If you hear the tired moans for brains across campus next week, do not be alarmed. The shuffling of the recently reanimated dead is part of Zombie Awareness Week, a week long event put on by Outbreak: Eastern.
The week long
awareness event offers games, haunted houses and an obstacle course; all with
the zombie touch.
Monday starts off
with “The Dead Walk!” It starts at 3
p.m. at the Ann Street parking lot with make-up prep beginning at 2 p.m. for
those that need to look a little more George A. Romero-esque. The walk crosses campus to the Tower Inn Café
for the enjoyment of “The Walking Dead” Season 1 TV series. The event is free.
Monday’s zombies
will also be handing out flyers to raise awareness to the upcoming week’s events.
The Zombie Squad
of Southeastern Michigan is helping with the walk to keep the event organized
and keep the zombies on the correct path through campus.
Tuesday offers “Undead
Game Night” in collaboration with Coupe de Gras, a student gaming organization,
turning up video and table-top games of the zombie flavor. The event will be held in the Student
Government breakout room located on the third floor of the Student Center
building.
Bring you games for this free event, which lasts
from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The cost of each event
is on the cheap side of things, staying under $4 for the entire week.
“The week starts
out for everyone and the people who want to keep doing it, it’s just a couple
more dollars each day,” said Dustin Miller, an Eastern Michigan University
senior and President of Outbreak: Eastern.
Wednesday is the “Zombstacle
Course.” It is an obstacle course for
the dead. Instead of racing against an opponent over obstacles, you will be chased
by zombies instead. The Bowen Filed House
will be turned into the Zombstacle Course, opening at 7 p.m. The event ends at 10 p.m.
“The Zombstacle
course should be the best event, personally,” said Garry Mundy, an Eastern
Michigan University Senior and board member of Outbreak: Eastern.
The cost of entrance is $2 or one
non-perishable food item. Food and money
donations are going to the Food Gathers of Ann Arbor, though Outbreak: Eastern
and Food Gathers of Ann Arbor are not performing a direct collaboration for the
event.
Thursday night is
set for “Southern Discomfort,” a haunted house on the first floor of the Tau Kappa
Epsilon fraternity house at 411 Ballard St.
Tau Kappa Epsilon approached Outbreak: Eastern about doing a haunted
house this year.
“We are basically
filling it with actors and blood-gory awesomeness,” said Miller. It should be a combination of House of a 1,000 Corpses, Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, and Deliverance. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the cost is
$3.
Friday night is “Dead
Gallery,” which has been a haunted house in the past, but this year will be a haunted
show in the Sponberg Theatre, starting at 7 p.m. There will be crowd participation as the
Players at EMU put on the freak show.
$4 gets you in the
doors. They will not be accepting $20 or
$50 at Dead gallery because of its low cost as they may not be able to make
change for people.
“Somebody showed
up last year with a $100 bill and we actually had to turn them away,” said
Miller.
Saturday is the
kill shot for the week long Zombie Awareness event. This is the first time that “Outbreak” is
being advertised to the public. All five
floors of the Rec/IM building are being taken over by zombies. And where there are zombies there is always
those trying to survive them.
Participation is
open to whoever shows up. Those that do
attend need to dress up as either a zombie or a survivor. Zombies can come as is, while survivors need
to pack a Nerf gun. Both need to bring
eye protection. The event is free with
the briefing starting at 7 p.m. and the hunting at 8 p.m.
Like any awareness
week, Outbreak: Eastern will be selling Zombie Awareness Week ribbons for a
suggested $.75 donation.
“If people wear
them, its advertisement,” said Miller.
Visit Outbreakeasetern.org
for the latest on the event.
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