On Feb. 26, Harding students met in the Heritage auditorium around 10 p.m. to begin Humans vs. Zombies, according to sophomore Wesley Bland.<\/p>\n
Students went over the rules, then the game began around 10:40 p.m. The game ended March 2. According to Bland, a ministry intern for the Rock House who oversaw Humans vs. Zombies, an estimated 180-200 Harding students participated in what he called “a grown-up game of tag.”<\/p>\n
“Back in kindergarten, what did you play? You played tag,” Bland said. “That’s how you met people, you played tag.<\/p>\n
Bland said the game started with one zombie who in turn tagged a human who became a zombie and from there zombies continue to spread.<\/p>\n
“Once you become a zombie you’re part of that team, and you just try to turn the humans all into zombies, or let all the zombies die out by not getting tagged,” Bland said.<\/p>\n
The players used fabric strips tied around their arms or heads to indicate their roles in the games. There was also a website connected to the game where “zombies” entered ID numbers when they tagged people.<\/p>\n
“It was actually really fun, because like whenever you went outside you had to watch your back,” freshman Rachael Floyd said. “You were kind of always freaked out.”<\/p>\n
Bland said that Humans vs. Zombies was made to help people on campus meet other students whom they wouldn’t normally meet.<\/p>\n
“That’s what we wanted it to be, an outreach (ministry),” Bland said. “This is just an easy way (to get people involved). Friendships were made; that’s what it’s about \u2014 making friends, making bonds and Christ comes up somewhere along the way.”<\/p>\n
Senior Rebecca Neely, Rock House intern and moderator for the game, said the purpose for organizing the event was to do a fun event for campus students.<\/p>\n
“It brought students together that wouldn’t otherwise have met,” Neely said.<\/p>\n
According to Bland the objective was to help people get involved and build relationships.<\/p>\n
“There are a lot of people here that are lonely, they get homesick, and they don’t have anybody,” Bland said. “And I hope those were some of the people who played.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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