You’re never too old to play tag, hide-and-seek, or cops and robbers. Late night Wednesday, Aug. 30 students joined up to play a giant game of manhunt located in the East Union Lawn. This game is the same as hide and go seek but with added fun and a more adult name. This was one of the multiple events held by Kappa Sigma, a fraternity on campus. Click here for news on more Kappa Sigma rush events.
Rush is a several week period where Fraternity and Sorority Life hosts events targeted towards new or returning students who are interested in joining one of the several houses. For more information on Washburn’s fraternity & sorority life click here.
According to Luiz Alcantara, a senior psychology major and president of Kappa Sigma, even when he joined the fraternity in the Spring of 2019, this was already a tradition.
This late night game of manhunt is a tradition for Kappa Sigma, Wednesday’s game was the 5th time they ran the event. Alcantara was in charge this year since he’s the current president of the chapter.
“There are a lot of girls and even guys who aren’t interested in joining.” Alcantara said. “It’s just a fun game for everyone in the university to participate. When do you get a chance to play tag and hide-and-seek with a bunch of people on campus?”
The East Union Lawn was more than wide enough for the event. The rules were mostly the same as your old games of tag or hide and seek, with the added spice of playing in the dark.
First, you get a handful of “hunters” who will have to find all the “hunted.” Aided by the cover of the night, the hiding group has two minutes to get into hiding spots before the hunters start prowling the area.
Over the next 10 minutes, the hunters search for anyone not wearing a glow stick, which were used to differentiate between friend or foe.
The hiders were now runners, trying to get back to the tree assigned as base without being tagged, or ‘hunted’. If everyone got back to base without being tagged (which never happened) they won that round.
Within an hour of the start over 50 students joined the games. A mix of people regardless of whether they were interested in joining the frat competed.
There was no prize or prestige to be had, everyone came because it was fun. With a couple of weeks of class behind them students doubtlessly came to release tension and stress.
Plenty of students were excited to relive the good days of hide-and-seek and show their skills, both as hunters and hunted.
One student, He’Vin Timley, a freshman pre-nursing student boasted about the possibility of not being caught.
“I’m for sure, without a doubt gonna be the last person caught,” Timley said.
Most students repeated that sentiment.
Additionally, Washburn holds many events like this for the community during the weeks of welcome. All events are open to the public with the goal of getting all students comfortable with the university.
Here’s a schedule of planned events to add to your calendar over the next few weeks.
Edited by LeSha’ Davis, Larissa Morgan and Cheyenne Hittle
