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Student sport shamBy Tyler PeaseSta� Reporter

Athletes can be glori�ed, scru-tinized and criticized. Some are role models, some are celebrities. However, all college athletes have to deal with balancing school-work alongside the pressure of preparing for games, practices and entire seasons.

From 2001 to 2010, 53 of the 120 colleges that make up the Football Bowl Subdivision have been found to have committed major violations, according to In-side Higher Ed.

Certainly not all of these have to do with academic fraud, but about 15 programs did, and one was caught twice within 10 years.

Academic Fraud is a very broad term, and all sorts of cases have been brought up. �e University of Memphis was investigated on the charge that one of its players did not take their own SAT.

Florida State University was accused of three former Univer-sity Athletic Academic Support Services sta� who gave improper assistance resulting in academic fraud to numerous student-athletes representing multiple sports programs, according to Aol news.

Other universities have had problems as well. Purdue Uni-

versity had an assistant coach admit to typing, correcting, and revising a paper for a former player, according to USA Today. �e University of Georgia also had an assistant coach accused of academic fraud when he awarded grades of A to three men’s basket-ball student-athletes.

�e NCAA also noted that one student-athlete likely never at-tended class, while the two others attended only a few.

�e three men’s basketball student-athletes in the class took no �nal exam, which the depart-ment chair required the coach to administer.

While there is no way to box the way academic fraud is com-mitted, the thing all violations have in common is the damage the institutions and their athletic programs su�er.

No institution is impervious to breaking NCAA rules, some can happen without knowledge of the coaches or even the players par-ticipating.

�ere have surely been viola-tions that go unpunished,

as it is tough to know how many or where they have taken place.

With so many major programs su�ering from NCAA violations, speci�cally academic violations, Western Michigan University has kept within NCAA rules and has been able to �eld competitive ath-letic programs in the process.

WMU does have the Ellis Ath-letic Academic Advising Center on the second �oor of Read Field-house, which provides a comfort-able and supportive environment in which student-athletes can strive to achieve academic suc-cess.

WMU has had several aca-demic All-Americans in the past, including Allyson Doyle from the volleyball team, Joe Reitz, and David Kool along with many oth-ers. Athletes all across the nation should be applauded for staying eligible, and beyond that, for-achieving at a high level.

Bronco kicker excited by winBy Matt BuckSta� Reporter

�ough Potter isn’t on the �eld as much as a quarterback or a linebacker, the fourth-year starter said that he still �nds ways to mo-tivate his teammates.

“I just try to be perfect, make all of my kicks, and do what I can for this team,” he said. “I go out there and try to make plays. I just try to work hard. It’s more in the o�season that I’m able to show leadership and my work ethic.”

By Potter’s standards, his team-mates have had a lot to be excited about this season. �e kicker holds the team record for tackles made by a kicker, with 30.

Like everyone else on the team, Potter has never been able to de-clare victory against the

team’s northern rival; that is, until Saturday. Potter said that the win would resonate with him for the foreseeable future.

“It was an awesome win. It felt amazing,” he said. “It felt good the next day, and it still feels good. I don’t have another opportunity to play them, so I’m just going to enjoy it.”

According to Potter, the fact that he’s never beaten the Chips just fueled the �re.

“It provided excitement,” he said. “Every year we went there wanting to win and �nally, we put it all together this year. We kept putting points on the board, and I’m happy that I was able to be a part of that. See Potter

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�e Western Michigan Univer-sity football team (2-1, 1-0 MAC), dismantled its hated rival Central Michigan University Chips with a 30-point blowout last week at Waldo Stadium, but this week they are posed with a di�erent challenge.

WMU will head into Cham-paign, Illinois, to face o� against the hosting and newly ranked University of Illinois Fighting Il-lini (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten).

�e Illini broke the rankings 24 in this week’s Associated Press poll for the �rst time since the 2008 season.

�e Brown and Gold trail the Illini (1-2) in the all-time series, but WMU coach Bill Cubit led the Broncos went into Champaign in 2008 and handed the Illini a 23-17 loss that propelled WMU to the Texas Bowl that season.

�is season has a similar feel, and a win against a ranked Big Ten opponent is just the type of strength-of-schedule victory the Broncos will need at the end of the season.

“It’s short lived,” Cubit said. “Saturday you enjoy it, and Sun-day you come in and watch the tape and get ready for the next one. Illinois is really good. �ey’re outstanding. �eir defense is sixth or seventh in the nation. We really have our work cut out for us. �is is one of the better teams we’ve played since I’ve been here.”

