Alumnus Jim Gilbert, of North Aurora, prepares for battle during the Nerf Gun Wars Saturday night in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The Nerf Gun Wars featured capture-the-flag style play using white cardboard boxes wrapped in yellow caution tape as their flag, one marked "R" and the other "B."

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Nerf gun wars

By Alexandra Meyer
Sep 22, 2014

Senior sociology major Zak Ratcliff, alumnus Mike Dohz and alumnus Jim Gilbert prepare to compete against students and alumni as part of the Nerf Gun Wars Saturday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The Nerf Gun Wars featured capture-the-flag style play using white cardboard boxes wrapped in yellow caution tape as their flag, one marked “R” and the other “B.”

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