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[in the evening or mud-clad men
and women roaming the campus
donning the colors of their resi
dences.
It is the beginning of a new sea
son — Bonfire season.
For the next seven weeks, stu
dents will be putting on their
grodes and cutting dowp about
9,000 trees used to build Bon-
Ifire, which is, according to the
Guiness Book of World
Records, the largest of its kind.
Jeff Koffman, Moses Hall
"<IMH head crew chief; said Bonfire is
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example of Aggie spirit.
“Bonfire is more than just
going out there and cutting
down trees,” Koffman said. “I
think it has a lot to do with
just being an Aggie and keep
ing up traditions and building
long friendships.”
The first cut of the year is
tomorrow, and organizers said
the first cut usually has the
largest turnout.
Most of the residence halls
get up between 5 a.m. and 6:30
la.m., but some halls wake up
at 4:30 am for the first cut.
A tradition called wake—up
makes sure that everyone in
the hall is awake. Crew chiefs
run around the hall making noise
to get the residents motivated to go
to cut.
"Kristysail■ Bart Taylor, an Aston Hall crew
^ chief and a sophomore agricultural
—^ engineering major, said wake-up is
fun for the crew chiefs.
“We run around the hall banging
on doors with carpet rolls and play
loud music,” Taylor said. “We’ve
even got an electrical siren and
blast it in the Aston quad.”
Almost immediately, the hall’s
residents are out to their cars and
ready to begin the day.
Most groups meet at Albertson’s
on South College to eat breakfast.
Numerous insults are traded
among the groups, and someone in-
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People who do not live in resi
dence halls have their own rou
tine. The Off Campus Aggies meet
at the Zachry Building at 8 a.m. to
go to cut.
Upon arrival, the crew chiefs
send their freshmen to chase after
the junior red pots, who are in
charge of deciding when and where
a group gets placed in the woods.
Then the work begins.
Each hall or group has its own
section of land that it has to clear.
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Grodes hang out of a window in Crocker Hall.
The freshmen are paired up with
upperclassmen who have been out
to cut and must wear a strip of tape
around their leg to show that they
are inexperienced.
Lunch is brought out at about 1
p.m., and everyone takes a break.
The crew chiefs tell lewd grode
stories, reward motivated fresh
men and then are chased down
and groded.
The halls go back to cutting until
a junior red pot tells them to go to
load site. The hall must finish cut
ting every tree that has been
notched, even if it is the smallest
nick, for safety reasons.
They then go to load site where
they help Walton Hall place the
logs onto trucks that transport the
logs to the polo fields on campus.
In past years there have been
accusations of discrimination at
cut, including demeaning of
women and minorities.
Bryan Hightight, yellow pot for
Off Campus Aggies and a junior me
chanical engineering major, said
when people hear some of the re
marks at the site, they get offended
because they do not understand that
the insults are used on everyone and
meant only in fun.
“You can get mad about it, or you
can yell right back,” Hightight
said.
Deryk Walsh, a Fowler Hall
crew chief and a sophomore com
puter science major, said stu
dents at site usually do not take
off-color remarks offensively.
“Where else can you insult
someone, and they’ll still be
your friend?” Walsh said.
In the past, women have
not taken part in cut as much
as men.
Carlos Garza, a Moore Hall
crew chief and a sophomore ac
counting major, said he likes
the idea of female students
working side-by-side with
their male counterparts.
“Obviously, having the oppo
site sex in the woods motivates
some people to go out,” Garza
said. “I wish we had more.”
Amy Magness, crew chief for
Off Campus Aggies, is only the
third female crew chief in Bon
fire history.
She said more women should
go to cut.
“There are a few more women
than there are men at this univer
sity, and I think the same need to
be represented at Bonfire,” Mag
ness said.
Alex Cabanas, Moses Hall yellow
pot and a sophomore business ad
ministration major, said people
should not be swayed by negative
opinions about Bonfire they hear
from others. He said everyone, es
pecially freshmen, should go to cut
and judge it for themselves.
“Bonfire is just as much a tradi
tion as anything else at this
school,” Cabanas said. “Just try it
once. That’s all you have to do. If
you don’t like it, then at least
you’ve tried it.”
Louis Craig, The Battalion
Brian Spencer, a computer engineering major, paints his pot outside of Crocker Hall on Wednesday.
Redpots focus on safety for 3,000 expected students
Thousands of people are expected to wake
up early and head out to the woods this week
end to begin chopping down trees for the first
cut of Bonfire ’95.
Rob Tortorice, a junior redpot and finance
major, said the redpots are expecting more
than 3,000 people to come to the first cut on
Jerry Kacals Highway 30 property. Tortorice,
said those who want to participate but have
not attended a cut class are welcome.
“We will be holding impromptu cut classes
all day for whoever needs them,” he said. “AH
they need to do is show up and teH the people
at the entrance to the site that they need one.”
Zaeh Huyge, a junior redpot and construc
tion science major, said that along with attend
ing a cut class, students at cut must be wear
ing protective headgear and proper clothes.
“That means jeans and leather boots,”
Huyge said. “No tennis shoes.”
Emergency Medical Technicians will be sta
tioned at cut site to handle any emergencies.
“Each redpot, yellowpot and crew chief will
know where the EMTs are stationed for those
who need medical attention,” Huyge said. “At
the cut site, safety is our first priority.”
Carl Baggett, a head senior redpot and ac
counting major, said that with all of the orga
nizations participating, it looks like the Erst
cut will be a success.
“KAMU radio station is going to be out at
the cut site,” Baggett said, “and Cain Hall is
participating for the Erst time.
“The MSC -has really helped get people
involved and the OCA (Off-Campus Aggie’s)
are coming out in droves.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing
everybody out there this weekend.”
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