At Wichita State, round six of the three-day game of tag, Humans vs. Zombies, began this morning.

An original zombie’s mission is to turn every human into a zombie by Wednesday night.

“It has to be a full hand tag — a firm tag on the body, not on a backpack,” said Alex Cuevas, student activities council committee member.

Humans, armed with sock ammunition, are fighting for the survival of their species throughout the week in this campus-wide adult game of tag.

“We can’t have Nerf guns on campus, so socks are our version of them,” SAC committee member Alex Pennington said. “Socks are going to act as your one line of defense, other than your own agility, to keep the zombie hoard off you.”

While they can only carry socks in their pockets and hands, freshman Joe Pherigo said it’s a good idea to stockpile ammunition ahead of time.

Teams are identified by the placement of SAC-issued bandanas. Humans wear them on their arms and zombies wear them on their heads. Humans tagged into zombies then tie them around their necks for one hour before transferring them to their heads.

Since zombies eat human brains, SAC has also issued an ID card for humans to give to the zombies if they are tagged. These ID cards are essentially their brains.

“You want to carry it with you at all times,” Pennington said. “It’s possible that you’ll get stunned or get converted to a zombie at any time.”

In addition to free tag throughout the day, players will meet at 5 p.m. in Ablah library every night for mandatory team missions.

“The missions are going to be special situations that we have designed that kind of have a story,” Pennington said.

Pennington said the purpose of the story is to get all players in one place at one time to play the big tag game together.

“Last year, everyone who was on the first mission that was human did die,” he said. “However, the people who were unable to attend the first mission are the ones who showed up the next two days and continued for the humans.”

Pennington said the four or five remaining humans won.

“It’s a cool concept,” SAC adviser Jeff Nilsen said. “I’m excited to see the scope on it.”

The game takes place within the area around Perimeter Road. Parking lots, buildings, streets and stairs are considered “safe zones.” No one can be tagged or stunned in those areas.

Freshman Zach Wojtowicz said staying in groups while walking to classes could help the humans survive.

The SAC is also sponsoring a zombie makeup demonstration tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. Additionally, a viewing of the zombie movie “World War Z” will be at 8 p.m. on Friday in the CAC Theater. Admission is free for students with ID.

For movie ticket prices for the general public and more information on Zombie Week, contact Student Involvement at 978-3022 or [email protected].