By Cassie Lescarbeau
For one night every year it becomes socially acceptable to dress up in ridiculous get-ups and run around from door to door, up and down the streets of neighborhoods and collect goodies from lighted doorsteps. That is, when you are a child.
Some people apparently think that they will be children forever. It’s great to be young at heart, but there comes a time when people need to at least attempt to act their age. It gets a little weird when a high school student comes to the door and expects some treats to be tossed into their pillowcases. To add to that, half of the time these people show up and they don’t even have it in them to throw on a costume or heck, even some crazy makeup. On the flip side there are times when it can be appropriate for a high school or older person to go out trick-or-treating without a costume. These times are called babysitting or taking a younger sibling out for the night. Then, by all means, a costume is purely optional as long as these teens aren’t right up at the door expecting candy to be dropped into their bags.
If Halloween is that big of a deal and getting all done up in crazy outfits for that one night makes the entire year worthwhile, then just go and find a costume party. By the time teens are in high school there is a pretty good chance that there will be somewhere to go and hang out when Oct. 31 rolls around. Go there, get decked out, and have a blast.
High school students do not need to be roaming the streets on Halloween. Please people, sometimes its good to grow up and act the appropriate age. If there is still a dire desire to go out then go to the cemetery, go to a party, or take a younger sibling. Just don’t run rampant through the streets. High school kids that do this look ridiculous, and it is pretty creepy to have them knocking on people’s doors and scaring the old people.

By David Bitz
I’m going to be trick or treating for the rest of my life. That’s right, I’m going to be that forty-year-old man in the Superman outfit, begging people my own age for delicious treats. Who wouldn’t want to prance around the neighborhood for hours on end? It’s especially satisfying to know that at the end of a long night, I get to come home and dump my bag of candy on the living room floor and sort the good candy from the bad candy. On top of that, I get to go from door to door with my closest friends until I feel like my feet are about to fall off. I see no shame in high school students spending one night of the year gathering candy for themselves.
I could never forget the people who have enough trust in the neighborhood that they leave their candy bowl outside on their porch. That is why I always start trick or treating earlier than normal, for people who have that trust.
I am one of those devoted candy gatherers that bring two costumes with me, so I can hit every house more than once. I remember in 2003 I doubled up on costumes and did my nightly stroll around the neighborhood. I just finished my first round of trick or treating. I switched into my second costume and started up again.
Shortly after, a lady recognized who I was, I have no idea how, but she did. She swatted my candy sack out of my hands, and it spilt all over the ground. Other than having to spend fifteen minutes picking up my candy, it was a great night. Think of it this way, it’s a one in a million chance. Risky? Yes, but one that is willing to be taken!
As I become older, I’m going to be that dad, who takes their child trick or treating. You know, the one that flips out when an old person gives my son or daughter a pencil or box of Corn Flakes. Why would I go to the store and spend money on candy to give out to greedy kids around the neighborhood? I wouldn’t, because not only is it more fun to go out and trick or treat, it’s more logical when my goal is getting candy for free.