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RCL Advisory Board Hosts a Trunk or Treat Campus Wide
By Natalie Joseph/Rotunda Features Staff
Photos Provided by Caleb Briggs Iota Lambda/Longwood
The Rotunda OnlinThis year’s Trunk or Treat event was held on Wednesday, Oct. 29 on the patio behind the Lankford Student Union. The event began at 2 p.m. and lasted until 4 p.m. and was hosted by the Residential and Commuter Life Advisory Board (RCL).
Three cars for three different participating organizations came out with their trunks open and decorated. The two organizations and commuter students that participated were the Student Government Association (SGA), Theta Chi Fraternity and student Jacque Maupin. The participating organizations also came dressed up in fun costumes to match their cars or to represent their organization.
Every person who came to the event, or passed by, was offered the chance to vote for their favorite decorated trunk. The first place winner was Theta Chi Fraternity, Maupin came in second and SGA came in third place.
Senior and RCL Advisory Board Treasurer Constance Garner said, “The RCL Advisory Board focuses on programming for Commuters. All of our residential students have RA's who program for them, however, sometimes our commuter students get left out of a lot of things on campus, thus the Advisory Board was formed. Last year we came up with Trunk-or-Treat as a way to get more commuters involved on campus, because they all have cars conveniently on campus.”
First place winners, Theta Chi Fraternity, had their brothers come out in fun costumes for the event and even played music from their car as a special treat for students who stopped by.
Maupin’s trunk was decorated in stuffed animals and was bright and colorful. She herself was in the Halloween spirit, by coming dressed up in a onesie that perfectly matched the decorations of her trunk.
SGA’s trunk was decorated to match the Halloween spirit with monster teeth, and also included a sign that advertised SGA meetings and included candy for voters to take.
The event was sponsored by the RCL staff. Members of the staff participated in the event, by handing out Halloween candy and passing out voting tickets. The first 50 students who came to the event received treat bags.