Freshman Dan Baiens, right, loads his bongo cannon as he stares down his opponent, Gerardo Martinez, freshman of Montrose.

Battle erupted in the Maverick Pavilion Thursday afternoon.

From 2-8 p.m., CMU students waged war on one another with pressurized air cannons and NERF footballs.

The event – called Bongo Ball – was sponsored by CMU’s Program Activities Council and ran by a Michigan-based company called Cutting Edge Productions.