*Don't take this post too seriously.
**There is a Team Spectrum. I am not on it. Do not point a damn water gun at me.
Columbia's campus is about to get pretty antisocial soon.
11:59 p.m. tonight to be exact, when CU Assassins, Columbia's annual terror-fest, officially kicks off. Registration ended yesterday, and there are 173 participants, down from a smidge over 200 last year. All participants have received their water guns and they will duke it out over the next few weeks for that $500 first-place prize. Check back in subsequent days for Spectrum's coverage of this event. For now though, here's some info on the background of CU Assassins and the rules.
Rule #1:
Take this damn competition seriously.
The Legend(s)
Two stories every Columbian must know about this contest. There is a legend that has been passed down generation to generation, by scores of Columbia students, that goes something like this. One year, CU Assassins lasted beyond spring break. During break, someone still alive in the contest flew back home to New Orleans, presumably to see family and to, you know, relax. Our entrepreneurial assassin got word of the plan, and yep, you got it, flew to New Orleans to land the kill.
