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Hamilton students will host the 13th-annual Trust Treat, a tradition that brings more than 200 Utica-area children (and kids of Hamilton employees!) to campus for a safe and fun evening of trick-or-treating on Halloween night, October 31.

Accompanied by Hamilton student guides, the children trick-or-treat throughout campus in the residence halls where costumed Hamilton students hand out candy and provide some fun tricks for the children. Some private societies and residence halls sponsor haunted houses during the evening.

One of the most popular Trust Treat stops is a visit to Professor Karen Brewer's chemistry laboratory. There children are treated to a science "magic show" where  slime and "flubber" ooze out of beakers, fire gas balls explode in mid-air, flaming dollar bills "magically" stay intact and delicate flowers shatter like glass.

Trust Treat was established by the Newman Council and the Class of 1992 in memory of Eric Trust, a classmate who died unexpectedly on Halloween Day during his first year at Hamilton in 1988. Funding comes from the Student Assembly, the 1992 Senior Gift and the Syracuse Diocese of the Catholic Church.

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