Word: assassination
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...infuriating to have read in The Crimson ("Lowell Masters Stress House Ban on Assassin", March 4) that even the limited social offerings of the Houses are now under attack by administrators. For House Masters like Diana L. Eck to threaten Expulsion from the House community as a response to playing the game of "Assassin"--enjoyed by students across the country as harmless, cerebral fun--is preposterous and unjustifiable. Particularly amusing are the objections to the game's "violent" overtones, sentiments I suppose would resonate more soundly were they to come from an administration not currently maintaining relations with two convicted...
...relative. Some people play checkers for fun, others listen to music, and some get their kicks running naked through Harvard Yard--who are we to judge? Yet, Lowell House Masters recently decided that fun is not fun when it means playing assassin. Hey! That's not fair...
Which is not to say that assassin is a frivolous activity. It has long been known that games are educational for offspring of all species. Games like assassin teach fledglings how to stalk prey, spot the enemy, devise an escape plan and avoid the crossfire. Harvard students translate: stalk run-away food at Annenberg, spot your professor at the Grill and find your way to the bathroom...
Other students who live in Houses where Assassin is allowed expressed more positive opinions...
...Decisions about Assassin in the Houses is inthe hands of the individual masters," he wrote inan e-mail message