■ It’s that time of year again,
students play favorites when
it comes to candy
By Dominique Beaumonte
for the Emerald
Freshman Tremain Ducker, a
business administration major,
chuckles as he recalls his bag
snatching days of Halloweens
past. Bola Majekobaje, a senior bi
ology major, remembers her yearn
ing for chocolate bars as a young
girl and closes her eyes as she
thinks about what it was like to
swallow the very last bite.
While candy is associated with
many holidays, from Easter bas
kets to candy canes, for many peo
ple, Halloween is the biggest can
dy holiday, and as it approaches, it
brings with it lots of purchases and
sweet memories.
“People are buying candy corn
like crazy,” said Sarah Garling, an
employee at the Sweet Factory. “I
have worked at the Sweet Factory
at the Valley River Center for a lit
tle over a year, and this is our
busiest season.”
Some people enjoy the availabil
ity of bags of bite-sized treats at
grocery and drug stores around
Halloween.
“For $1.88, you can get just about
any kind of candy you like,” junior
James Offia said.
Of course, everyone has his or
her favorites.
Freshman Kennasha Roberson
doesn’t celebrate Halloween, but
she said she will do anything for
bite-sized Snickers and Dots.
“I like those orange pumpkins
that are like candy corn,” senior ed
ucational studies major Nikki John
son said.
Senior communications major
Sarah Chiles said she prefers Ju
jubes, Jingles and Jelly Belly jelly
beans for Halloween.
While students have a lot of
choices when it comes to Hal
loween activities, such as costume
contests and parties, those options
may not offer the same tasty oppor
tunities as trick-or-treating.
“The problem with parties,” pre
psychology major Kady-Ann Davy
said, “is that you don’t get as much
candy as you would if you were
out on the town.”
Students might be hyped about
all of Halloween’s celebratory pos
sibilities, but when are they too
old to put on a costume and hit the
streets?
“Never, ever, ever,” Davy said.
Dianne May, the owner of Can
dy Connection, a local candy
store, said candy is a sweet treat
any and every time of the year. As
May helped a customer, she said
it’s really fun to see people of all
ages coming into the store and let
ting candy take them down mem
ory lane.
"I remember my cousins’ whole
behavior changing around Hal
loween-time because they wanted
Boston Baked Beans, Johnny Ap
pleseeds and Sour Patch Kids on
Halloween,” sophomore business
major Jameka Gibson said, Ronnie
Sea wood, a senior business admin
istration major, recalls how his
mother rarely allowed him to eat
much candy when he was growing
up because it was bad for his
health and teeth.
Junior journalism major Amanda
Langston had similar restrictions
on her sweet tooth. She puckered
her lips as she thought about how
as a little girl she was allowed to eat
candy only on Wednesdays during
The Cosby Show.
Langston also remembers how
her young sister would roll on the
floor until she was granted the can
dy she wanted.
“Candy makes you do things that
seem abnormal or out of character
sometimes,” she said.
Dominique Beaumonte is a freelance reporter
forthe Oregon Daily Emerald.
Photo Illustration by Russell Weller Emerald
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