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What should we tease here? I can’t do everything around here, guys. Our readers need teasing... NOX Tease. Not Since 2002 The King of Infomericals Page 2 coming to AU The ZOMBIE newspaper of Alfred University Page 3 Vol. 104, No. 9 3/4 www.notthefi atlux.com March 32, 2010 OMINOUS HEADLINE Sub-headline that will upset people: Inamori School of Engineering to be closed By Stephanie Hui Yan Choi have left 745,634,762,347 com- Business Manager ments on the website, showing approval of the budget cut deci- As much as the student body sion. “I am glad the University demands for a collective deci- sion on the budget cuts, the Uni- Let’s party,” stated web user spicy_saxons_forever.has finally listened to (Obvious-our need. sion. ly this was me.) versity has made the final deci- “We are excited to announce Following the budget cut deci- this change,” said Thomas sion, the biggest concern raised by the student body is how the name very disgusting. No of- saved money will be spent. At Rubisch (Personally I find this fense.), the spokesperson of the the moment, inviting a pop star Strategic Planning Council, “In- to perform on campus seems amori School of Engineering will to be the most supported op- be closed to accommodate the tion. According to the Center for Student Involvement, Michael According to the documents Jackson has shown interest in budget deficit.” released by the Strategic Plan- performing at AU because he ning Council, Inamori School of has never heard of the town of Engineering is considered to be Alfred. Additionally, Billy Mays the weakest school at Alfred Uni- has already scheduled an ap- versity because of the unbear- pearance. Before students get ably low enrollment rate. too excited for the King of Pop’s “97 percent of AU students are visit, Kristin Fleming, our favor- engineering majors,” said a stu- ite fortune-teller in town warns dent who insists to remain anon- PHOTO BY DAVID LEMMO us of a possible zombie attack If you actually read cutlines, e-mail us! We want to question your sanity. fi [email protected]. ymous, “that is ridiculously low. due to the excessive amount of We have to get rid of the school, money the University possesses. it. Look at major CEOs and you'll extend this a little bit. Feel free send a blank e-mail to michael- or else it will drag the entire Uni- “As we all know, zombies live see what I mean. To avoid this to make something up; nobody jacksonhasnotheardofAlfred- versity down.” on cash. Sure, brains help, but attack, we have to burn our cash will know.*** buthasbeentoAlfredbefore@liar. As soon as the decision was mostly so they know what to do into ashes. Now.” P.S. If you want to meet up with com/. with the money when they get com, a majority of AU students ***Whoever sees this, please Michael Jackson one-on-one, “C U l8er,” said Jackson. announced on www.thefiatlux. Zombies attack Alfred: NERF guns ruled A-OK: Colons are awesome! By Kari Aldrich a substance called 'Minnium stopped zombies altogether by Conan the Grammarian and barricaded themselves in- Rotsum Becomium.' This odd confusing them, forcing them intoside thewith offices heavy of woodenUniversity planks staff substance lacks the integrity to to absorb tomes of complex art that they nailed to the doors and consistently remain itself, and theory, pages of calculus home- shambling undead in the Alfred caught their breath and thanked as a result zombies take on the work, notes on Hobbesian theo- Due to a massive influx of God they were alive and asked characteristics of whatever they ries of anarchy and some par- versity have decided to revise if the University would reverse absorb." Kingmonk says. ticularly brutal modernist and Community,the university's officials stance at theon Nerf uni- the Nerf Policy, faculty and staff "You shoot zombies with lead post-modernist texts. These re- Legislation. One time players of were initially quite skeptical. or smack it with an aluminum the game "Humans vs. Zombies" However, once students got the bat, all you're going to get are Kingmonk is dubious. "That are both excited and decidedly backing of pseudoscientist Ro- hard-nosed, steely, cheesed-off portssounds are like as aof really yet unconfirmed. good way to smug about the entire ordeal. adversaries who now just want create zombies that will force "We aren't saying 'I told you cials changed their tune. to eat your brains out of spite. you to do arduous math prob- so,' exactly," said a representa- fish"It's Kingmonk, a common University misconception offi- But something nice and squishy lems, or read you Gertrude Stein. tive of the group at a survivalist that you can only defeat zom- and well aimed, like a Nerf dart, Isn't it bad enough that they meeting on Monday. "It's more, bies by smacking their noggins is a perfect defense." want to eat your brain?" 