Spiders, Zombies, and Taxes on Candy, Oh My!

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — October is here and as the home of the Spiders there is no lack of expertise "crawling" around campus for insight into the Halloween season. From candy taxes to zombie mania, our team has developed a list of experts who are available for all your Halloween stories this month.

Featured experts include: 

Hayes Holderness on candy tax
Holderness, assistant professor of law and a tax expert, can discuss why certain types of candy is taxed while others are not.

Jennifer O'Donnell on spiders
As a biology professor and animal care expert, O'Donnell cares for and studies a variety of tarantulas, including Tarrant, the Spider men's basketball team's live mascot.

Elizabeth Outka on zombies
Outka, an associate professor of English, investigates the connection between historic plagues and today's zombie craze.

A full list of experts are highlighted on this Halloween expert guide. 

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