October 29, 2026
Spooky fun manifests at SIU’s Student Center on Friday
Faculty, staff, students and the community can join in spooky fun on Friday, Oct. 30, as the SIU Student Center celebrates Halloween with a full day of activities, costume contests and specialty drinks.
The events include community pumpkin carving, costume competition photos, cosmic bowling and a variety of specialty drinks. The locations and times are:
- Craft Shop: 2-5 p.m — Pumpkin carving for the fourth annual Jon Davey Dome Glow. Event is free and open to all; pumpkins and carving tools provided.
- Roman Room: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Shutter and Shiver Costume competition. Come in costume and get your photo taken to be judged. The best student costume and best staff costume will each win a prize.
- Bowling and billiards: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. — Deadman’s Roll, all-day cosmic bowling.
- 1869 Grille: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Scoop and Spook, customers in costume receive a free scoop of ice cream with purchase.
- Marketplace: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. — Jar of Souls. Guess how many pieces of candy corn are in the jar and win a prize.
- Delytes: 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. — Guess the number of espresso beans in the jar and win a prize.
Specialty drinks
- Delytes: 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. — Choose from Pumpkin Farm Cold Brew (Smooth cold brew topped with pumpkin spice sweet cream), Zombie Bite (Mint and Oreo blended with ice cream into a chilling drink, available with or without espresso. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate drizzle), and Butter Beer Latte (Hot or iced; milk or plant-based milk. Espresso, butterscotch and vanilla finished with whipped cream and caramel drizzle).
- Starbucks: 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. — Dracula’s Mocha (White Mocha Crème Frappuccino lined with mocha sauce and strawberry puree, topped with whipped topping.)
Customers receive a 10% discount at Delytes, Marketplace and Starbucks when in costume.