DTH Boo-sletter: I have a problem with commitment

I’ve been talking for months about my Halloween costume and its greatness. I planned on being Marilyn Monroe in all her timeless glory and strutting down Franklin Street like traffic had stopped for me alone.

Then, earlier this afternoon, I realized I was literally timeless and had run out of weekends to procrastinate buying a wig. Now, I’m just going to be “Generic 1950s Movie Star,” Marilyn’s Wal-Mart brand twin, which allows me to look great but still forces me to wallow in the fact that I spent $32 on a white fur coat for Marilyn and still couldn’t follow through. :)

My costume, though, is the least of my concerns. The main three things I’m worried about tonight?

1) The population of Cosmic Cantina at 2 a.m.;

2) how long it will take me to hate myself for wearing heels;

3) the clowns.

— Tiana

QUICK HITS

• Ladies, gentlemen and all members of our audience: We present to your contestants for Mr. and Miss UNC 2016.
• Members of Alpha Phi Omega are heading to the co-ed service fraternity’s national convention in Pittsburgh this December to advocate for gender-inclusive language.
• This Halloween, let Chapel Hill bartenders be your guide to the best ways to mix alcohol and candy. Cheers.
• Much like yours truly, the town of Chapel Hill will begin planning for next year’s Halloween on Nov. 1.

IN PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL PIT STOPS

President Barack Obama is coming to UNC this Wednesday. Days before Nov. 8, President Obama will campaign for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and encourage early voting at an event held at Hooker Fields at 12:30. It’s not every day you get to see the president in person. So if you skipped your Wednesday class for a nap last week, I’ll be looking for you at this, too.

IN DESEGREGATION AND GROWTH

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools celebrated 50 years of desegregation this week. A forum organized by the Lincoln High-Orange County Training School Alumni Association opened a conversation about the struggles faced by black students in the newly integrated schools. Attendants discussed issues that came with the change, including the fact that it uprooted students of color from a comfortable environment and planted them in a place where were spit on, tripped and treated as lesser than white students.

IN EXERCISING THAT RIGHT

With signs reading “Our Voice Counts” in hand, newly naturalized citizens headed to the polls for their first time Sunday. New citizens marched together to the elections office in Durham, encouraging and supporting one another as they voted for the first time. Sijal Nasralla, the organizer of the march, recalled the joy his father felt the first time he voted and held the event to bring the same empowerment to others. “Our vote not only counts more because we understand the value of citizenship, but it also counts more because we have the right to empower those people who do not have the means to gain citizenship,” Nasralla said.

IN NO MORE FUNNY BUSINESS

We can all agree that people hate the creepy clowns. Now that they’ve been spotted in 20 states including North Carolina, the fear of seeing one on Halloween is killing me, especially since police still don’t have an official stance on clown costumes. The only people more frustrated with the situation than me, I think, are the creepy clowns’ slightly-less-creepy counterparts: professional clowns. Acts like Mr. Rainbow are feeling the effects of the insanity and are 100 percent done clownin’ around.