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The Spectator
NESCAC NEWS
by Amanda Jordan '10News Writer
October 30, 2009
Trinity College
Kyle Smith, a 21-year-old man from Connecticut, robbed a McDonald's in Hartford on Oct. 22 and then shot himself near the Trinity College campus. The campus was put on lockdown at about 6:45 p.m. after the state police dog team led Hartford police officers to the campus. Smith was found in the woods near Trinity's campus with the help of a thermal imaging camera. When police officers found the man at around 9:45 p.m., they discovered that he had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. At about 10 p.m., Trinity lifted its lockdown, after many students had been stuck in academic buildings and classrooms for hours.
Colby College
On Oct. 24, more than 125 people dressed up in their scariest costumes and participated in a Freaky 5k Run/Walk at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The Maine-based organization Hardy Girls Healthy Women hosted this event in order to encourage young girls to dress in scary, not sexy, Halloween costumes. The organization's primary concern is the health of young girls and women, with a mission to overcome stereotypes of women generated by the media. Event organizers awarded prizes at the event for the scariest costumes.