Trick or Treat: Smell my feet, give me something good to eat. The Halloween spirit was afoot at Saint Louis University this past week as various student organizations planned and sponsored activities.

After the MTV campus invasion tour, the Student Activities Board wanted to plan a Halloween-related event that would be fun, yet also relaxing. The SAB: Horror Film Festival was showed this past weekend to SLU students. Feature Films at the Festival included Urban Legends, The Shining, and Halloween: H2O. Along with the horror films, a costume contest was added to the fun.

Saturday morning anyone in Busch Memorial Center could hear the sounds of children running and screaming in the St. Louis Room. The Black Student Alliance, with the help of Alpha Phi Omega, sponsored a Halloween Party for The Youth and Family Center. Halloween arts `n crafts and face painting were among the activities at the party. Also, the children were able to trick or treat around SLU’s campus.

Communications Chair of BSA, Frank Shaw said, “I thought the Halloween Party was a good activity. Sometimes the inner-city kids need to be exposed to a positive environment because they don’t always see that.”

While Alpha Phi Omega did not sponsor any events, it did volunteer to help with the BSA Party and the Science Center Halloween Party.

APO pledges and actives dressed in costumes and spent two weekends helping out with activities. Face painting and Body Art along with mazes and games were part of the fun.

The Bigs Littles Program based out of Blumeyer Community Center held its Halloween Party at Marguerite and Notre Dame Residence Halls. The children and their mentors painted faces and decorated bags Monday night. The most popular costume was the mummy, as all the children seemed to want to be wrapped in toilet paper. Then the children filled their bags with treats while they trick or treated through the residence halls.

The Presidential Scholars became characters in a spook house at the Truman Restorative Center, a nursing home south of SLU.

“A haunted house is not normally something I think the elderly would enjoy. Some were scared, while others were laughing, but overall I think they had a great time,” said Presidential Scholar Annie Phillips.