It's that time again: the weather is getting a lot colder, the leaves are changing colours, parents have come and gone, midterms have come and keep on coming, and Halloween is just about here.

This week there are several events on campus that should not be missed. The first is the Silliman Haunted House, happening this Thursday from 8 to 10pm at Silliman College. While the basement of Silliman is no longer as scary as it was pre-renovation, what with the smells of sewage, the rotting walls, and the maze-like layout, it should yet be a fun event.

On Halloween proper, which magically comes on a Friday this year, there are several good events. As is traditional, Branford is hosting a Liqu-or-treat. A schedule will be posted at some mysterious time in the future, and free liquor will be provided to all those who show up to the right suites. If one cannot find the schedule, simply finding the loud drunk mass of people in skimpy costumes in one of the 4 Branford courtyards should do the trick.

Also, as is traditional, the Yale Symphony Orchestra will be holding their annual Halloween show in Woolsey Hall. Beginning at 11:59pm, the YSO will premier a student-made silent movie, which they will score live. This is always a well-attended event, and people are encouraged to buy their tickets at the Shubert Theatre box office at 247 College St. or by calling 203.562.5666, as they will not be sold at the door.

Finally, Halloween 2008 marks the last year when students at Yale got to see or perform in the Yale Anti-Gravity Society's Halloween Fire Juggling Show. Shut down by the fire marshal the freshman year of the class of 2009, the show was always widely attended by throngs of drunken Yalies come to be dazzled by displays of fire and juggling, but no more. RIP, Fire Show.

So, there are the scary (or drunken) things to be done at Yale's campus on Halloween. And don't forget not to be caught without a costume. I hear that the scariest one this year is dressing up as the economy: it's striking fear into everyone who was planning on going into a finance job; meaning, everyone.