By Mary McLean, Staff Writer

Published in print Oct.29, 2014

As you probably know, Halloween is this Friday, and across campus people are dusting off their best masks, wings, and hats to display them at this year’s events. Costume planning can be tough though, and it sometimes it is hard to stand out from a crowd of sexy furry animals and elaborate group costumes. That’s why

The Carolinian is here to help with four simple to execute and easy to recognize UNCG-specific costumes.

Minerva the Statue

The only essentials for this one are a green bed sheet and a red apple, with face paint and hair dye as viable options for the more committed party goers.

Hold your arm out in front of you and people will immediately recognize you and give you offerings (hopefully of apple cider) to help improve their grades. The infinite wisdom and un measurable intelligence are optional, but anything to help you make smart choices on Halloween night is probably a plus.

Upgrade this one to a couples costume simply by dressing your buddy in all brown, having them make a grumpy face, and hanging a sign around their neck that says “Charles McIver.”

Best of all, in a sea of Lordes and Ebola patients you can be sure that the only other statues on campus will be the immobile ones next to the EUC.

Mrs. Brenda

With only a pair of wire frame glasses, a blue polo, some baby powder for your hair, and a warm smile, you can transform into the nicest person at UNCG for a night.

Dressing up like Mrs. Brenda is ideal for those looking to have a quieter Halloween, as her drink of choice is milk and she never has a conversation that isn’t friendly.

This is the perfect costume for anyone manning the door at a party, because you can ask to swipe everyone’s student IDs to get in.

Honestly though, it would probably be more accurate and go over better if you started handing out freshly baked cookies and wishing everyone a wonderful night.

UNCG Parking Lot     

    Ticket Buggy

If you have a spare cardboard box lying around, don’t simply turn it into a Mario kart or over-size Lego. Instead, make fun of something that everyone knows and hates with a passion, UNCG ticket buggies.

These little white pain-in-the-asses are easy to parody by just wearing a white button down, adding some wheels to your box, and carrying around a notepad to write tickets, draw pictures, or even hand out ratings of other people’s costumes.

Don’t let any drunkards confuse you for a real cop and run away, but do feel an intense sense of satisfaction when you stuff your box-buggy in the recycling bin and think of that time you got a ticket just ten minutes after your meter ran out.

This might be the spookiest thing people see all night.

Linda P. Brady

In light of her retirement, this Halloween will be the last time Chancellor Brady is actually culturally relevant at UNCG. So you have a golden opportunity, a responsibility that you can’t ignore.

Easy as pie to put together, just swing by the nearest thrift store to pick up a skirt set and glasses, preferably tweed.

See if you can find a podium to make a speech from about values and education, then pay for all of your drinks with student fees.

So there you have it, four ways to stand out in the G this Halloween. Whether you’re planning on chowing down on candy, playing beer pong with your buddies, or rocking out to bands on Walker Ave, you should be able to use any of these fool-proof ideas to have a fun Halloween night.