Humans vs. Zombies event is put on hold

Human vs. Zombies has been postponed this season at Southeast Missouri State University and organizers are still struggling to find a new date to play.

The game was scheduled to be played on Oct. 24 and was temporarily cancelled due to a glitch in the registration process with the school. The group received notice of this issue the day before the planned starting date.

"Our organization got information that somehow, due to a glitch in the system, we weren't a registered organization on campus," said Steven Myers, president of the HVZ group. "We were unable to get registered in time and get notification to the school in time in order to provide them with the necessary notice for them to approve the event."

Human vs. Zombies participants from last year battle it out at Capaha Park. Photo by Kelso Hope.

Myers said that officers from the group have been working hard to fix this problem in hopes to hold this event some time in November.

"It's kind of a toss up about when we get it and how we get it because of the glitch with not getting registered with the organization," Myers said. "That's one of our requirements with the university is we have to be a registered organization in order to put on this event."

The cause of the problem has yet to be determined, but the game is expected to go on as planned, just on a later date.

The trouble with changing the date of the event was getting the word out about the issue to all of the participants and anyone else who may be interested.

Cassandra Daugette, co-advertiser of the event, said this task has been a bit of a challenge.

"We have to figure out what to do with the wall outside the power plant because it has the wrong date on it, but it's also that we have to find the time to fix it and seeing if we have it for enough time to fix it," Daugette said. "I'm really glad we didn't spend a lot of money on flyers."

According to Chris Steinmann, vice-president of HVZ, there are usually 75 to 150 students who sign up for the game each semester, but this year they've had more success.

"Right now, we have 162 people signed up for the game this semester," Steinmann said.

Daugette said she thinks the game might get more participants due to it being rescheduled. For some students, a later date works better for them, but it also depends on how much later it is as well.

"The latest week we could possibly have it scheduled for, I think it would suffer because people are going to want to play," Daugette said. "It's going to be really cold, and they're going to be really busy. But I think if we have it before Thanksgiving, it would still be successful."

The soonest the officers hope to have the event is Wednesday, Nov. 7. The decision will be made based on how fast the university processes the group's information.

Students interested in signing up and finding out when HVZ is rescheduled, visit www.hvzsource.com/semo.