"It just goes to show that counseling isn'tsufficient here," says Kamins.
A Killer Role Model
According to Quincy House Resident Tutor Justin"D-For Danger" Cammy, the only tutor taking partin the game, Assassin is educational as well asfun.
"I think it should be a mandatory core course,"Cammy says. "It involves all of the issues centralto humanity: loyalty, betrayal...and it'sDarwinian."
In the course of Assassin, players are oftenforced onto impromptu battle-fields. Cammy'spersonal moment of glory came as he lunged fromhis room, ambushing a fellow player as he entereda Quincy elevator.
"It was my first taste of real blood," Cammysays. "I saw the whites of his eyes."
As a tutor, Cammy is easily spotted in theHouse. But this has not fazed the skilled hunter.Cammy keeps his head up, and is careful to planahead. He recently moved a section for Lit andArts A-47 from Quincy out of fear that he might bekilled as he taught.
Cammy says he sees involvement in the game asan extension of his role as a House tutor. Byinteracting with students on a personal level,Cammy finds himself drawn closer to a wider rangeof personalities.
"We're here to make the House as warm andinteresting as possible on a variety oflevels--intellectual, social and academic," hesaid. "I consider it an honor to be involved."
Harvard Houdini
Perhaps the strongest competitors battling thetechnological might of Coyne and the rest of S&Dare Manti Thakuria '00 and her family, "Quincy'sAngels: Dames of Destruction."
According to Coyne, Thakuria is a master ofdeception.
"You could put her in a room with no door andshe'd still disappear. She hides behind trees anddigs foxholes," he said.
Thakuria acknowledges her own skill.