Illinois is third in the nation converting third-downs which will pose a threat for the Broncos defense that’s only allowed seven points in its last eight quarters.

�e Illini are one of the six bowl teams from a season ago that the Brown and Gold face on the road this year. �is mentality to only face the best, no matter a win or loss, is the biggest reason that WMU gets more recognition on the national scene with every passing year.

�e game marks the ninth time WMU has faced a Big Ten team under head coach Bill Cubit.

“You’ve got only 12 opportuni-ties to go play,” Cubit said. “We’ve always done this as a football team here at [Western] and we’re gonna continue doing it. �ey’re challenges. We got good players too. �ey’re probably down there a little concerned too. Our kids are gonna go down there trying to win the football game.”

Ron Zook’s Illini cracked the top 25 ranks this past week with a 17-14 victory against the then 18th ranked Arizona State Uni-versity Sun Devils.

�e win marked the �rst time Illinois defeated a nationally ranked team since the 2007 Rose Bowl campaign in a game against the #1 Ohio State Buckeyes.

WMU has a great opportu-nity to solidify itself as a national threat with a road win this week against a ranked large-name con-ference team.

�e hangover of beating CMU cannot layover for the Broncos or it could be a long day in Cham-paign for the Brown and Gold.

“We have to take this as a springboard,” Alex Carder, junior quarterback, said. “Beating our rival was something we’ve had in the back of our minds all year, but now that we’re a�er the fact and we’ve accomplished what we set out as our goal, now the question is how good can we be? And how special can we be during this sea-son? It all goes back to our prepa-ration during the week and not just on Saturday. If we can do that we can really make something special this season.”

�e game will air this Saturday nationally on the Big Ten Net-work at 3:30pm.

“I think having this team right now before the meat of our MAC play couldn’t come at a better time,” Carder said. “I think the guys are gonna step up to the plate and I just wanna see how good we really are because this is a ranked team.”

Big ten Rival By Chris WillisSta� Reporter

Since last season ended for the Western Michigan Univer-sity hockey team, there has been a plethora of behind-the-scenes chatter regarding what kind of changes could be made regarding the Broncos’ conference a�lia-tion.

On Wednesday, all of the chat-ter was put to rest, as the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has announced that it will be wel-coming the Broncos to the con-ference, e�ective at the beginning of the 2013-14 season.

St. Cloud State University will also be joining the NCHC, ex-panding the conference from six to eight teams.

�e Broncos gained even more national prominence last year, making it to the Central Colle-giate Hockey Association �nals while being ranked for a greater portion of the season.

Furthermore, the university hired former National Hockey League coach Andy Murray to take over the team for the 2011-12 season, setting expectations even higher for the team going for-ward.

Brian Faison, spokesperson for the NCHC’s Athletic Director’s Committee, said that the Broncos will help build what could soon be the top conference in college hockey.

“A�er a thorough and delib-erate evaluation process, the Na-tional Collegiate Hockey Con-ference is delighted to extend invitations to St. Cloud State and Western Michigan to become members of what we believe will be the premier hockey conference in the United States,” Faison said in a press release on Wednesday.

Faison said that the new addi-tion would be bene�cial for both the universities and the confer-ence.

“Both universities �t perfect-ly with the established goals of our conference membership,” he said. “�eir programs are highly competitive and produce quality student-athletes. Each institution has made signi�cant commit-ments to the continued success of their hockey programs and they are both located in tradition-rich hockey states. St. Cloud State and Western Michigan, with their passionate fans, will add a great

deal to �e National and we look forward to welcoming them.”

Faison, who is also the direc-tor of athletics at North Dakota, said that the new addition should give the conference a chance to compete for a National Champi-onship on a yearly basis.

“With the launch of the inau-gural season for �e National just two years away, and with greater clarity regarding membership, we are con�dent the strength of our schedules and the success of our teams will produce outstanding hockey with regional and nation-al appeal, and strong contenders for the national championship on an annual basis,” he said.

WMU will be o�cially an-nouncing the new a�liation to-morrow at a press conference

scheduled for 10 a.m. On hand will be WMU athletic direc-tor Kathy Beauregard, NCHC spokesman Brad Bates, WMU President John Dunn, Murray, and a handful of players.

�e NCHC will also be con-ducting a nationwide search for its �rst commissioner, and ex-pects to have a person named to the position by December.

