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Much has already been written about whether the game assassin has a place at Harvard. The Freshman Dean's Office and the masters of Lowell House have banned the game on the grounds that it encourages stalking and surveillance of fellow students while making it more difficult for campus police to differentiate between truly suspect persons and overzealous assassins running around in all black with painted plastic guns and Nerf darts. Given the recent thefts in the courtyard of Mather and assault outside of Langdell Hall, such concerns have been given more weight than ever before...
...security concerns aside, what I discovered after playing on two-week season of assassin in Quincy House is that the game fosters a pervasive sense of paranoia which disrupts everything from schoolwork to eating and sleeping patterns. At one point last year, I found myself placed on the "Hit List," a distinction which prompted me to enter the dining hall for 30 seconds early in the morning and then leave the house until midnight, when it was safe to return...
...became increasingly clear that if anything, assassin was making it more difficult for me to interact socially within Quincy. Without a doubt, the game forced me to open the House facebook and learn some new names and numbers. But rather than engaging in any meaningful interaction with these people, I devoted my time to carefully memorizing their class schedules, following them to and from meals and preventing them from leaving their rooms at night to do laundry...
...hard gamers within the house argue that despite all the mockery that assassin typically invites, it represents one of the best ways to foster house spirit in Quincy. Just as Dunster has their traditional goat roast and Kirkland has its evening of Shakespeare, we have our assassin...
...title is consumed in flames, indicative of the heated debate between students who are looking for an outlet for fun and administrators who hope to quell those very thoughts. On the same day that Q TIPS was distributed to Quincyites, students completed tabling for their annual spring game of Assassin, a game which the Freshman Dean's Office and Lowell House have forbidden their constituents from playing this spring. While the Quincy rules for Assassin prohibit "killing" in the House courtyard, Quincy residents--given the renowned intensity of Assassin competition in the House--should keep an eye out for embittered...