Beginning as early as Tuesday night, Westwood Halloween is underway, and I have to say I'm impressed with the less skanky costume choices.

Halloween has long been hailed as a coming-out day for those closet skanks. However, so far in my arduous party experiences, (basically consisting of last night, since I've been plagued with midterms) I have not had to deal with too many wasted, half-naked freshmen. 

Unfortunately, I thought there would be more Sarah Palins toddling about, but really all I've seen are cops and an influx of Disney-Princesses-Gone-Bad costumes. 

And for the guys, I saw about five Marios last night and only one Luigi. 

Midterms have fried our brains and probably some Bruin creativity, resulting in the modest trends.

Has the taste level of Bruins gone up? Probably not. Tonight will tell in its grand finale party scene of the week.