CHS finds magical new sport in Muggle Quidditch

by Divya Kumar News Editor With the imminent arrival of a new Harry Potter theme in Universal Studios in Orlando and the separation of the final movie into two parts, it appears that a desire to cling onto the magical phenomenon continues to prolong the end of its existence in pop culture. The relatively recent morphing of the well-known Quidditch game into a sport playable by non-magic folk, or “Muggles”, can be noted as yet another way Harry Potter is being transformed from something simply on paper to part of daily life. The origins of Muggle Quidditch are traced back to Middlebury College in Connecticut, where the first team was formed in 2005. The following…