Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2013, Page 55

Description:	game_QLl££Despite a large following, Assassins, a school-widegame of tag, was shut down by the administration.The atrium buzzed with excitement.Bloomington South studentsswarmed the table, impatientlywaiting to start the school-widephenomenon by the name ofAssassins, a large-scale game oftag, in which tagging wasreplaced by marking (withcolored markers). One of thegroups creators, junior QuintonMcNeil, calmly stood at the headof the madness, ready to initiatewhat would no doubt be athoroughly engaging socialexperiment.McNeil was inspired to startan Assassins game after trying it outat a physics camp at NorthwesternUniversity over the summer. McNeilimagined that instating Assassins atSouth would be very attractive tothe student body. He was right. Thegames fresh take on tag wasincredibly popular, attractingnearly 200 students to the atriumfor marker distribution onNovember 7.McNeil had handed outaround half of the over 240markers he intended to dispensewhen he received word thatAssassins would not be allowed atSouth. McNeil admitted that hehad his worries about it getting outof hand, but he did not expect theinstant shutdown Assassins receivedfrom administration. Disappointedas he was, McNeil believed thatthe administration was justified in itsactions, and he was sad that anidea thought up just to get peopleinvolved had morphed into such acontroversy.The cancellation disappointedstudents that had eagerlyanticipated the game. I was reallyexcited for some awesome thing todo during passing periods, saidjunior Thomas Norris.Lack of a sponsor, concernsabout disruption and several ruleviolations formed a solid argumentagainst the Assassins group. Mr.Jay True expressed that while aneat idea in theory, Assassins couldnever exist at South. It woulddisrupt the educational environmentand interfere with what the teachersare trying to do, said True. Thesereasons forced the administration totake action against the group. Mr.True asked, If you were principal,what would you do?-AUSTIN REILLYlets getBloomington South students rate two Novemberblockbusters, Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Sky fall.25%of students preferBreaking DawnPart 2Its kind of pointless. Itsjust a run-on of BreakingDawn Part 1.— sophomore Sara Loar75%of students preferSkyfallNot my favorite James Bondmovie, but I still give it a twothumbs up.- freshman Jason VoylesPoll taken from 61 students on February 25
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