'Oh wow, I bet you feel stupid. with something hard, like a bat It may seem counterintuitive, The Humans vs. Zombies I bet you wish you'd practiced or a bullet. This 'hit 'em hard' but early attempts to stop the representative, upon hearing your survivalist skills. I'm so glad mentality is not informed by Sci- hoards with Nerf products, as Kingmonk's Nerf theory and I was prepared for the worst, ence. I have studied the zombie well as other squishy and inof- seeing its practical application, just like they always taught me extensively and discovered that fensive items like teddy bears, increased his smugness by ap- (Above) The perfect NERF gun for to be in boy scouts and in The as their atomic mass decays, pillows and wads of paper seem proximately 75 percent. "Okay. destroying zombies. Get one! Lion King.'" they actually undergo a chemical to have met with success. Some Now I'll say it. I told you so." When students ran screaming students claim that they have

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Merrill bleachers collapse? If you Something equestrian/zombie. Keep up with the zombie invation care, read this. If not... don’t? Back page. on thefi atlux.com liveblog. Page 4? 2 Fiat Lux l www.wholooksuphere?.com March 32, 2010 Editorial

The Alfred Computer Guy: Better surviving through technology Hey, we need a witty headline greater. As always, be extremely cau- Mike Stone Community groups are sprout- tious when approaching anyone followed by an ellipses... Contributing Writer ing up across the nation to deliv- offering help. A world thrown er communication nodes on the into chaos is easily inhabited An editor’s last letter: borders of their cities. Typically, by those that would prey on the these nodes are made up of small helpless. Thieves and pirates My term as Editor in Chief began with zombies, and now it ap- may provide false information pears that it will end with zombies. ers delivering information over in an effort to take your sup- The Fiat Lux staff has been locked up in the Powell Campus Center ansolar-powered Ad-Hoc WiFi flash-based Intranet. Whatserv- plies, food, weapons and most information, you might ask? likely, your life. In order to de- mal acceptance of darkness has allowed us to remain hidden from How about the latest day-by- feat the zombies – or at least live theoffice zombies since the so infectionfar. began to spread. Our closed blinds and nor- day information on survivor through their reign – we must Two years ago on April 8, 2008 Alfred University was locked down camps? Schools, town halls, un- use every available resource we after a student was seen carrying a Nerf gun around campus. The derground dwellings and other can. They may not eat, sleep or real cause was a game known as Zombies v. Humans, but little did we buildings that have been locked stop moving, but one of the best know that the game was only the beginning. down and properly secured advantages we have over them is Footage of the zombies made its way to and The Col- So, “The Infection” is upon us along with maps and step-by- our collective intellect. bert Report. Next thing we knew, professors were writing about and and the undead are prowling the step instructions on how to teaching zombie folklore, making our campus the perfect starting streets. A common attitude I see reach them can be downloaded when people throw their laptops point for the zombie uprising. is one of technological retreat. A at these nodes. awayThis and is why laugh I find at theit frustrating notion of I sit here – having been bitten – without much time left for a non- Luddite mentality sweeps over Many of the nodes have adopt- a technological future. After all, zombie life. I sometimes shutter at the idea of seeing Nerf guns, the mind and forces it back into ed a universal icon set indicating when going on foot with a maxi- rolled-up socks and marshmallows, key weapons against attacking survival mode. After all, if major the availability of food, water, mum target of 50lbs on your zombies. What had started as rules for an on-campus game have power lines are still active, it’s medical services, beds and par- back, you may need to decide become rules for survival. only a matter of time until they ticularly nasty zombie infesta- Currently, the theory is that the cause of the