Megan Gately secondary education senior

Education major on stealing candy from kids, plus meshing pigs, cowgirls and rock stars

WILDCAT: Are you planning on dressing up?

GATELY: Yes, but I don't have a costume yet, so I'm going to have to put together something from the last few years.

WILDCAT: What are you thinking about?

GATELY: Well, I was a pig last year and I was a cowgirl the year before. I've also been an '80s rock star. So I'll put those all together somehow.

WILDCAT: That would work. I think I'm going to be a dominatrix.

GATELY: (Laughter) Yeah.

WILDCAT: Do you think for people in college Halloween is just an excuse to dress slutty?

GATELY: I think that definitely girls use it. My friend told me, "I'm gonna be a ho for Halloween."

WILDCAT: If you could be any candy, what would you be?

GATELY: I'd be candy corn. It's not that good and it's not the best out there, but it's definitely Halloween. And everyone respects it.

WILDCAT: I'd be those little wrapped orange and black ones that everyone just throws away. Because then I wouldn't get eaten and die. Would you ever steal candy from little kids?

GATELY: Yes, I would. If the circumstances allowed it.

WILDCAT: These older high school kids once drove up in a truck and knocked me down and stole my candy. I scraped my knee, too. It was a very traumatic experience. How about those people who left out tubs of candy with a "Please Take One" sign?

GATELY: I did take one but I didn't steal the whole bowl because the next kid comes and they don't get anything.

WILDCAT: Well, you'd probably just steal the candy from the next kid, anyway.

GATELY: I wouldn't be a big bully and steal a lot.

WILDCAT: What if they had money, would you steal that?

GATELY: No, I don't need nickels and dimes.

WILDCAT: What if they had $100 bills? You'd take it.

GATELY: There's a good chance. I'm broke.