By the time we get to college, we've all had years of experience trying to think of the one Halloween costume that will put all of our past costumes to shame. It's that time of year again, so Venues asked Penn State students: "What has been your most creative Halloween costume?"

"I was Mary Poppins once. That's definitely something people don't normally do."

-- Alana Hauck

(senior-biotechnology)

"One year, when I was like 5, I went as a flower. My mom made the costume, and I had this headdress with these huge petals and this green costume. I loved it."

--Kristin Kamenicky

(junior-advertising/public relations)

"Last year, two friends and I went as Maverick, Goose and Iceman from Top Gun. We like the movie a lot and thought it was pretty funny."

--Dave Behm

(junior-media studies)

"I made a giant, purple, body-conforming robot a couple of years ago. I worked on it for almost two months. I still have the head at home somewhere."

--Matt Eliot

(sophomore-aerospace engineering)

"Two years ago, my friends and I all went as one of the football players from Remember the Titans. We made football jerseys that said 'Titans' and had the pants and everything."

--Nikki Pierce

(freshman-film and video)

"Once, my friends and I had this cooperative effort. We all wore black and had those adhesive, glow-in-the-dark stars and went as 'night.' No one really got it."

--Julie Yost

(freshman-English)

"I was a pirate one time. I had the hat, the knife, the makeup and everything. That was really the only time I ever dressed up."

--Dennis Samuel

(senior-electrical engineering)

"I had the Jason mask, but instead of a real mask, I painted it on my face."

--Ankush Chopra

(senior-electrical engineering)

"I was Minnie Mouse one year, but that was the only costume left by the time I went shopping."

--Stephanie Fein

(junior-accounting)