Calling all Harvard students, it’s that time of year again! That means that we want to see your costumes for Halloween 2011. Based on our submissions, we’ll vote on the best one and you can expect to see some other quality submissions that catch our eye. Send your picture to us by Tuesday November 1st, at thehvoicemail@gmail.com.

Check out our winners from last year here!

http://verynoice.com/2010/11/halloween-costume-contest-winners/

Here at the Voice, we really appreciated all of the creativity we saw in the costume contest entries! We saw everything from hillbillies to crayons, but here are our faves!

In first place (insert drumroll here)…

THE TRAFFIC CONES & traffic director!

Traffic stoppers...literally

Winners include: Lindsay Kowal, Becca Millock, Molly O’Donnell, Mel Baskind, Catherine Coppinger, Courtney Diekema, and AJ Millet! Great job guys, we have never seen this done before, and we know that it took a lot of time, energy, and resourcefulness :)

In second place…

Yeah. That's all we can say.

Lauren Medina. The transformation from Kardashian lookalike to Mario/Ludacris/Gangsterman is honestly mind-blowing.

Honarable mention to Suzi Lu and friend for their initiative to use one of our suggestions from last issue’s article, “Costumes to Die For”. Not only did they utilize our idea, but they did so in a way that was more than just dressing from one color head-to-toe as we saw of lot of Crayons doing this Halloween.

Bad-ass crayons!

Again we want to thank everyone for their submissions because we got a great laugh out of them.

But really, thank you – it is input from readers like you that make the Voice the mouthpiece for the student opinion at Harvard!

…Unless you’re Paris Hilton (and if you are, then hey Paris!)

We’re serious. Last Saturday, residents of Pforzheimer House’s infamous party suite – the Belltower – discovered a chihuahua wrapped in someone’s coat in one of their bedrooms as they cleaned up the semi-demolished suite after a Halloween blowout, appropriately titled “Sin: A Night of Hell in the Pfoho Bell.”

We don’t know about you, but whoever left a live animal behind and then refused to take responsibility committed a sin, all right.

A series of messages sent out by “Bell Tower,” the unofficial Facebook account for the party suite, chronicles the unlikely event.

Bell Tower – November 1st at 12:14am

Sinners,
If you lost something / left it behind as an excuse to talk to one of the cute guys that live here. Send Bell Tower a message and we’ll tell you if we have it. We’ve already returned an iPhone and a Blackberry.
AND WHOEVER LEFT THEIR CHIHUAHUA BEHIND NEEDS TO PICK IT UP IMMEDIATELY!!! SERIOUSLY WE ARE TAKING IT TO THE POUND ON TUESDAY.

Bell Tower – November 3rd at 3:28am

Seriously, we are taking this dog to the pound tomorrow. We will give you $30 to adopt it or $10 if you put us in touch with the original owner. Please don’t make us do this.

-Bell Tower – November 5th at 2:44pm

We just wanted write everyone who was concerned a follow up about Bell Tower’s Chihuahua incident.
We actually put flyers up in the North Cambridge/ South Arlington Area. After 4 days, we spoke to three families and actually got to pick a good home for the chihuahua. He will be moving in with the Daly family in Arlington. They plan to name the dog Youk after some Red Sox player and will be giving him as a gift to their son Ryan. While this actually turned out to be a happy ending, the next person who brings a live animal to the belltower will be covered in vodka and lit on fire.

Together with the Belltower Boys, Noice breathes a sigh of relief for the chihuahua’s fate. “[F]ear not, friends, the chihuahua is safe,” reads the Facebook status of a Belltower resident yesterday.

“Just who the fuck does that?” commented another Belltower resident, upon being asked for a final comment.

But seriously. WTF?

I’m not going to lie – I feel a particular fondness for the tall fellow after his recent stint as a statue in Harvard square. Yet, it’s quite hard to recover my eyes after seeing how the man dressed up for Halloween:

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IMAGE MAY BE TOO FRIGHTENING FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES.

Image courtesy of YouTube

A 300-pound, 7 foot tall man belting out Beyoncé? It’s either entertainment or fear-inciting, but we’re not quite sure yet.

Sadly, we could have seen an repeat performance of  the phenomenon now called Shaq-randomly-appearing-somewhere-and-announcing-it-on-Twitter but “somebody important” called to say that was a bad idea.

What a shame. Maybe this following video could have been done in our very own Harvard Square.

And don’t worry – he didn’t win our Halloween costume contest! One more day to submit to thehvoicemail@gmail.com!

While you were masquerading about in your Halloween costumes, Harvard Police were taking care of business, dealing with everything from shutting down that party you wanted to attend to kicking cultish chanters out of the Quad.

“But, Officers, I was just trying to tell them not to touch the foot.  It is for their own good.”  Seriously, this first story is just three students trying to do the right thing.

10/21/09 2:45 PM – John Harvard Statue – Suspicious Activity

“Officer dispatched to a report of three individuals not allowing individuals to take pictures.  Officers report that the individuals were gone on arrival.”

“They’re kids playing guns in the street.  And one’s pointing his tree branch at me.  And so I put my hands up, I say enough is enough.  If you walk away, I’ll walk away.  He shot me dead.” – Bright Eyes

10/23/09 1:27 PM – 1 Western Ave, Allston, MA – Disturbance

“Officers dispatched to a report of individuals fighting and that one individual had a stick.  Officers report the individuals were waiting for a tow truck and were goofing around and all was in order.”

Dining Services?  HUDS?  I thought that was pesto tasted funny yesterday.

10/23/09 4:41 PM – Dining Services, 65 Winthrop St – Field Interview

“Officers observed four individuals engaging in a drug transaction.  Officers observed two individuals leave the area.  A field interview was conducted with the remaining two individuals who were found to be in possession of marijuana.  Each individual was run for wants/warrants with negative results and sent on their way.  Officers confiscated the marijuana.” Read the rest of this entry »

After much deliberation of some really fantastic submissions, The Voice would like to announce the winner of our first ever Halloween Costume Contest:

Stephanie Choi ’13 and Pim Valantagul ’13 as Shrimp and Salmon Sushi

Congrats! We loved that they used homemade items (pillows, garbage bags) and created something very creative and cute! Also: chopsticks. Great job girls! Stephanie and Pim won a $50 certificate to b.good burgers.

Stay tuned for a Best of Costume Contest Submissions post, featuring some of the most hilarious, zany, and creative outfits we received.

Reminder to Us Culturally Insensitive College Kids

When for Halloween
You dress like Pocahontas
A kitten will die.

Heaven and Hell

Orgo midterm done,
Sudden freedom means parties:
Let’s go to the Quad.

The Morning After

Halloween’s over
Hangovers and walks of shame–
Hello, Sunday brunch.