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Pumpkin pulverizing proves popular

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Nathaniel Jones, 20, junior of Papillion, carves a design into a pumpkin Monday during the Pumpkin Carving Event. —Photo by Angie Webb
Nathaniel Jones, 20, junior of Papillion, carves a design into a pumpkin Monday during the Pumpkin Carving Event. —Photo by Angie Webb

Guts were pouring out of the Gold Room Monday night as CSC students were armed in competition. Pumpkin guts that is, as students used carving knives to create jack-o-lanterns during the RLA Pumpkin Carving event.

Kent Hall Resident Director  Jennifer Monroe said she had a $300 budget from the resident life fund, which she used to buy prizes, carving tools, and 60 pumpkins. The event lasted from 8-10 p.m., when judging started. Sixty-one students attended.

A three-judge panel chose the three best pumpkins. They then chose six additional pumpkins to vie for fourth and fifth place. The crowd’s cheering determined those winners. Prizes included pillows, hangers, a plastic drawer set, a vacuum, and an iPod shuffle. Aimee Glandt, 18, freshman from Rapid City, South Dakota, earned first place and the iPod shuffle for her  creepy jack-o-lantern.

“There were lots of good entries and hard work from people,” Glandt said.