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Texas A&M bonfire will not return to campus (www.texastribune.org)

submitted 5 months ago by wjrii@lemmy.world to c/cfb@fanaticus.social

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Texas A&M bonfire will not return to campus

After a monthslong review, Texas A&M University decided not to bring back the student bonfire tradition it discontinued 25 years ago after a deadly accident, President Mark Welsh III said Tuesday.

For decades, students built a 60-foot bonfire every year ahead of football matches between A&M and the University of Texas at Austin. The tradition was suspended after tragedy struck in 1999, when a stack of logs collapsed in the middle of the night, killing 12 people and injuring dozens, some severely.

Welsh said reviving the tradition would not be in the best interest of the university.

“After careful consideration, I decided that Bonfire, both a wonderful and tragic part of Aggie history, should remain in our treasured past,” Welsh said.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Good that shit was stupid. My sibling lost a classmate / friend in that collapse

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, bonfire is just not safe, and at a minimum having it off campus somewhere makes it easier to let it diminish in significance to the fish, and lord knows Aggies do love a tradition.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m glad I saw that cult culture and chose a different university instead of following my older sibling into that mess

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I went to Florida, and one of my buddies moved to College Station to do grad work. He was NOT ready for the Cult of Aggie.