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Transylvania University’s Student Activities Board members are helping their fellow Pioneers get into the school “spirit” over the next week with a variety of spooky events honoring a legendary professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s Raf Week \u2014 named after eccentric nineteenth century naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque \u2014 kicked off with last night’s Poole Haunted Hallway and ties in other Halloween-themed events like trick-or-treating and the school’s PumpkinMania Festival<\/a> presented by UK Federal Credit Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Raf Week is definitely the tradition that we hold dearest to our hearts,” SAB President Abby Burczyk ’25 said. “It connects us to our school’s history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It also helps foster campus engagement, like when students volunteer to be scare actors haunting Poole Residence Hall. Burczyk said she enjoys seeing her classmates get into their role, like a scary farmer popping out from behind a hay bale (Haunted Hallway had a farm theme this year). “That’s always the best part.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAB<\/a> is also helping promote tonight’s magic show<\/a> with Hollywood magician Joseph Tran and will have a golf putting activity at Sunday’s PumpkinMania carving. Other Raf Week activities include Candy Apple Nachos on Monday from 3-5 p.m. in the Campus Center, trick-or-treating Tuesday from 7-9 in Back Circle and a campuswide Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt on Wednesday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, students are entering a Raf-fle during Candy Apple Nachos for a chance to spend the night<\/a> in Rafinesque’s Old Morrison tomb on Halloween eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafinesque<\/a> taught botany and natural philosophy at Transylvania in the 1820s and \u201930s. His birthday was Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the professor cursed Transylvania when he left, the campus community has embraced his legacy. For instance, the mascot is Rafinesque\u2019s big-eared bat<\/a> and there’s an eatery called the Rafskeller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raf Week is another way for students to tie into their school’s rich traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Transylvania has such a unique story to tell,” Burczyk said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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