zombie illness is a mu- fall dormant, and even if that tion zones. Make sure to look and solar charger or another tated strain of MRSA infections, but that was only because athletes wasn’t the case, major communi- at the date of the last update. If fewbetween clips of a ammunition. five pound I laptop don’t cations have long been severed. it was a week or more ago, you pretend that’s an easy choice for be infected because they were not immune. This is only speculation, May as well ditch the ol’ com- may want to steer clear of the anyone to make. butwere I suspectthe first that to be the infected. sedentary I think lives thatof most they students were only was the what first led to puter and go about things cave- town altogether since it has like- Still, one of the greatest things to a greater resistance to the zombie illness. man-style, eh? Not so fast! Ac- ly been overrun. about the last few decades be- My appetite for brains will soon be insatiable. I have tried to curb cording to a study performed by Some smaller towns or less fore The Infection has been our my hunger by eating important works of literature, particularly Jane Dr. Thomas Savini at Purdue Uni- tech-savvy communities have ability to make the world a little Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, while Jefferson Airplane sings to me versity, by adopting this line of adopted a slightly less high-tech smaller through mass communi- that I should “feed [my] head.” thinking, you have just cut your approach, but mostly effective cation and international person- I have found that books can only satisfy the brain by way of read- long-term (6 months or longer) nonetheless. In my travels, I alization. With so many that have ing, not through oral consumption. survival chances by a staggering have seen USB pendrives teth- passed away or been turned, the Now we have come to the part of the editorial where we are sup- 37 percent! ered to the Lions International world is smaller than ever, which How can this be? Well, com- Club sign at the outskirts of most is all the more reason to use ev- ably just be gibberish for the rest of this editorial. One may interpret puters and technology still have every town in the nation. These ery tool at our disposal. thisposed gibberish to just fill as space. my infection Since I havetaking run over, out butof ideas, think there what will you prob- will. a place in our modern infected pendrives usually contain simi- Watch out for the next issue Zombies like cake, too. world. Although the ability to lar information as the aforemen- of the Alfred Computer Guy – Not only do zombies like cake, did you know that the word ‘zom- communicate with one another tioned nodes, but get updated “Looking to the past to preserve bie’ is from 1871 Louisiana? This year is the same year as the Great has been severely hindered, the much less frequently which pos- our future – how to build your Chicago Fire. Coincidence? You bet! Betting, or gambling, can get necessity of it has never been es inherent risks. own Ham Radio!” people into a lot of money problems. The end. And in the end, the love you make is equal to the zombies you make… or take.

The Editor What the (blank) is going on in Alfred? Kristin Rubisch ence of these zombies relates in up on the spot. Things are not some way to the problems with looking good for little Alfred. Managing Editor, Features Merrill Field. More details on As it stands now, students, Fiat Nox that can be found on the Sports faculty, staff and community Next issue: April 1 page (insert page number here). members alike are creating hu- Next deadline: 3 or 4 days ago by midnight In short, the virus that origi- man strongholds. There are ru- Photo deadline: 4 or 5 days ago by midnight nated with MRSA infections has mors of a NERF gun shortage, THOMAS FLEMING Editor in Chief mutated and infected members but many humans are learning KRISTIN RUBISCH Managing Editor / Features Editor of the community. to rig a surveillance system with STEPHANIE HIU YAN CHOI Business Manager / Layout Despite early efforts from the Mike Stone’s help to at least KATE COHEN Billing Manager Wellness Center to contain the maintain the safety of their hide- NADINE TITUS Ads Manager virus, it spread far too quickly. outs. Neighboring Alfred State MICHELLE APPLEBAUM Subscriptions Manager Experts believe it relates to the has already succumbed entirely, SHARIFA BARROW News Editor small size of the population and and without external aid (or at JUSTIN MCCOMBS Sports Editor the close quarters. They called least help from Dr. Gray and Dr. LEAH HOUK Arts and Entertainment Editor the CDC, although none of us Grove), Alfred faces an apoca- IAN CRAMER Opinions Editor are really sure what the Career lypse. ZACK BLOCK Humor Editor Development Center can do to ZACH GROSSER Video Editor The current zombie invasion help. I guess Mark McFadden ***Can you think of a better DAVID LEMMO Photo Editor in Alfred, NY is an interesting knows employers who wouldn’t ending, Tom?