music and less \u201cCha Cha Slide,\u201d Pincus believed she would have enjoyed the event better. <\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless of the restrictions that come with school-sanctioned events, students still danced, ate and left with a smile on their faces.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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