Boo! It’s a man with romantic intentions

The UC Santa Barbara spooky season has come to a close (literally, like an eight-day noise ordinance close), and everyone has just returned from a questionable visit to their ex-boyfriend’s fraternity at San Diego State University or an awkward weekend with their hometown friend because they needed a place to crash at UC Berkeley. Now that the chaos has wound down, I think it’s time to reminisce because, I for one, am still reeling. Naturally, one would assume the costume choices and levels of intoxication would be the scariest things about UCSB’s Halloween weekend. Genuinely — envisioning a man in a backward jersey and hat dressed as steez, double-fisting beer and performing for the male gaze, sends a shiver down my spine. But the costume choices made by men in pursuit of women’s approval were actually the more startling sights — shocker.

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