*** KARI ALDRICH Copy Editor mind a few zombies. God knows The purpose of this column is GILLIAN LICHTER Copy Editor within the . Admit- I was headed towards the men- to inform people about global ROBYN GOODMAN Adviser tedly,case study little isof known localized about conflict the tal capacity of a zombie well be- events. While one article is not fore the virus spread as a result enough to fully explain a con- The Fiat welcomes your opinion. Anyone may write a letter to the editor. events. I searched Wikipedia, of excessive international crises Submissions must include name, address, phone number and class year search (in conjunction with in- research. reader with the basics. It is my (for students). Letters to the editor should be limited to 250 words; guest formationbut found nothing.I’ll “borrow” Only from field myre- flict, it is enough to provide the ure of infected Alfredians is ap- reading, you can readily answer columns should be limited to 700 words. The Fiat Lux reserves the right to colleagues at the Fiat Lux) has produced the following details. proximatelyIn any event, 50%. the Itestimated is also said fig- thehope question, that when “What you arethe finished(blank) edit all letters for space, clarity, brevity and fair play. E-mail your thoughts It is rumored that the pres- that 66% of statistics are made is going on in (blank?)” to fi [email protected]. Submissions should follow the rules of fair play (i.e. get the facts straight). Editorial Policy: The Fiat Lux welcomes feed- The Fiat Lux supports the perpetuation of a Hey this is some awkward empty space. Someone should prob- back from its readers. Letters to the editor will broad and liberal education conducive to free ably make me less awkward. Thanks! be subject to editing for space and content pur- speech. Only unsigned editorials refl ect the poses. The Fiat Lux reserves the right not to opinions of this newspaper. All other editorials Love, print any letter. Letters must be accompanied by refl ect the author’s opinion. name, address and telephone number. E-mail: The Fiat Lux is printed by Adnet Direct and Mom/Managing Editor fi [email protected] or mail letters to: Fiat Lux, is typeset by the production staff. It is funded in attn: Editor, Powell Campus Center, Alfred, part by Student Senate. The Fiat can be reached N.Y. 14802. at (607) 871-2192. March 32, 2010 Fiat Lux l www.seriouslywholooksuphere.com 3

Billy Mays to come to AU today, or whenever he gets here By Sharifa Barrow you will not want to miss! Chop, called the Tap Chop. one is sure if he's News Eitor “Hi, Billy Mays here for Sharifa “I don’t want to give away too actually a zombie or Barrow, letting you know that much but, this time you only not. Billy Mays, The King of Info- she is [the] smartest history ma- Mays will be per- jor that has ever existed, she re- Though zombie Mays will not forming in Nevins for one last performance, in light ally knows her stuff,” said Mays. beneed participating a finger,” said in the… someone. game Hu- Theatre, today … mercials, will be here in the flesh of the resurrection of Humans Mays will be performing all mans vs. Zombies, he wanted to right now. Tickets vs. Zombies. of his most famous, classic hits, come out one last time to show are free but, they’re Mays (1958-2009) has had including: Awesome Auger, his support. going fast … so fast one of the most, if not the most, Heeltastic, Simoniz Fix It, Oxy- “Hi, Billy Mays here for AU, they were hardly successful entertainment ca- Clean and many more. letting you know that I will be here to begin with. reers in the history of history, ac- And there is a surprise perfor- returning to grave immediately cording to the writer. The writer mance in store for all attending. after my performance,” shouted is a history major, so you can be Mays will be performing a whole Mays. sure that she knows what she is new that will deal A guest appearance by Bill talking about when she says this with a new and improved Slap Murray is also rumored, but no is going to be a performance that

