“In girl world, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” This infamous quote from Mean Girls sums up what Halloween has become.

For nearly 2,000 years, people have been celebrating Halloween in some form or fashion. When did costumes go from ghouls and ghosts to fetishes and fantasies?

According to some findings, the 1970s is about the time costumes started to become more scandalous.

“I think it has turned into a rather classless celebration due to attire and behavior since this is the only time outfits can be blamed on Halloween,” said Dejacquanisha Nash, a sophomore kinesiology major.

“It has turned into a rather outrageous holiday because as newer generations come around they forget where the origin of this celebration came from,” said Nash.

Have we gotten to a point where women have totally begun to sacrifice creativity for the sake of showing skin?

Take your favorite childhood costume and cut off half the material. Now, cut off a little more and congratulations, you’ve just made a socially acceptable Halloween costume.

Some type of animal ears, naughty schoolgirls, provocative cops, hot nurses, and sexy superheroes are some of the most cliché outfits found among college women’s Halloween wardrobes.

The above five costumes have stood the tests of time so if you are not worried about being cliché or running into another cop with the same costume as you, then go ahead and pick one from the list.

“I vote school girl. Reasons would be that plaid skirts and knee high socks are sexy. Every guy has a fantasy about a girl like that at school,” said Matt Lee, a senior criminal justice major.

Halloween can tend to get chilly.Don’t forget your sweater to wear over your strip of fabric/costume. Pneumonia is no fun.