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TUESDAY OCTOBER 25, 2022 VOLUME 112 ISSUE 11 www.UniversityStar.com
EVENTS
San Marcos gets its scare on for Halloween By Marisa Nunez Life and Arts Editor
Trick or treat! Local businesses in San Marcos are hosting numerous new and annual events that will get the community into the Halloween spirit. Delta Zeta’s Haunted Trails haunted house event will kick off Halloween weekend from 7 to 11 p.m. on Oct. 27. Haunted Trails has been an annual tradition for six years with new themes each year along with a new fraternity as a partner. This year, the sorority has partnered with Kappa Sigma to organize the haunted house event. "It's just really easy to work with [Delta Zeta]," Dylan Cahill, the treasurer of Kappa Sigma, said. "There's never any fuss. Everybody's just kind of really molded together well, so I think that's what's made the process a lot more enjoyable for
both of us." Entry to the event costs $7. The house will include six different themed rooms featuring a purge room, a butcher room, a clown room and more. All earnings will go to each of their philanthropies. Delta Zeta supports the Starkey Hearing Foundation and Kappa Sigma supports the Military Heroes Campaign. To purchase tickets or donate, visit https://dz.crowdchange.co/27968 San Marcos Parks and Recreation will host its sixth annual Farmer Fred’s Harvest Fall Carnival on Oct. 28 at City Park. The carnival will start with a Haunted Hayride with an admission of $3 per person at 5 p.m.
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MONEY
Community weighs in on federal student loan relief applications By Christian Martinez News Contributor The Federal Student Loan Debt Relief application opened on Oct. 17 and many students and alumni have found themselves filling out personal information in hopes of their student loan debts being canceled. In August, the Biden administration announced its student loan forgiveness plan that could cancel up to $20,000 in debt for eligible current and graduated students. Those who make less than $125,000 per person a year could qualify for up to $10,000 forgiven and if a student received a Pell Grant, they could get up to $20,000 in student loan debt forgiven. The application is simple to complete, the most important information needed is a person’s social security number, email and phone number.
Current students are happy about the new federal program, and former students have also taken advantage of it. Texas State alumna Breana Wentz said that she is ecstatic to be a part of this long-awaited relief. “I am very excited,” Wentz said. “My student loans totaled at $54,000, and I was the first person in my family to go to school. I didn't have a lot of education on what accepting some of those loans meant and it's kept me from buying a home. It's kept me in very burdensome situations, so I think that it’s wonderful for my situation in general. I'm very excited and it gives us a lot more opportunity to move forward, financially.”
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ILLUSTRATION BY VANESSA BUENTELLO
SAN MARCOS FEST GALLERY
Elephant Ears band lead Creighton Coyne presents himself to the audience during the music festival, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, at Sewell Park. PHOTO BY ALLISON MENDOZA Elephant Ears member Zac Martin strums his guitar, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, at Sewell Park. PHOTO BY ALLISON MENDOZA
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