NEIU Independent • October 21, 2014 • https://neiuindependent.org/3127/opinions/man-on-the-street-7/
Man on the Street
Emmanuel Gonzalez, Managing Editor
“People don’t participate as much. People don’t’ send their kids out to trick-or-treat, and a lot of people don’t decorate as much either. It can be because of economic circumstances or people are just growing out of it.” – Janet Hernandez, Senior, Social Work Major“It has changed a lot. There’s no Halloween spirit to it. It’s all a joke. It has become a hazard now because people are fighting on Halloween.” – Brandon Naugoe, Freshman, Social Work Major“The costumes have become skimpier and it has become less appealing to go out cause you’re just going to run into a bunch of drunks or a bunch of kids asking for candy.” – Maddy Munoz, Sophomore, Communications Major“I’m afraid to eat candy now. Just because of my neighborhood. I found razorblades in an apple once. More like, now, I just don’t trust people that give out apples.” – Haydee Quinones, Senior, Biology Major“There’s a lot less candy now, and at the same time there’s a lot more candy. There’s a lot less candy I have to share, I think that’s the best way to put it. Also, I can dress up as whatever I want and nobody says anything. As a kid I couldn’t say, ‘Mom I’m going to paint all over my face’, and then walk outside.”- Benjamin Spector, Freshman, Computer Science Major“When I was a child, I could be outside all night for Halloween, but now that I’ve gotten older and crime has went up, my mother wants me to stay inside for Halloween. It’s gotten terrible.” – Ralph Bray, Freshman, Computer Science Major“When I was a kid, it was a real clean-cut Halloween; we always respected each other, we didn’t prank anybody, we didn’t throw toilet paper on people’s shrubs or trees. We were responsible for what we did.”- Quinton Brooks, Freshman, Computer Science Major
