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Future SGA President Chloe Anagnos participates in a press conference on Sept. 4 in the Office of Student Life. Anagnos will be inducted at 3:15 p.m. today.
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Jackson Eflin, a senior creative writing major, left, fights with sophomore computer science major Bradford Barclay on the University Green on Sept. 4 in a game of Dag.
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Anagnos will be sworn in today, says experience is ‘humbling’ RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rmpodnar@bsu.edu
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The former vice president of Student Government Association finally had time to calm down after last week’s whirlwind, which resulted in her unexpected ascent to SGA’s presidential role. Chloe Anagnos, a junior, said the feeling SGA INDUCTION of being student body president and repreWHAT senting students is Chloe will be inducted humbling. as Student Government “There are a lot of Association president people on campus that WHERE are very qualified,” she L.A. Pittenger Student said. “It’s humbling Center Cardinal Hall B. that my slate was electWHEN ed, [and I came to be 3:15 p.m. today during weekly Senate meeting vice president]. I didn’t want to move up this way, but I am.”
words are clashing. One student loses an arm after being hit by a battle-axe. Another stops mid-conversation to rush an opponent and shoot them with an arrow. People are in a free-for-all battle, falling to the ground until the shadow of Shafer Tower falls upon them.
Of course, no blood is shed on the University Green; the students are practicing Dagorhir. Dag is a mock combat game that allows students to hit each other with weapons within certain safety rules. This game is a part of the Urban Gaming League, which also hosts games such as Humans vs. Zombies and dodgeball. Many people mistake Dag for Live Action Role-Play, but the two games are quite different, said Dag administrator Cole Heady. Several Dag members explained the main difference between Dag and LARP as the “level of immersion.” In LARP, players create a persona or character to fill the role of, often dressing in costumes. Dag players are welcome to do so but more often play as themselves. “We’re a bunch of idiots just hitting each other with sticks,” said Jules Patalita, a sophomore telecommunications major. “We’re not pretending to be anything other than that.”
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“If you can’t tell from my last name, I come from a big, fat, Greek family,” she said. Anagnos is from Elkhart, Ind., where her family owns several restaurants, where she has worked as a server. See SGA, page 4
Heady said there are approximately 30 to 35 active members in Dag. About 25 members show up at each practice. When Heady started three years ago, only about 10 people would show up. Dag has been around since 1977 when a group of college friends with interests in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” wanted to create an active game based on the series. According to the Dagorhir website, the word “Dagorhir” translates from Tolkien’s Sindarin Elvish language as “Battle Lords”. Patalita explained that for the first hour of practice, Dag members take whatever weapons they want and run into the field for a free-for-all. When a player’s limb is hit, they are unable to continue using that limb. Once hit again, the player “dies,” must run off the field, touch a tree and say, “One, two, three, alive.” The player can then run back onto the field.
See DAG, page 5
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Freshman Matthew Montemayor, an undecided major, left, fights with sophomore business education major Steven Ridge in a game in which the Dag players had to defend a castle. The defenders built a wall with shields while the attackers tried to tear it down.
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Alex Weisner, a junior construction management major, goes in for the kill during the opening match on Sept. 4. The Dagorhir group meets on University Green on Wednesdays.
Students don’t want guns on campus Professor publishes new study finding opposition overwhelmingly strong GARCIA STAFF REPORTER | RAYMOND ragarcia@bsu.edu Jagdish Khubchandani, an assistant community health education professor, released a report saying 78 percent of students across Midwestern college campuses oppose allowing concealed handguns. “I know that in recent years this is becoming a serious issue in schools across the country,” Khubchandani said.
Khubchandani, who is also a member of Ball State’s Global Health Institute, has conducted research in the area of violence protection. “Firearm morbidity and mortality are major public health problems that significantly impact our society,” he said. More than 1,600 undergraduate students were surveyed from 15 different Midwestern colleges. The report is titled “Student Perceptions and Practices Regarding Carrying Concealed Handguns on University Campuses” and was published in the Journal of American College Health. Khubchandani has been working on the report
for 18 months. According to the report, most students believed allowing concealed weapons could increase the rate of suicide and homicide. In addition, half of students surveyed are not aware of whether their university had a policy about firearms on campus. Executive director of public relations Joan Todd said Khubchandani would know the university’s stance. He said said Ball State administration has not commented on his study thus far, but he has received reactions from students and friends.
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