Tell us your Bonfire stories

Tell us your Bonfire stories

By: Staff

Issue date: 9/10/09 Section: Sports

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Howdy!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Bonfire collapse and the 100th anniversary of Bonfire tradition. The Battalion will be putting together a commemorative issue to pay tribute and honor the tradition and those who hold it dear. We want to convey to the world how tragic the events of a decade ago were, how special times working on stack are to ol' Ags, and how important Bonfire is to Texas A&M. We want to know your story. Please send in your stories and photos from your experiences at stack to battcopy@thebatt.com

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aggieandy61

posted 9/10/09 @ 7:28 AM CST

.........bonfire, Nov 1958..after working on it,as sundown approaced we'd stand-guard around our small warming-fire.. we Fish were "guarding it" from would-be T-Sip intruders who might want to light it prematurely. (Continued…)

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Gene Montalvo

posted 9/11/09 @ 8:52 AM CST

November 1969 - A Fish in the Band. Moving logs to the stack at night and having someone ruin coffee for me (add sugar and cream). Couldn't drink it again until I learned to drink it black. (Continued…)

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Cheney Coker

posted 9/11/09 @ 9:35 AM CST

Memories?
1.) Upperclassmen running up and down the halls of Aston, pre-dawn on cut days, with chain saws blaring in order to wake people up.
2.) Going out to the stack to carry logs in a freezing rain only to be told by the Redpots that we weren't needed. (Continued…)

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Heather Buzzell ('96)

posted 9/11/09 @ 10:50 PM CST

Bonfire - 1992, 93, 94, 95 = and a few before and after - friends celebrating; Aggies uniting - a true Aggie Tradition!

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Johhny

posted 9/11/09 @ 11:26 PM CST

1999 a temporary morgue set up between TAMU buses on the polo fields.

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Mike

posted 9/14/09 @ 1:12 PM CST

Bonfire has to be the most overrated thing in the world.

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Neil Hruzek

posted 9/14/09 @ 6:52 PM CST

Getting a call from student life a couple days later at work (UHaul) asking if we had any boxes the parents could use. We loaded up a car, a couple hours later, and told them to come back if they needed anything else. (Continued…)

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Ellen '84

posted 9/16/09 @ 5:12 PM CST

Waking up early on my 38th birthday to news reports of the bonfire collapse. Worrying about my nephew, Joel, because I knew he was out there working every chance he had. (Continued…)

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Keith '90

posted 9/17/09 @ 9:36 AM CST

(1) Watching the burn with my idiot friend Jimmy and his girlfriend... the winds shifted, and the ashes and embers started falling on a large part of the crowd. (Continued…)

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kam90

Keith '90

posted 9/17/09 @ 9:44 AM CST

(2) Standing solemnly outside the police fence on what should have been Bonfire night 1999 amidst the flowers, notes, bibles, stuffed animals and other items left in memoriam. (Continued…)

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