The Exponent Online


11/01/01	5 day quick link 10/31 \| 10/30 \| 10/29 \| 10/26 \| 10/25

Sororities hand out candy

Amy Copelin/Exponent Photographer

TRICK-OR-TREAT: Ten-year-old Beth Landreth receives candy from Melanie Williams, a sophomore in the Schools of Engineering and a member of Phi Sigma Rho sorority. Wednesday night, children from West Lafayette and Lafayette went to various sorority houses on campus to trick-or-treat.

By Lynde Smith
Staff Writer

Eighteen of Purdue's sororities were haunted Wednesday as little ghosts and goblins knocked on their doors.

From 4 to 7 p.m., children from around the West Lafayette and Lafayette areas went door to door to each of the participating sorority houses looking for treats as part of the Panhellenic Trick-or-Treat Event.

The kids and their parents could tell which houses to go to by the orange and black balloons tied on the mailbox. Some of the sorority members even got in costume to hand out candy.

[MORE]

Students study abroad despite recent attacks

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the ongoing war in Afghanistan seem to have little effect on the number of Purdue students studying abroad.

Jeff Sanson, assistant director of student services for study abroad, said the number of applicants studying in foreign countries this spring is about the same as last year.

[MORE]

Program helps farmers with disabilities

Helen and Ron Thomas were driving home from Ohio Oct. 6, 1991, after the couple spent the day at a gourd show. They were driving back to their farm in Tangier, Ind.

Helen thought she saw a deer at the edge of the road. She swerved, hit a culvert and the car tumbled through the air. Helen was wearing her seatbelt and she escaped the accident without injuries.

[MORE]