(Right) Billy Mays, the King of , poses at a recent OxiClean event. Unfortunately, Mr. Mays forgot to use the product on his own blood-stained clothing. That’s bad product endorsement, Billy.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY SAB Grove vs. Gray - Who is really leading the human resistance against zombies? zombie attack. Their col- how to make sharp things and you desecrating his memory, lective previous knowl- blunt things that will be much even if he did turn and devour edge of zombies made more effective against zombies that entire astronomy class!” them ideal candidates than a well-crafted metaphor. After all the heated debate to be leaders of the Hu- I learned how to use high tech- was said and done, these memo- man Resistance. However, nology tools like a hammer. I ries seemed to unite the profes- when asked who was most wouldn’t recommend that you sors. Both Dr. Grove and Dr. Gray prepared, who really took turn to the poet.” The poetry agreed that each of them were the most control in the connoisseur Gray snapped back valuable assets in the Human Resistance, Dr. Grove and effectively, “While it may seem Resistance, carrying impressive Dr. Gray certainly weren’t frivolous to write papers and weight in the defense against ready to back down from poems about the zombie threat, zombies. Yet, as the two leaders their seats of power. you cannot deny that the veter- were about to shake hands and Dr. Gray noted the im- ans of my class became instru- call a truce of power, Dr. Gray pressive preparedness of mental in leading the Human seemed to get the last laugh. Alfred. “Using the models Resistance. Sure, we lost a few “Perhaps,” she said, “he should developed in the Humans brave students – I still remember consider retiring to the literary vs. Zombies ‘game,’ we the horrible crunching sounds, PHOTOS PROVIDED By Melanie Baker zombies look like? were able to study patterns the brains dribbling down the rest of us.” Staff Writer How many would come? Would of behavior, tactics, strengths zombie chins – but all in all, we life,As and survivors leave the of the fighting Great to Zom the- they really intend to eat all the and weaknesses, opportunities acquitted ourselves well.” bie War, we as a community saw When the threat of an impend- humans and transform them and threats. Unlike other zombie - the zeal of both Dr. Grove and ing zombie attack caused mass into zombies? As the confusion hot zones throughout the nation ber when the two professors Dr. Gray. I guess the feud over panic and hysteria in world his- and chaos turned the possible and the world, we weren’t over- recalledThe fiery the debate courageous turned battlesom dominant leadership remains tory, the citizens and students attack into an unleashed mon- run or overwhelmed when the of the famous Dr. DeGraff. Grove ongoing and we hope they will ster of rumors and fear, two Great Zombie War broke out– grimly raised the point, “Was it put their differences aside in People traveled in droves to brave Alfred professors decided we were prepared.” Dr. Grove really a good idea to send him the event of continued zombie of Alfred were startled at first. Walmart and Wegmans to stock to stand up for their community. proudly stated, “More accurate- into battle on a unicycle?” Al- threat. up on canned goods, protective Dr. Allen Grove and Dr. Juliana ly, I was prepared.” though the mood had turned, masks and of course, the appro- Gray, both of Alfred University’s Dr. Grove argued that his un- Dr. Gray was quick to defend the priate defense weaponry. Talk Division of English, were brave dergraduate degree made him honor of Dr. DeGraff. “He volun- of the zombie invasion spread and prepared when faced with more equipped to tackle zombie teered to ride that unicycle! He the fear and uncertainty of a forces. “In engineering, I learned was our hero! I won’t stand for like wildfire. What would the A day in the life: the sweatshop artist: We still looooooooooooooooooooovve coooooooooolonsssssss By Jericho Shackelford sympathy of the most sincere. while his hands were work- sullen looking girl from the This name is for reals Hopefully there will soon be ing over time throwing, mold- north country came sobbing, windows and nourishment in ing clay into one of the cur- “He blew his mind out in the - Alfred’s hardest hall. riculum’s ordained thousand car/He didn’t notice that the dent enrolled in the School of An alumni who prefers to pots as he went through his lights had changed/A crowd A profile of the average stu Art and Design concludes that remain anonymous stated, daily routine, “Half of what I of students stood and stared/ too much art causes arthritis “When we grew up and went say is meaningless.” He