Spring Break
Fraternity constructs haunted trail
By: Brooke Lein
Issue date: 10/27/08 Section: News
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Wicked Woods is an outdoor haunted path on five acres behind the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. The trail includes six to nine constructed scenes.
"A lot of it is your traditional Halloween stuff," said senior management major Tim Gollihar, internal chairman for the event. "But we try to throw in a few surprises. We change it up from year to year to keep things fresh."
All members of the fraternity participate in the development and construction of the scenes in the haunted path.
"Clown scene brothers dress as clowns, and chainsaw theme brothers dress like guys from Texas Chainsaw Massacre," said senior industrial distribution major Matthew Philen, president of the Mu Gamma chapter. "Also, this year there is a redneck campsite scene where all the brothers dress in flannel clothing and hunting gear around the fire."
Because there are 25 members and 10 pledges for the fraternity, volunteer help is needed to make the event successful.
Brothers in the organization dress up in costumes and compose a majority of the entertainment at the event, while volunteers act as guides. These guides, who include friends and girlfriends of the members and participants from sororities, lead groups of 10 to 15 people through the trail at a time. One of the objectives is to intensify the frightful experience at each different scene.
"We can't do it without them," Gollihar said, "they are a great help."
The planning committee for the event is lead by the chapter's vice president, Anthony Loeffel. Loeffel said there are three people who serve under him to coordinate the event to reach the highest possible standards.
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