The Ivy League Prepares for the Zombie Apocalypse

David Brown

A lot of college campuses have heard of the game Humans vs. Zombies. This game divides students into two obvious groups. The first group is armed with nerf guns and balled-up socks as weapons.  Playing as humans, they must take down the other half of the students, the zombies. Since its conception in 2005 by students at Goucher College, Humans vs. Zombies has been a game only taken up at public colleges.


Well, last week from January 11th to January 16th, Dartmouth became the first of the Ivy League school to advertise, at least at a level visible to the public, this game on their campus. The game is being moderated by six students who see Humans vs. Zombies as a “low-key and light-hearted alternative to the predominantly Greek social scene on campus.” According to the full article located at The Dartmouth, there were over 170 students signed up to play. Moderators believe that the inevitable visibility of the game will increase student interest and set up even bigger competitions in future terms.


This is definitely another way to make campus a better place, so the question has to be said, which college will be the next in the Ivy League to play? Are you at a college that allows you to play Humans vs. Zombies? I would like to know your opinions on this as it is a fun game. Are there any games that your college plays that are similar to this? We want to know your comments below.

Zombie Studies Offered At University of Baltimore

I guess it was only a matter of time. Zombies 101 aka Zombie Studies aka English 333 is the latest course being offered at the University of Baltimore. The course will be taught by Arnold Blumberg, co-author of "Zombiemania: 80 Movies to Die For".

"Right now we're in a massive surge of zombie entertainment," said Blumberg. "On the most basic level, zombies are probably one of the most potent horror icons, one of the closest to us in terms of identification factor, in terms of reflecting ourselves," he said. "The zombie is, simply, us."

Jonathan Shorr, chairman of the University's School of communications design, told the Sun that, "It's a back door into a lot of subjects.They think they're taking this wacko zombie course, and they are. But on the way, they learn how literature and mass media work, and how they come to reflect our times."

Students will watch 16 classic zombie films and read several issues of "The Walking Dead" comic book series from Dark Horse Comics. They are also required to submit research papers, write zombie movie scripts and make drawing boards of zombie films of their own making.

Man, this fires me up! I'm in debt up to my eyeballs paying for a degree I don't even use and had to take classes like Physics and Business Finance! Baltimore isn't the first, though. Columbia College in Chicago has apparently been offering a zombie course for awhile. So why is the course called "English 333"? Because that number is half of 666. I'm not making that up.