pref- For it was our stop light’s of the heart, a crippling cri- to school there were certain aced as he muttered melodi- birthday.” tique of the mundane liberal- teachers who would hurt ous, “Woke up fell outta bed, Truly traumatized a fellow ist’s perspective, increased the children in any way they dragged a comb across my attempted consoling her with, light sensitivity and pale as could- -We grew up wishing head, found my way down hill “[but] All in all its just another fark skin pigmentation due to we didn’t need no education” and drank a cup, and looking brick in the wall, a day in the severe lack of windows, vita- When asked about her daily up I noticed I was late, found life of harder hall.” diet a junior art student ex- my clay and grabbed a stool, The next foundry pour will art critiques. claimed, “How can we have be March 32. Students sur- min D deficiency and early AM Rickets, “the Tiny Tim dis- any pudding if we don’t eat found my way upstairs and mise that with some luck they ease” of Charles Dickens’ our meat!?!” Truly perturbed hadmade a the smoke mug andin seconds somebody flat, may have enough money to novel “A Christmas Carol,” has by her lack of pudding the spoke and I fell into a dream.” install a few windows. Hope- seeped into the echous halls gaunt madam puttered off in As drool mucoused from his fully for Harder Hall and its search of meat. lips it became apparent the sweatshop artists times will students with frail limbs and a A student sitting beside thrower was truly dreaming: be a changin’. of Harder, flicting foundations call for pudding. The following a pottery wheel in Harder’s autopiloting since some se- PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGE. WHO’S ASKING? statements were sequestered subterranean deepness was cretive speech. The words “God bless us, everyone” by an initiative spurred by clearly lying with his eyes Walking into Moka Joka a come to mind. 4 Fiat Lux l www.wholooksuphere?.com March 32, 2010 Sports

TakingBy Jessica Marello the villageWestern team wantedby to lookhorseback like cow- Staff Writer boys,” explained Kovatch. “We handle the reins a little different and we get to wear The Alfred University English and our hats.” Western Equestrian Teams have joined Horses that do not handle well around forces to defend against the growing zom- the undead after training will be used bie infestation. The two teams train side as transport away from infected hordes. by side at the Bromley-Daggett Equestri- The Bromley-Daggett Equestrian Center an Center to introduce the horses to the also owns a wagon and two draft horses reality of the infected. While experts sus- which are being kept in shape for sup- pect that horses fear the very smell of the ply transport. While the wagon isn’t fast, dead, team members hold their horses’ the horses are strong and can safely pull abilities in high regard. supplies or the severely wounded. “I have no doubt that experienced rid- The capabilities of the horses were ers can handle the spook a horse could get from sensing a zombie,” states AUET Western captain and senior English ma- tested during the first signs of outbreak in jor Kristen Kovatch. Zombies are a new horseAlfred, hopped when five the infected fencing andcitizens circled closed the threat and something the horses are not building,in on a horse nearly in the trampling fields. Spooked, several stuthe- accustomed to. Kovatch and her co-cap- dents. The zombies were shot down on tain Brittney Biegel are helping supervise the spot. desensitizing the University’s horses to “The horses have progressed majorly gunshots and the sight of the undead. since we started training,” assured Ko- Both teams are split on the titles of vatch. “While not all of them like the idea PHOTO PROVIDED BY SOMEONE? WHO TOOK THIS? their defensive groups. While the Eng- of zombie hunting, most of them trust lish team insists on being called the Cav- their handlers enough not to completely (Above) Junior Natalie Grow of the Outlaws wrangles herself a zombie on alry, the Western team calls themselves spook.” Stud, one of the first stallions trained to tolerate the smell of rotting flesh. the Outlaws. Since their formation, the Both teams have expanded their out- This particular roping manuever earned the Outlaws an extra 5 points. groups have taken these separate titles reach since Alfred State collapsed to the clude spare food, weaponry and warm Powell's mail room. but continue to work together to defend virus. The Bromley-Daggett Equestrian clothing for night watches and scouting Recent wrangling excursions have giv- Alfred. Center is accepting donations for their missions. Donations can be left for pick- en the Outlaws a 10 point lead over the “It isn’t really a big deal. The English riders, many of whom have taken resi- up at the Equestrian Center itself or in Cavalry. team wanted to be a cavalry, and the dence in the center itself. Necessities in- Merrill Field bleachers collapse

