Long Beach City College hosted a Halloween Carnival filled with free food, a DJ set and a costume contest for students and staff on Oct. 31 at LAC.
Students and faculty came in a variety of whimsical and spooky costumes and others were part of an ensemble costume.
The costume contest gave the opportunity for students to show off their costumes whether it be a store bought or homemade.
The first place winner of the contest, Ethan Reyes, was dressed as an Advanced Recon Force Trooper from the Star Wars franchise, and made his costumes with paint, glue, cardboard and a 3D printer.
Ethan Reyes wears a storm trooper costume from the Star Wars film franchise which he pieced together with the use of a 3D printer. Reyes won the student costume contest for his outfit. (Nick Eismann)
“(The process) took a lot of work and time, I hand painted everything myself and glued everything together,” Reyes said.
His first place prize was a Barnes and Noble gift card and Reyes said he had fun being a part of the event.
The second place costume winner was a student dressed as La Catrina, a popular symbol in Mexican and Latin American culture that is associated with Dia de Los Muertos.
The third place costume winner was a student dressed up as pro-wrestler Randy Savage.
Although some participants worked hard to create their costumes, others opted to throw together a last minute outfit with pieces they already had.
LBCC student, Joe Capcha was dressed as Eric Cartman from the show South Park.
“I already had the hoodie and the beanie so it was an easy costume to put together,” Capcha said.
Catherine Murr who is an employee at LBCC threw on a hat as her costume of a member of the American new wave band Devo.
Winners of the student group costume were dressed as plague doctors and winners of the faculty group costume were dressed as different loteria cards.
Student Hunter Dunlavey was dressed as fighter pilot Maverick from Top Gun.
“Events like these really help the school come together as a community, it’s like a family,” Dunlavey said.
Mike Munoz also participated in the event and was dressed as Obi Wan from the Star Wars films and even brought his childhood toy Ewok.
His costume was part of a group costume along with other faculty members who were also dressed up as Star Wars characters.