By Matt Buck Sta� Reporter

Hockey to start again really soon

Western HeraldWMU Hockey season begins Sat., Oct. 4

Whether you’re “Ridin’ Solo” or just “Fallin’ in Love,” the Cam-pus Activities Board is pleased to present Jason Derulo in concert at the Miller Auditorium on No-vember 14 at 8 p.m.

Now, students can exclusively purchase tickets, with a valid Bronco ID, for a price of $12-$15 for the concert. However, you must purchase the tickets in per-son at Miller Auditorium and present your Bronco ID to get the student discount. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on September 28 and will range from $24-$30.

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�ey go to work and take classes like ev-eryone else. You might have passed them on campus without realizing it. Western Michigan University seniors Greg Du�, Fitz James, D.J. Duckett and Kevin Ruane aren’t just ordinary students, they’re also the 50 Yard Line Crew, a group of students who paint their chests and lead cheers at every WMU home football game.

“It’s great to show our support,” said James, the group’s M.

“Obviously, we’re all big fans.”�e quartet is the latest in a tradition

which stretches back to 2005’s football season, when a group of freshmen decid-ed to show their support for the Broncos

by painting their chests with the school’s initials. Over the years, the mantle has been passed down to fans that have shown their dedication to Waldo Stadium’s stu-dent section.

“We’re out there the whole game, ev-ery game, rain or shine,” said James. “You have to be a big fan, and you can’t be shy. We’ve

even gone to road games at the Univer-sity of Michigan and Notre Dame.”

�e Crew serves as the uno�cial lead-ers of the student section, leading stu-dents who attend the games in the �ght song, alma mater and a number of cheers that show support for the players, to the

Bronco Marching Band, to WMU Presi-dent John Dunn. �ey’ve attended every home game for several seasons, including Sunday’s blowout against rivals Central Michigan University.

“I had painted my chest for the Ball State game in ’09, but I wasn’t available last year,” said Du�, who is the group’s new “U” this season.

Du� had experience leading cheers in the WMU hockey student section, the Lawson Lunatics.

“And yeah, to do this you’ve got to be willing to arrive early and stay as long as it takes,” Du� said.

�e roles do have their perks, how-ever.

“We’ve got tickets to all of the MAC conference games,” said James. “We’ve also been in the locker

rooms and gotten free stu�. But it’s really just great to keep the intensity and spirit up at the games and support the team.”

“Being part of [the group] is one of my fondest memories of WMU,” Jack Melinn, recent WMU alum, said.

Melinn served as the group’s fourth man, “Kid Bronco,” before moving up to “W” last season.

“My �rst time was at Ball State, when they were undefeated and it was 15 de-grees outside, and I still loved every min-ute of it.”

�e Crew has one major request for students.

“Stay for the whole game,” said James. “It’s frustrating that the stands are always full at the beginning of the game, but mostly empty by the fourth quarter. Be proud of your team and your school, and stick it out to support them.”

Bold Broncos show school pride

Thursday, September 22, 2011 5

�e band Bastard Train is playing a show this Saturday at the Strutt at 10 p.m. along with Velva.

Velva is a psychedelic electronic band that makes all of their own instruments by hand.

“[Velva] is full of really creative people,” Billy Falcon, lead vocal and rhythm guitar for Bastard train, said.

Bastard Train consists of four people including Falcon, another lead guitarist, a drummer and a new bass player who is a lifelong friend of Falcon’s and taking the place of Falcon’s brother.

“He took the spot when my brother got a new job and has �lled the shoes perfect-ly,” Falcon said.

Falcon said the band plays many dif-ferent shows or parties but mostly keeps things quiet.

“[We don’t] want to overplay our stu�, I don’t want it to get boring to anyone,” Fal-con said.

�ey mainly play rock ‘n’ roll, and ob-viously love what they’re doing. �ey’ve written a lot of new stu� and plan on play-ing some this Saturday, but also plan to always keep older songs in the set as well.

“We’re comin’ back better than ever before and have a lot of hard power rips,” Falcon said. “We want to teach every man how to love a woman with our music. We keep it sexy on stage, and want to keep our audience partying and really pumped up.”

Bastard Train has been together for about two years, and compare themselves to artists such as Aero-smith, AC/DC, �e Scorpions and Grand Funk Railroad.

As far as rock ‘n’ roll goes Fal-con said they like to keep things classic.

“We stick to leather, rock ‘n’ roll, partying and keeping every-thing pumped up.”

