*"Requiem and Prologue" of the Battle Royale Soundtrack, begins playing in the background*

~Prologue~

January 20, 2009, Barack Obama assumed office, as the 44th President of the United States

During his campaign, Obama proposed change for America

Changes were made to health care, fuel standards, ethical reform, and interrogations

But there were also changes that the President did not desire…

14.3% of people in the United States are living in poverty, 9.5% were out of work…

15,241 Americans committed murder while 89,000 committed rape…

408,217 committed robbery, while over 8% dropped out of school…

Hearing the President's calls for change, public universities began their own method of dealing with the problems of today's society…

by proposing to the government a new bill…

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Also known as…

Battle Royale

42 students from across the country will be randomly selected and divided into teams of two…

where they will be thrown on a deserted island and be forced to kill each other

Until only one team remains...

It's kill or be killed

In the Game...

of Change…