Combine the entertainment of carving pumpkins with giving to charity, and you have the first ever pumpkin carving contest from the international psychology honor society Psi Chi, the Psychology Club and the Psychology Department. The event will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 at the University playhouse. The contest will benefit The Children’s Place, located at 59th Street and Brookside Boulevard. The Children’s Place is “committed to meeting the developmental and mental health needs of the very youngest survivors of abuse, neglect and other trauma,” according to its website. “Over the summer and early in the fall semester, the club officers brainstormed ideas for selecting a charity of focus for the 2011-’12 academic year,” Faculty Advisor Kymberley Bennett said. “A vote of the club officers resulted in The Children’s Place … Read entire article »