{"id":1451,"date":"2019-11-06T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2019-11-06T10:20:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:20:40","slug":"utrgv-student-union-hosts-halloween-costume-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/06\/utrgv-student-union-hosts-halloween-costume-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV Student Union Hosts Halloween Costume Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUTRGVRadio%2Fvideos%2F559210534833245%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student Union at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hosted their annual Halloween Costume Contest this Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students from the Edinburg campus entered for a chance to win 100 V-bucks. The famous penguin tells us how he feels about the being a part of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cI thought \u2018eh\u2019 might as well go to the contest while I\u2019m here. I\u2019m supposed to wear all day-my sister told me to. Eh if I get first place that would be nice.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p> The contestants were judged by UTRGV Head Coach Lew Hill, Theatre Department Professor Jennifer Saxton, and marketing and Student Development Coordinator Cristina Rodriguez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Associate Professor for Costume Design at the Theater Department Jennifer Saxton tells us what she thinks about the student\u2019s costumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cI was surprised by the variety; I was amazed by all the performances. I was so surprised by the Freddy Mercury performance. 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Good Omens winning 3rd place, Jinx winning second, the great owl winning 1st and the fan favorite winner Tina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saxton believes more students should dress up for Halloween, regardless of the social sigma\u2019s surrounding it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cMore people should do it; life is too short.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information regarding the event visit <a href=\"http:\/\/utrgv.edu\/studentunion\">utrgv.edu\/studentunion<\/a> and remember to have a safe Halloween.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Reporter Jerry Galindo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Student Union at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hosted their annual Halloween Costume Contest this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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