Engineers fight 'to the death'

Don’t worry about those masked ninja assassins running down Locust Walk — they’re only after School of Engineering and Applied Science students.

All week long, over 100 Engineering students will be participating in E-ssassins, an assassination game hosted by Theta Tau to raise money for Haiti relief.

The purpose of the event is to foster community within the Engineering School, according to Engineering senior Michael Beecham, treasurer of Theta Tau.

“We also thought it was a great fundraiser to support the Haiti relief,” Engineering junior and member of Theta Tau Erin Chang said. Each participant was required to give a minimum donation of $1, with all of the proceeds going to UNICEF.

The event is a part of the National Engineers Week, or E-week, which features lectures, a pie-throwing contest and other events.

“I think it’s going to be a lot of fun, and I think it’s going to be a great E-week with people killing each other,” Chang said.

Beecham said the Engineering fraternity got the idea for the event from a similar one hosted by the Wharton School, although E-ssassins has a different set of rules.

There are three rounds in the game, and the object of the first two is to “e-ssassinate” at least one target by putting a sticker on them, according to the E-ssassins web site. The third round determines the winner, who will have eliminated the most targets and still be alive at the end of the game.

“The final round is a free-for-all melee,” Beecham added.

Engineering senior Andrew Salute is new to this game, but he has always wanted to take part in such an event. He plans on stalking Facebook to find his targets.

In order to stay alive, he said he will be “avoiding people at all costs that are very sketchy-looking.”

Engineering senior Jennifer Ehrich is more seasoned at such games of assassination, as she played in one at camp. Her main goal is to find out who her target is, and she has one simple rule to stay alive.

“If anyone has a sticker, stay away from them,” she said.

Engineering senior Andrew Salute is new to this game, but he has always wanted to take part in such an event. He plans on stalking Facebook to find his targets.

In order to stay alive, he said he will be “avoiding people at all costs that are very sketchy-looking.”

Engineering senior Jennifer Ehrich is more seasoned at such games of assassination, as she played in one at camp. Her main goal is to find out who her target is, and she has one simple rule to stay alive.

“If anyone has a sticker, stay away from them,” she said.

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