A zombie apocalypse has arrived on campus. On Monday, Nov. 7, humans and “zombies” will launch a battle in a game hosted by students. Freshman Scott Mange organized a group to gather and play for seven days to see who will survive.
According to humansvszombies.org, the game “Humans vs. Zombies” began at Groucher College in 2005, where a group of students formed the rules. Since then, the clash of the living and the dead has spread to over 650 colleges through social networking.
Students arm themselves with Nerf guns or balled up pairs of socks (to stun zombies for 15 minutes) and a bandana, to signify whether they have been infected—bandanas on the arm means human, around the head is zombie.
To determine the first zombie, students draw an index card at random. The card with a green sticker marks the first zombie. The final battle will take place on the Intramural Field on the seventh day, where zombies can be killed with the socks and Nerf darts.
Mange was inspired by a game at USF Tampa and said he wanted to bring the event to USFSP.
“I feel like our campus has real potential to make a great game,” Mange said. “I know how much fun the students here can have.”
The game will remain open to all interested students. On Nov. 7, meetings will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and again from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of Residence Hall One to draw cards.
“The more people there are the more exciting it is,” Mange said.
For more information, visit the Facebook page “Campus Wide Humans vs. Zombies Tag.”
