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Responding to the recent proliferation of plastic firearms and neon Nerf missiles, Harvard has chosen to enforce its own Social Avenue Limitation Treaty. Last week, the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) notified all first-years that they were forbidden to play any version of the game Assassin. According to Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth S. Nathans, the game is "destructive" and "fundamentally at odds with basic standards of behavior and interaction in the College...
...FDO was also concerned with security risks associated with the game, according to the message sent to first years...
...where the FDO and some House Masters see stalking, game organizers see safe, simple...
...said she thinks the FDO's policy creates adouble standard for first-year students...
...Frankly, such an edict from the FDO ischilling and begs the question, what next? No sexin Freshman Dorms because sex is a 'dangerousactivity' through which various diseases can bepassed?" said Michael A. O'Mary '99-'00, a formercouncil member...