Current Campus Safety Concerns Lead One IHE To Ban Assassin Game

Thousands of players, mostly on college campuses, have participated for years in versions of the 24/7 battle to "eliminate" all other players. But some say the game — known widely as "Assassin" or "Assassins" — is ill-suited and possibly dangerous in times when campus shootings are fresh in people's minds. Juan Franco, University of Nebraska's vice chancellor for student affairs, told students in an e-mail last month that the game was banned on campus, saying it led to unnecessary concern. No other institution has banned the game. Read more at: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jWuIUih0QZkWG_grZBpu9K_I6VhwD8V8FP0G1