Performing is what Falcon’s favorite part of being in the band because he enjoys the audience’s reaction and feels it’s a great way to vent and get his creativity out there. He enjoys seeing people dancing and enjoying the music and feels it’s also a great way to meet people,

“I’ve met more people dancing and at shows, just having a good

time, than I have at school or work or at the gym,” Falcon said.

�e band also likes to keep lights in-volved in their show to keep things rock ‘n’ roll. Aaron Young stays with the band, almost as a ��h member, doing the lights for all of their shows. �e lighting includes 500 green lasers, a fog machine and a pro-jector. �ey want to keep everything highly stimulating for everyone interested.

Goals for the future, according to Fal-con, include promoting the band a bit more than they have done in the future. It is really important to him to play for di�er-ent types of audiences and di�erent people around di�erent areas to get their sound out to people who may not even know about the type of rock ‘n’ roll they play.

“We really want to keep presenting good music and hope people can come and just have a good time with us,” Falcon said.

�e show is at �e Strutt is 18 years and up and costs $5 at the door.

By Alexandra BatsonSta� Reporter

Potter doesn’t want to take all of the credit for his success, though. �e kicker said that his squad has immensely helped him along the way.

“Rob Arnheim has been my holder for all four years. Kirk Nakama is an amazing long snapper. �at unit is awesome,” he said. “I have all the con�dence in the world that they’ll get the ball back there for me to kick it. I’ve been kicking with Ben Ar-mor for all four years that I’ve been here. It’s great to have someone that I can relate to on the team.”

Potter said that having the stability within the special teams unit has given him a lot of con�dence going forward.

�ough Potter has played on a few bowl-eligible teams, the kicker says that this is the best team he’s been a part of so far. “�is is the best team that I’ve ever been on,” he said. “�ere’s a lot of talent, and we’ve just been able to put it together. I’m just excited to see what else we can do.

PotterFrom Page 2

Train rolls into Strutt

Katrina Murphy/Western HeraldFor the �rst time since 1997, a live horse leads the WMU football team.

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Thursday, September 22, 20116

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Asian art history is unique, that’s why it’s coming to Kalama-zoo, said the director of the Tim-othy Light Center for Chinese studies.

�is �ursday, Sept. 22, at 5:30 p.m., Dr. Daisy Yiyou Wang, a professional project specialist in Chinese art, is giving a free talk about art history in Room 2028 at Brown Hall on Western Michigan University’s campus.

Wang will present the for-mation and general understand-ing of the Chinese art for better appreciation of the historical, economical, marketing, supply and demand aspect of it.

“�is is a real opportunity to become more aware of true art through a professional specialist,” Professor Huang, the Economics Department and director of the sponsoring group, Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies, said.

Wang is an expert in advis-ing art galleries, he said. She has received her doctoral training in

Art History from Ohio Universi-ty. Art galleries have approached Wang to help in identifying and making judgments from the real artifacts and paintings from the fake for their collection of Chi-nese Art at the Freer Gallery.

“One of the missions of the Timothy Light Center and the Kalamazoo community is to share with campus the understanding of Chinese studies,” Huang said.

Asian art history is bene�cial to learn because it is unique, and now becoming more popular in Kalamazoo, he said. Art is im-portant because it is a form of ex-pression for humans with ideas. Art de�nes di�erent aspects in life. Many people can relate to art because it can represent so many di�erent topics and meanings.

Another aim for this event is for Wang to discuss and intro-duce the background of C.T. Loo, an art trader that works with the Freer Art Gallery in Washington D.C. Loo became involved with

the European Chinese art mar-ket so he sells real artifacts to the Freer Gallery.

Currently, Wang lives in Washington D.C. where she is an advisor at the Smithsonian. People can duplicate sculptures, paintings, and other artifacts. �e gallery is always looking to add to their collection. Wang’s background helps this process. Wang is from China, so she is familiar with its history, art and language.

�e Freer Gallery of Art is unique because it has been col-lecting art for 60 years, he said. �ere are many important and precious artifacts she will be sharing, including �e Ritual Grain, the Fork Blade/Knife and the Lucine sculpture.

“�is art is from so long ago that it is important a specialist judges whether it is a true item or not,” Huang said.

Whether you’re just �nish-ing lunch, in the middle of a study session, or simply craving sweets, the new Western Scoops Ice Cream station is the place to go. From so� serve ice cream to their signature Cyclones, Scoops has all of your ice cream needs covered.

