BY MADDY MORIARTY

A day away from Halloween, young kids are making final preparations for their  Darth-Elsa-Wolverine or Katniss-Zombie-Cheerleader character costumes. As for the students of Mariemont High School, the only thing Halloween-ish is the spooky bathroom by the library. Well, those, and the classroom doors. But even those doors aren’t as scary as “The Dungeon” bathroom.

After elementary school, some students believed their right to trick-or-treating had been revoked. Others have been waiting their entire lives for the Halloween saga to end. At what point do we actually put an end to our Halloween traditions?

The trick-or-treating spectrum is full of people on all sides. Extremist Mr. Mike Hanley poses the argument to some of his classes that Halloween shouldn’t be celebrated by anyone at any point in time.

Common reasonings behind some anti-Halloween beliefs include the dangers that might go along with walking in the dark and receiving food from strangers. However, according to Chicago Sun-Times, there have been no such cases of tainted food, and the majority of injuries on Halloween come from contact sports.

On the other end of the spectrum, pro-Halloween-er Ethan Crouse says, “Halloween should include everyone who eats candy. Why pay when I can get it for free?”

Carson Fields concurs, saying,“Trick-or-treating should be a happy thing enjoyed by everyone.”

To balance out the two, there is a bulky middle-ground of non-committals who don’t side with either extreme. “Trick-or-treating is fine until 8th grade,” says sophomore Mackenzie Mcneil.

“After 8th grade it’s only acceptable if you are taking younger kids,” adds Seth Medlin.

Audrey Theye is another middle-member of the Hallo-spectrum. “The end of junior high is the end of trick-or-treating,” she explains. “Actually, it is acceptable. As long as you’re in a morphsuit.”