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Friday, February 15, 2002
Texas A&M to Cancel Bonfire Again
By Lindsey White
Staff Writer
Texas A&M University administra
tors recently announced that cost and
safety concerns are forcing the universi
ty to again reconsider a 90-year-old tra
dition.
Texas A&M students traditionally
built a bonfire every November to mark
the yearly football game against the
University of Texas at Austin.
But in 1999, the 55-foot high bonfire
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collapsed just a few days before it was
supposed to be lit.
The collapse killed a dozen people
and wounded 27 others.
Ray Bowen, Texas A&M president,
held a press conference last week to
announce that it would cost about $2.5
million for construction, insurance and
design of a professional safety plan.
Bowen stated in a press release that
the university could not afford to spend
that much money.
Bowen also stated in the release that
he only spoke for the year 2002, as he
is resigning later this year.
But this marks the second year in a
row that the university will not have a
bonfire to commemorate the rivalry
game.
Bowen stated that he hopes to
encourage the beginning of anew tradi
tion and believes that the bonfire did not
define Texas A&M.
“My advice - for whatever the advice
of a lame-duck president is worth - is
that the students face the inevitable and
focus their energy on creating anew
challenge, anew tradition,” Bowen stat
ed in the release.
“I believe that with a little effort
another tradition can be created which
has the benefits of bonfire but does not
carry the danger, on the one hand, or
the expense, on the other.”
Students and alumni have varying
opinions on the end of the bonfire tra
dition.
Texas A&M Student Body President
Schuyler Houser said students are gen
erally disappointed that the university
will not have a bonfire for the second
year in a row.
But Houser said
she thinks the stu
dent body under
stands the reasons
behind Bowen’s
decision to sus
pend the bonfire.
Houser said she
hopes that students
will become excit
ed about other
spirit activities and
“My advice ...is that students
face the inevitable and focus
on creating anew challenge,
anew tradition.
Ray Bowen
Texas A&M University President
begin new traditions to replace the bon
fire.
“Great traditions can evolve," Houser
said.
Some Texas A&M alumni said they
feel safety is a vital concern but that
other solutions should be considered
before the university abandons the bon
fire tradition.
“It’s the symbolism of what you do
and the people working together,” said
Mike Taylor, who graduated from Texas
A&M in 1970.
“They are working toward a common
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goal.”
Taylor said he thinks there is a certain
amount of university pride that comes
with the tradition.
“The bonfire symbolizes our burning
desire to beat our archrival, Texas,”
Taylor said.
Because of the amount of time that
has passed since
the 1999 accident,
about half the stu
dent body does
not understand the
importance of the
bonfire tradition,
said Trevor
Voelkel, Texas
A&M Corps of
Cadets public rela
tions officer.
The Corps of Cadets assists with the
design and construction of the annual
bonfire.
Voelkel added that a large percentage
of the university’s student body is
unhappy with Bowen’s decision to sus
pend the bonfire.
For this reason, Voelkel said he
empathizes with Bowen’s decision.
He said, “I definitely wouldn’t want
to be in his shoes.”
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