Undecided about what you’ll wear to next weekend’s festivities?
I posted a note on Facebook.com last week, asking acquaintances to offer their alternatives to the standard, provocative vixen costumes college women wear. I received an overwhelming amount of response, mostly by word of mouth. The printed responses are posted below.
Add on to this list with costume ideas and your thoughts about provocative Halloween couture.
• What about being an m&m or Raggedy Anne? How about being a peanut butter cup? Jen Collins
• I’ve decided I’m going to be a stereotypical 50s mom with an apron and a plate/pan of fresh baked cookies 
I’m on duty though, so I don’t know when I’ll where it! -Ashley Stevenson
• I am going to the Eugene Witches ball as John William Waterhouse’s rendition of the Lady of Shalott Lake. -Elena Fort
• My roommate bought a banana suit the other day! It’s pretty great. I’m over the slutty costumes… I just want to be a fat kid and wear sweats and walk around with a bucket of chicken or something. -Julia Baker
• I have a friend who dressed as a vending machine, so she wore all black and stuck food on her, with number buttons and change slots drawn on her arms. Along with random objects, it’s also fun to dress as people/characters from childhood, like the Rainbow Fish or Mr. Rogers. -Meredith Tufts
• I’ve always wanted to be Poison Ivy, even before Chris Nolan brought Batman back. That could or could not be slutty. Or Trinity from The Matrix. Maybe that would be best as a group costume. Three of my friends and I dressed up as different fairies senior year of high school; I was Thumbalina. I knew of another group of friends who were the game pieces of Clue that year, which I’m sure has been done before, but I still think is really cool and have wanted to do ever since. -Beth Evans
• One year I went as a “Cereal Killer.” I wrapped a cereal box around me, stuck plastic knives in it, and sprayed red paint (blood) on it. It was pretty great until I got to English class, and had to give a speech from Hamlet, yet nobody could stop laughing at it…! - Kendell Tylee