The SLS Halloween Party: a wrap on spooky season
The late November weather has turned, and the first snow of the season has fallen. For some, holiday decorating has begun, and we can officially close the door on spooky season for this year.
Returning to the Jackman Law Building for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Students’ Law Society’s (SLS) annual Halloween bash closed out the month of October. With decorations, pizza, drinks, and a DJ, the Rowell Room and the Atrium were abuzz with all manners of costumed law students (shout out to Jarren Fefer’s (1L) Lord Farquaad for winning the costume contest!). There was, however, one feature of the party that seemed to be unanticipated by both attendees and organizers alike. Throughout the party, the big question became why were all the lights in the Atrium on?
Ultra Vires reached out to the SLS to find out what exactly happened on their end:
“Leading up to the Halloween event […] lighting tests were conducted and an automatic shut-off was set [in the Atrium] (for clarity, the lighting in the Jackman [Law] Building is controlled through a secure online system and cannot be manipulated manually).
On the night of the event, the lighting in the Atrium did not turn off at the expected time. Members of the Halloween Subcommittee and the Social and Finance Committee worked with a facility manager as well as two sets of electrical engineers in an attempt to resolve the issue over the course of two hours. Eventually, thanks to their help, most of the lights were turned off.”
Sometimes things don’t go as planned, but I think I can speak for all attendees when I say that we nonetheless had a fun, spooky, and safe time! So, thank you very much to the SLS for their efforts in organizing the Halloween party and in remedying the situation with the lights. We appreciate you!
