By Sarah Pham
Gender Wars, a long Fountain Valley tradition of pitting boys against girls in a week long battle of fun and games has received many complaints over recent years for being too “sexist” and excluding minority groups such as gays and transgender students.
Rumor around campus the past few weeks proclaimed the end of Gender Wars. Its demise was confirmed at Thursday’s House of Reps meeting.
Mr. Fraser announced the decision to “upgrade” the tradition and rename it Baron Wars or Baron Games. In this version, rather than a fight to decide which gender is superior, the student body will be halved and the two groups will battle each other instead. ASB will be incorporating interactive games with the audience in order to improve participation, something many students want in assemblies according to ASB’s recent school survey. Their main goal is to try to unify the school through friendly, competitive games.
The question now is whether or not this new incarnation will attract the enthusiasm of FV students or if this new twist will soften students’ anticipation for the event. Will this new way of splitting the student body give more students the chance to participate or will it fizzle as students no longer have the opportunity to participate in that age old battle of the sexes?
