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Assassin

A Weekly Survey of News From Other Campuses

By Robert M. Neer

Assassin, the "deadly" game banned at numerous college campuses in past years because it was taking too much time from students' academic pursuits, is returning with a bang at Princeton University.

Two sophomores there announced last month that they were making plans for a game that would encompass the entire university area, involving more than 100 students in a continuous elimination game that would end only when the last "killer" had successful "hit" the last "victim."

Meanwhile, students at the University of Pennsylvania announced a similar game, for seniors only, called "Graduate." The last senior to survive will receive the class's only diploma.

In Assassin, a player is assigned one victim who he must "shoot" with a water pistol while at the same time evading the assassin who is stalking him. The Daily Princetonian

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