By JONAS MILLER
MANAGING EDITOR
The promise of pumpkins and prizes brought students together on Thursday night when the Student Events Board hosted a Halloween themed paint and sip in the Standish room at The College of Saint Rose.
The event, running from 6 to 8 p.m., drew over 60 students, providing necessary stress relief as midterms consume the campus.
“I have a paper due tomorrow,” Danika Guerin said with a chuckle as she put the finishing touches on her pumpkin. “I was stressed out, but now I’m really happy.”
Guerin, the musical entertainment chair for SEB, was one of several executive board members at the event showing support for their colleague, Alexandra Gibson.
Gibson planned the event, and was very pleased with the turnout.
“This was the first event I ever attended last year,” Gibson said. “It’s a great opportunity for students to meet new people.”
While painting pumpkins was the main attraction, doughnuts, hot chocolate, apple cider and several raffles provided extra incentive for students. All proceeds from the raffles went to Relay for Life.
By seven o’clock, ten dozen doughnuts had been reduced to a single box, and the table once filled with miniature pumpkins began to look bare.
Maggie Hadlock, a junior at the College, had a smile on her face as she lifted her Frankenstein painted pumpkin into the air.
“It’s festive, you know?” Hadlock said.
With hallows eve quickly approaching, the College continues striving to present safe options for students during a weekend normally filled with off campus extracurriculars.
“I like that it brings a diverse group of people together,” said Laura Meyer, the Semi Formal chair on the Events Board. “It’s a safe place to meet people you normally wouldn’t.”
The spooky paint and sip is among the handful of events held by SEB this week. It joins the list of past events including the Lip sync battle, the ghostly gathering on the quad, and the psychic fair that took place Monday night, kicking off the week.
The painting event was the most attended this week, bringing together so many students that SEB President Rebecca Moyer had to go get more supplies.
“You know the event’s a success when you have to go get more brushes,” Moyer said.
She praised the efforts of her colleague Gibson, citing the great turnout as a sign of a good event.
“It’s going very well,” Moyer continued. “It’s a great passive event, people can come and go as they please.”
A full schedule of SEB events can be found on their Facebook page.
On Friday, they will host a haunted house in the Events and Athletics Center, and another one in the Office of Residence life on Saturday.
The Student Events Board is a student run organization that plans events year round, giving students from all backgrounds the opportunity to connect.
Additional photos of the event are posted on the Chronicle Facebook page.
