Daily Skiff

by Katie Ruppel

Don't feel like spending $50 on a provocative Disney princess or an overpriced horror costume? Here is a list of 12 costume ideas for under $10. 1. Gangster White T-shirt: $4.00 at Walmart Borrow baggy, oversized pants from a friend Make your own bling from foil 2. (1) comment

The Skiff will be looking into the phenomenon that is PostSecret in a couple of weeks. Send your PostSecrets, anonymous confessions of funny/embarrassing/naughty things you've done, to us at: Features Editor TCU Box 298050 Fort Worth, TX 76129 (leave return address blank) Your confidentiality is promised. (1) comment

by Mary Sue Greenleaf

Outside of downtown Fort Worth lies a 100-year-old meat packing plant with a suspicious past. Doors slam with no explanation. People hear things in certain parts of the building when no one is there. A ghost has even been sighted in the clown room, dubbed the most haunted part of the warehouse by owner Todd James. (0) comments

by Katie Ruppel

To most people, the sight of a skeleton or skull is not exactly a friendly one. But for those who practice Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead on Nov. 1st and 2nd, it is one of celebration and remembrance. Miguel Leatham, an anthropology professor who studies Mexican religion and folklore, said that it was not until recently that Americans, mostly Southwesterners, started celebrating Dia de los Muertos. (3) comments