Western Scoops, which is located in the basement of the Bernhard Center, is open Mon-day through �ursday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., and Fridays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Scoops o�ers locally sourced products such as so� serve and hard ice cream, frozen yogurt, shakes, malts, and �oats. Western Scoops is also a student favorite because not only do they accept, cash and credit, but WMU dining dollars can be used at Scoops as well. �e convenience of Western Scoops doesn’t stop there either; they of-fer ice cream in cones of all sizes, and in cups to take to go.

Scoops is already quite popular

with many Western students, and the new ice cream venue seems to be doing very well.

“Students are going for the wa�e cones and the hand-dipped Hudsonville Ice Cream,” Judy Gipper, the director of WMU dining services, said. “Popular ice cream �avors are Superscoop, Candy Play Doh and Cake Batter. �e sales of the fat free �avored yogurt have also signi�cantly increased; the current Georgia Peach �avor is very popular. �e sundaes are also selling well, and we are introducing several sun-dae specialties this fall, including a Turtle Sundae.”

Although the new business already has quite the student fol-lowing, there is some controversy that accompanies it as well. �is year Western Scoops has replaced the Taco Bell that was previously located in the Bernhard Center and some students are not very happy with the change that has been made.

“Personally, I like the ice cream place better because I love ice cream, and I think it’s a fun, new idea, but I do know a lot of students who are upset about the change,” Stephanie Reaber, se-nior criminal justice major, said. “Some people are angry because Taco Bell was really cheap and quick, and the closest Taco Bell is about a �ve minute drive so it was convenient to have one here for students,”

As the year goes on, Western Scoops plans on attracting more student support and popularity; and with all of their o�ers and options it’s hard not to jump on the bandwagon.

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�e morality of the American entertainment industry has long been questioned. With Toddlers and Tiaras going strong in its 4th season now, gone are the reason-able doubts.

Halloween only comes once a year much to the dismay of lov-ers of costumes and the color orange. However, don’t think it’s stopping parents of the con-testants of Toddlers and Tiaras from drowning their daughters in horrifying get-ups that involve endless layers of makeup, snap-on teeth, and hairspray.

�anks to Paisley Dickey, I can now declare that the wrongful

sexualization of females in this country has o�cially reached its peak. Dickey is a beauty pageant contestant whose mother dressed her up as Vivian Ward, aka Julia Roberts, in “Pretty Woman.” �e movie wasn’t explicitly graphic, but it was rated R. Perhaps Tod-dlers and Tiara should be too.

Not to drag the competitive nature of the show here, but I wore my �rst suggestive costume when I was 20. Sweet Paisley Dickey is 3 years old. I was at a private Halloween party among a group of friends; the now in-famous TLC show has approxi-mately 1.15 million viewers na-tionwide.

Much to the delight of the

producers of Toddlers and Tiara, little Paisley isn’t the only popu-lar pageant princess armed with a power mum with questionable parenting skills.

�is is where Lindsay Jack-son’s name comes to mind.

A pageant girl herself, she always loved Dolly Parton. In fact, she was her own inspira-tion when she dressed daughter Maddy as Parton for the show. Only this time, she strapped on the fake breasts and buttocks she never had as a child on her daughter for extra measure– just because, according to her, it’s re-ally funny and everyone thinks it’s hysterical.

It’s cute when girls play dress-

up on Barbie dolls, but when mommies play dress-up on their real life 4-year-old dolls, nobody is amused.

Chez Rougie tweeted, “Read-ing the “Toddlers and Tiaras controversy in this week’s People and I pretty much want to weep for society right now.”

Aaron Fists doesn’t think the out�ts are particularly comical either. He called on Child Protec-tive Services with his tweet: “CPS needs to do something about the mothers and anyone involved in #Toddlers&Tiaras. Shame on all involved.”

In fact, the backlash of the show is so intense that TLC dis-abled the show’s Facebook com-

ments. It has yet to be announced if they will “disable” the show as well. Go �gure.

As if attempting to prove the recession wrong, it is also re-ported that parents are footing �ve-�gure bills annually for each beauty pageant child. And so it makes good sense that older women spend thousands of dol-lars a year in beauty products and cosmetic surgery to look youthful again, but they also spend thou-sands of dollars a year to make their daughters look older.

A�er extensive research, I found that no textbook is able to explain that. I guess we’ll just have to tune in to TLC tonight at 9 p.m. to �gure it out ourselves.

Tweet of the week by Holy Taco: “I heard Toddlers and Tiaras is going head to head at the Emmy’s against Kate Plus 8 for Most Negligent Parenting.”

