A&M Unveils Limited-Time Aggie Spirit Halloween Bus
Last weekend, Texas A&M unveiled a new Aggie Spirit Halloween Bus just in time for the upcoming holiday. The buses have been painted orange and yellow with Spirit Halloween’s logo plastered on the sides of each vehicle. Some have extra amenities like ghouls, ghosts, vampires and other supernatural entities to give a haunting fright to students hitching a ride.
Spirit Halloween — the retailer known for their pop-up Halloween stores — has partnered with Texas A&M to advertise their three seasonal locations in the Bryan-College Station area. The stores are generally popular among locals, but their blend into campus transportation has produced mixed reviews.
One veteran Aggie Spirit Bus driver, 57-year-old David Pratchett, has embraced the festivities. Bus-goers have spotted the driver wearing Halloween costumes behind the wheel at least three days out of the week.
“I thought I’d lean into it after they attached a giant skeleton to the back of my bus,” Pratchett said. “The kids seem to like it, too, and I’d say my Frankenstein* is pretty spot on.”
*The Mugdown Editorial Staff acknowledges that Frankenstein was the scientist, not the monster.
Some students, like education junior Angela Villagomez, have voiced discomfort at the campaign.
“I didn’t know about it at first,” Villagomez said. “I hopped on the bus the other day and an evil witch jumped out at me. I don’t mess with all that spooky voodoo stuff — my mama raised me better than that. I’ll be walking to class until Thanksgiving.”
At their own discretion, students will be able to ride the spook-ified buses until November 4th, after which they’ll be returned to maroon and white.
— Call Me By My Fish’s Name
With his Oakley sunglasses and a lawn chair perpetually camped out on the banks of the Aggie Park pond, Call me by my Fish’s Name is often asked for help by many novice fishermen. It’s a service he’s happy to provide — a true model fisherman. One time though, we caught him trying to sneak a bass out of the park, a clear violation of the catch and release policy. We didn’t report him to the game warden, but we did come to an understanding that day. Call me by my Fish’s Name stopped by our office a few days after this incident, and has been writing for us ever since.