In America, the month of October means two things: frightful tales of fear and doom, and the annual culture war over pumpkin spice, a combination of nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves whose omnipresence provokes joy and hate and in equal measure.
Usually, these two elements are kept separate. But this year, at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore, they came together. On Thursday, October 5, the entire school building was evacuated due to the smell of pumpkin spice.
According to the school’s official statement, it all started at 2:30 p.m., when students on the third floor “reported a strange odor.” Students and…
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