By Kristin Rubisch in the quarantine zone. When Mom informed and questioned, the common response lacked sur- The bleachers on Merrill Field prise. No connection has been made various indications that this was between the zombies and the finally collapsed yesterday after probable. collapsed bleachers, but inter- Last summer, the fate of home views with the zombies have games was questionable when been summarily rejected by the structural instabilities were claim, "uuuuughn!," which we found in the bleachers. The translate as meaning "no com- university created a temporary ment." solution for this issue, putting Remaining outdoor sporting off building new bleachers for events have already been post- at least the year and allowing poned, so the collapsed bleach- home games to be held at home. ers have no effect on the athletic The instabilities, however, calendar anyway. have proved too great and the (Is this a relevent article?? I bleachers collapsed suddenly. better not have interviewed a Most students and faculty hadn't zombie if this doesn't go into - print.) noticed as the field itself is with PHOTO BY THOMAS FLEMING I said to put it on the back PAGE... Wow, we really couldn’t do more than put in a stock photo from 2008? pressed a lack of desire for sleep sleep for desire of lack a pressed Business your of None By and discoloration of the skin. As As skin. the of discoloration and Writer Staff - differ to began symptoms these entiate more and more from the the from more and more entiate MRSA between connection The typical MRSA infection, the CDC CDC the infection, MRSA typical has Field Merill and infections now been targeted as the source source the as targeted been now - ath infected The late! too Twas infection. zombie the of letes were quarantined (although (although quarantined were letes - in originally astroturf, The they had already had weeks of of weeks had called. already had finally they was past years in has 1999, in stalled contact with other students and and students other with contact the than more bit a be to proven faculty), but no treatments were were treatments no but faculty), bargained department athletic - intensi symptoms The effective. - sur MRSA of reports when for - Methicillin-re for Short faced. - communicat of incapable were aureus, Staphylococcus sistant ing with those who were not sick, sick, not were who those with ing antibiotic-resistant a is virus the stopped sleeping, had developed persons developed had affected the sleeping, until stopped fied - Staphylococ typical the of strain an unusual appearance of rotting rotting of appearance unusual an Already infection. Staph) (or cus a superbug in its own right, MRSA MRSA right, own its in superbug a - mem community other down - gener were campus the on cases bers for their brains. their for bers flesh, and had started chasing has chasing started department had biology and The flesh, been asked to analyze the virus virus the analyze to asked been - of particu a infections took skin by lesions typified These ally to determine how it mutated, mutated, it how determine to several field. the appearance used who unique athletes larly but their labs are in a dangerous dangerous a in are labs their but athletic the and ago, months portion of campus and they have have they and campus of portion multiple contacted department yet to make it to the building. Dr. Dr. building. the to it make to yet Many consults. for doctors area - at an made Emmons Cheryld the that assured doctors these of - nar but ago days several tempt additional no of were abrasions rowly escaped a pack of frenzied frenzied of pack a escaped rowly Disease for Center the so concern, - Equestri Western The zombies. contacted. never was Control an team managed to save her on on her save to managed team an those weeks, ensuing the In horseback before it was too late. too was it before horseback lesions skin atypical the with The games that were set to to set were that games The of number a experiencing began take place on Merrill Field have have Field Merrill on place take - appe of loss including symptoms - ex they Later, skin. of patches been postponed indefinitely. postponed been pus-filled swollen, and chills tite,