Lamar University’s Engineering Without Borders student organization held the fourth-annual Cherry Haunted House, Oct. 20, in Cherry Engineering.
The event was supported by other organizations including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, as well as the sponsorship of LU’s Cardinals Activities Board.
Trey Ames, EWB president and event coordinator, said the event was a big success.
“The haunted house went amazing,” he said. “Probably one of our best ones yet. We had 700 people come through. It was a lot of fun. The volunteers this year did a phenomenal job. Everyone enjoyed it.”
The group decorated the entire ground floor and participants traversed the halls in groups of 10-12.
The haunted house featured multiple sections with different themes, including the Clown Hallway, Killer Hallway, Purge Hallway, Mad Scientist Hallway, Mama Hallway and, finally, the Jump Scare Hallway.
Approximately 75 volunteers worked the event, Ames said.
The Cherry Haunted House took two days to build but plans for this event started as soon as last year’s event was over, Ames said.
“We just had a brainstorm throughout the year,” he said. “Summertime is where we really started going on it. Then pretty much as soon as school got into August, we started shopping, buying supplies we needed, getting volunteers, advertising it, etc.
We’re even already talking about how the next haunted house will go in a couple of weeks.”
Courtland Carmouche, Beaumont junior, said the event was fun and exciting and liked that it was on campus.
“I could have my friends (and) that way we can all have an easy place to hang out together and have fun for free,” he said. “I like this year a lot more than last year’s. I felt like it was a lot more well thought out and better designed. I was scared but I would recommend everyone to come to this haunted house, even if you’re scaredy-cat.”
