Sometimes, on your way to class over at the Voorhees Mall of College Ave, you may spot a group of students hitting each other with large foam weapons wrapped in duct tape. They are members of the Livingston Dueling Association (LDA). For those who thinks the LDA came into being when the Rutgers Fencing Team died during the budget cut, you are mistaken.

The boffer fighting they practice is popular amongst people who:
1) love The Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, and other movies with giant, oversized swords in all their phallic grandeur
2) love fantasy RPG games, and wish duct tape foam weapons make clanging sounds when they collide
3) love the notion of fencing, but lack the discipline and physique to practice it
4) love the bygone era when wenches were still about

LDA members often sport long flowing locks and oversized broadswords, sometimes mistaken for Braveheart reenactors.

If you listen for it, perhaps you'll hear someone bellow "FREEDOM!" in the middle of your lecture.