Highlights From the SGA Halloween Bash 

By A.K. Miller On Friday, Oct. 17, the SGA held one of its most anticipated events of the year: the Halloween Bash. The lights were off and Farmer Hall was decorated to the fullest, creating…

Campus ghost stories

Photo by Madelyn Alexander  Everyone knows that the campus is haunted, but do you know just how haunted it really is? According to College Consensus, the University of Montevallo is the eighth most haunted college in…

Celebrating Halloween in quarantine

Graphic by Bell Jackson Spooky season is a time where the season truly shifts. The time where three major holidays hit back to back every month that makes this semester even more fun, starting off with…

A purple cloud with superstitious images including a black cat, broken mirror, the number 13 and a horse shoe.

Why do we call it unlucky?

Graphic by Bell Jackson. With Halloween season/spooky season coming up I thought it would be appropriate to talk about something that has always fascinated me: superstitions.   Not too long ago, I was zoning out and…

American Pi and Black Eyed Pea

Quick costumes for the witching hour

Warning: Attending a Halloween event as American Pi or a Black Eyed Pea could result in immediate groans from those around you. Photo by Alli Patton for The Alabamian. Quick! Need a costume that costs…

Opinion: Unmasking cultural appropriation

Every year during the month of October, I find myself cringing at my Facebook feed, or more specifically, at the pictures of the costumes my friends have chosen to wear to whatever various Halloween-themed parties…