Witch Burned at the Stake in Red Square

On the evening of October 31, Halloween night, Justine Nichols (COL ’05), disguised as a witch, was burned at the stake in Red Square. Several Hoyas were struck with horror when they saw Nichols parading around campus in a costume that revealed virtually none of her naked body.

Says Arthur Miller (SFS ’06), “We had our suspicions earlier in the evening, and a few freshman girls tipped us off about where she would be.” According to witnesses, Nichols’s costume was baggy, and covered her entire body from her neck to her feet. Students avoided her in fear for hours, until a group of twenty met in Dahlgren Chapel around midnight and decided to take action.

DPS officers had asked the junior to return home for her own safety, but it was too late. With burning torches, dozens of scantily clad nurses, schoolgirls, hookers, and “walk-of-shames” captured Nichols on Healy Lawn and proceeded with the sentence. Nichols’s called out to the crowd, “AREN’T ANY OF YOU COLD?!!!” The group repeated in unison. “TOO MANY CLOTHES…TOO MANY CLOTHES…”