Nerf Gun Ban Hinders Zombie Battle

The University might hamper the second round of BG Undead's game playafter the announcement was made last week to place an immediate ban onthe use of Nerf guns on campus.

Thegame, a version of Humans versus Zombies, is still going to be playedbut it's going to be more difficult for the humans to survive, saidsenior Atonn Smeltzer, the web administrator for the group.

In the live-action game, players are either humans or zombies. The goal of the game is to change all the humans into zombies, or for the humans to evade capture by zombies for a certain amount of time. To defend themselves against zombies, humans may use Nerf guns.

Kelly Kaczmarek was sitting in her ethics class yesterday afternoon, when a campus police officer came to question her about having what appeared to be a weapon.

Kaczmarek was one of several students carrying toy Nerf guns on campus as part of a week-long role-playing game called Humans vs. Zombies.

But the game ended after less than four hours of play when University police began issuing citations to students who were participating.