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...final battle ended with most combatants having exhausted their ammunition, and HSS member Jason M. Bussey, a Harvard Law School student, getting shot in his face mask at point blank range. “When Jeff [E. Heck ’03, a CI member] plastered Jason in the face from three feet away when he tried to make him surrender—I’d have to say that was a memorable moment,” said CI member Benjamin T. Littauer...
...very fact that these two groups can agree to disagree that brings them together. Apart from physical assaults, they have exchanged numerous philosophical shots in intense debates. The theological glasnost began when a few CI members joined a discussion list on the HSS website...
...McLeod, the advisor to CI from Campus Crusade for Christ—a national evangelical organization with which CI is affiliated—believes that Christianity has its greatest chance of winning over some of the brightest Harvard minds if carried out in a “healthy, pluralistic environment,” which he sees the discussion list to be. “I respect the CI guys for their courage to move their beliefs in Jesus Christ out of the intellectual backwaters of the academy into the mainstream of ideas,” McLeod said...
...other hand, Richard T. Halvorson ’03, the “resident sage” of HSS and a member of CI, sees the discussions as an opportunity for students to move one step closer to truth. “Anyone who is seeking truth with intellectual honesty will have doubts because they will see the force of the other side’s position. Doubt is a sign of honest reflection. I participated in the discussions to continue learning and thinking...
...this kind of self-segregation is what the leadership of HSS and CI want to avoid and why they are trying to open up discussion more in the future. Paintball is just a small step in bringing the groups together in a fun environment. “If you are going to believe something, then make it a challenge, expend some energy, because beliefs are some of the most important things,” Smith said. “Once they see we are not godless heathens and once we see they...