Halloweekend at Colby: the one weekend a year you are expected to dress as whoever and whatever, however you want. Colby College is not known for its parties; a small quaint rural liberal arts school without fraternities, sororities, or a lively bar scene. Parties at the College usually transpire in the Harold and Bibby Alfond Residence Complex apartments, commonly referred to as ‘senior apts.’ In these parties, students of all ages mosh together in hot, tight-knit rooms, moving from apartment to apartment, maybe venturing outside to the bathroom, and then going home — nothing too crazy. Halloween of 2025 was on a 40 degree Friday this year, meaning that ‘senior apts’ were as hot and tight knit as ever. In addition to the chaos, everyone was in costume.
“I went to the bathroom, which was down one flight of stairs, and it took me 10 minutes because of all the foot traffic,” one first-year said. “I genuinely felt like I couldn’t breathe […] I was getting squeezed between a monkey and a ninja.”
“I kept trying to escape the crowd outside, but it was freezing and I couldn’t stand out there for more than five minutes,” Madeline Lee `29 said. “It was nice to see everyone dress up though. Some of the costumes were awesome,” she added.
It is undeniable that some of the costumes spotted over the course of Halloweekend were more thought out than others. Some individuals, groups of friends, and couples got particularly creative with their costumes.
Tara Gorman `27 dressed as one of the Louvre robbers, in reference to the recent museum heist that happened October 19 in Paris. “It relates to current events,” she said earnestly. Gorman’s favorite costume she saw this weekend was her roommate’s: “Pilar’s costume as Escoffier from the anime Genshin Impact looked really good.”
Pilar Leber `27 said that her favorite costume was a couple’s costume done by Gabi Albuquerque-Hsieh `27. “Gabi and her boyfriend John Ogletree were the karate kid and Mr Miyagi. I thought that was very creative,” Leber said.
Albuquerque-Hsieh concluded that her “favorite costume was the Barden Bellas,” a fictional a capella group from the movie, Pitch Perfect.
Abby Chin `27 decisively identified Alexis Triantaphyllis `28 and her group of smurfs walking around as her favorite costume. In skin tight blue suits, red pants, and fluffy bears, smurfs seemed to swarm the Halloween scene this weekend. Their faces were painted blue, and their shirts were stuffed, truly encapsulating the vivacious, recognizable papa smurf.
Amidst the chaos that unfolded this weekend, Colby’s students did not disappoint with their costumes. Costumes were carefully planned and executed with class. Although Colby isn’t winning any awards for its nightlife anytime soon, when it comes to costumes, it might just take the prize.
~ Molly Garvey `28
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