Thursday, September 22, 20118

On its national tour and kicking o� Miller Auditorium’s 2011-2012 season, “Girls Night: �e Musical” is stopping by to make Kalamazoo and Western Michigan University students laugh, cry and boogie in the seats and aisles on its two-time perfor-mance this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24.

Written by British playwright, author, and television producer Louise Roche, “Girls Night: �e Musical” comes straight from the United Kingdom.

“We welcome every produc-tion that comes to Miller, and look forward to our talented cast and crew working with their team to put on an awesome show

for the audiences and in turn they provide us with some great entertainment,” Bethany Gauth-ier, assistant director of market-ing at Miller Auditorium, said.

�e musical is about �ve girl-friends who go from heartbreak to happiness during a wild night of karaoke.

Together, they start to remi-nisce about their younger days, celebrate their lives and look to the future, all the while belting out an array of classic anthems such as “I Will Survive,” “Lady Marmalade,” “It’s Raining Men,” “Man I Feel Like a Woman” and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”

“I have seen this show and it is an excellent ‘Girls Night Out.’

[It’s] a show to see with friends,” Gauthier said. “De�nitely the kind of show where you’ll see people dancing in the aisles.”

�e performance schedule of Girls Night: �e Musical is Fri-day, September 23 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

“Girls Night: �e Musical” at Miller Auditorium is part of the Lake Michigan Mailers Spotlight Series. Tickets are on sale now for $45, and can be purchased online at millerauditorium.com, or by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858. Western stu-dents get a 50 percent discount with a valid Bronco ID for all Miller performances.

By Cody JanczewskiSta� Reporter

‘Girls Night’ to kick off new Miller 11-12 season

At midnight, Sunday Sept. 18, 2011 here on Western Michigan University’s campus, 28 zombies escaped a holding center and began instinctively searching for humans to add to their numbers. �is is what happened the night Zombies vs. Humans kicked o� their week long game of surviv-al, where locals from all around gathered to fend o� zombies with Nerf guns and home made sock grenades.

�e night was young when I met up with Noah Timm, a freshman here at WMU who would be assuming the role of a human along with roughly 175 others. I was to follow him and his group throughout the night as they completed missions and avoided becoming part of the liv-ing dead.

Before the game be-gan humans and zombies were administered ribbons. Humans were to tie the ribbons around their arms, and zombies were to tie them around their head.

Everyone showed o� their souped-up Nerf guns and helped tie on yellow ribbons as they waited to sign their waivers, and get their o�cial ZvH pictures taken.

Once everyone was set, and the rules were under-stood, the game’s situation was announced. �ose assuming the human role were former security guards on an island that housed 28 zombies. �e security guards had recently been let o�, and due to downsizing, generators that powered the holding cells over-heated allowing the zombies to escape. With these facts in mind and only a pistol in hand, humans were divided up and sent on mis-sions. It was these missions that allowed them to upgrade and do such things as wield other, bigger guns.

We �rst set out to an area near the Davis Dining Hall

where we were to defend a radio tower as someone using a trans-mitter called in our position. It was then that we received the position of the Weapons Depot.

To avoid contact with zombies, we lurked in the shad-ows and took much longer than anyone would if they were just walking to class. Once at the tower, we defended the position for a relatively quiet half hour.

Timm lit up a cigarette to pass the time, whispering to me the advantages of a Zippo as opposed to a lighter. We hadn’t seen any signs of zombies when we �nally got the Weapon De-pot’s position. Timm was con�-dent to move, explaining to me zombies attack in hordes, very rarely alone, so we would see them if they were coming, hope-fully before they saw us.

We le� hastily, even though the object of the game is to survive and the best way to do that is avoid zombies completely, Timm was getting very eager to grab his new gun and kill some zombies.

We creeped through the shadows for another half hour to get to the depot stationed at the Lee Honor’s College. It was now 2:00am and the group’s morale was low, each complained of hunger, sleep deprivation, and homework. With the ability to now wield their big guns, a check point had been reached, so the group decided to call it a night.

Although our group didn’t have any unfortunate en-counters with a horde of zom-bies, others weren’t so lucky. �e zombie population increased to roughly 50, doubling their popu-lation. Players have been �ght-ing for survival all week, only to win the title of champion. Who will take this semester’s title? In a zombie apocalypse: the world may never know.

By Jake AdamsSta� Reporter

Broncos knee deep in zombies