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STS Costume Contest 2023

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This year, the STS program ran its first-ever Halloween costume contest. Dressing up for Halloween is a perfect chance for students to show off some creativity and possibly even highlight some connections between science/technology and society! Some of our faculty dressed up, too – we had a pirate, a fancy lumberjack, Introverty the 8th Dwarf, and Goth Judy Jetson.

We had a number of really excellent entries in the contest, and we’re happy to share the winners below (except for one person, Jace Williams, who received an honorable mention but who has not given permission to use his image – if that changes, the post will be updated accordingly).

We have plans for another costume contest next Halloween, so start thinking about costume ideas for 2024!

A young woman in a Renaissance-style lace-front dress with tall boots and a headpiece. Most notably, she is also wearing wide black-and-red wings.
First place: Pari Bailey, as a Renaissance fairy.
Person on stilts wearing long patched jeans, a ragged brown jacket and plaid shirt, and a bucket hat. They are also wearing a rope and hook belt and a chain hanging from their neck, with makeup as if their face is stitched together.
Second place: Gaven Williams, as a creepy scarecrow (on stilts!).
Headshot of a student wearing a Grubby mascot head but with the teeth modified to be very pointy and too many.
Third place: Jaxxen Cheney, as Nightmare Grubby.
Young man posing in the forest with Renaissance-style clothing - a lace-up shirt, a cape, and leather wristbands.
Honorable Mention: Caleb Noe
Young man wearing a steampunk-style outfit featuring a black coat with tails, a chain wallet, and goggles around his neck.
Honorable Mention: Will Eby