TO THE EDITOR:
For the past year and a half, I have partaken in the game everyone loves to criticize.
When students and faculty wake up one Monday in late October or March and they see students walking around with Nerf Blasters and bandanas playing Humans vs. Zombies, they are tempted to think that these kids need to wake up from the childhood dream they are living in. Many of my peers get offended at the reactions we often receive from the DTH, from the kvetches and from the mocking we get from across the spectrum of students here on campus. I have often been among them.
I am not here to ask why we should drop our tradition. I am here to say we will not. What many who attack us do not understand is that people like me have made all of my friends through this game. They do not understand that we consider ourselves a small family, or even a cult that in reality is just a group of friends trying to have a good time while getting through school. Though I apologize for the rare incident in which out biannual event might interfere with someone’s casual walk to class, I cannot say I apologize for having fun playing this game.
On behalf of my fellow players, I am here to say we are not going anywhere.
Christian Rodriguez
Sophomore
Political Science
