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y November2ij Monday Page 5 November 25, 1 996 to verify the i students celebrate Galveston Bonfire , By Courtney Walker It-Family VlOlt The Battalion errace Apartr Aggies in College Station are altercation be:,t iiie only ones ready to show a female res e ii “burning desire to beat the and contusion'|i out of t.u.” neck and uppr Students attending Texas would not comrlfyi at Galveston participated s. The suspect the Aggie tradition with their transported tori Bonfire and yell practice in Jail and incarcr dveston Sunday night. Students and members of the as a Peace Oldveston community gathered on jflvar Peninsula at “dark-thirty” While investigat r a beachside Bonfire and yell ir intoxicated s actice, led by two junior and two gating officer rnioryell leaders, yan individual! The Galveston Bonfire was adge and clainifm like the one in College Sta- rcement office on, with yell practice and guest riff’s office. T aeakers before the torch was lit. ivided by the ut students at Galveston added e false. He wasieitown traditions, ircerated in therefore the torch was lit, stu- ■ Bits sawed the horns off a replica of Bevo and then placed it on the top of stack. Students from Galveston worked with College Station Ag gies to build their 30 feet by 30 feet, three-tier Bonfire. The centerpole used by A&M- Galveston was taken from the Col lege Station cut site. Jonathan Balmos, a senior mar itime engineering major and a cut blazer for A&M Galveston, said rela- tions between the two system schools have been great. “We (Galveston Aggies) have been to two of the cut sessions and a stack in College Station,” Balmos said. “They were great about handing the log over to us, and the members of Dunn Hall and the junior red pots have been really great.” Centerpole for the Galveston Bonfire was raised Thursday and construction on stack began Friday. “We didn’t really have any set schedules for people to come out to the site,” Balmos said. “ We had pick-up times on campus, but most people just showed up whenever they could.” A ferry across the ship chan nel must be taken to reach the Bonfire site. The construction of the Galve ston Bonfire is similar to College Station’s, except pallets are collected from the community to create a sta ble foundation. Like College Station’s, the Galveston Bonfire is completely student-operated. Instead of “pots,” the Galveston Bonfire is led by “blazers.” General blazers are in charge of the overall oper ation of Bonfire. The chief blazer constantly watches the site and lives there until Bonfire is over and has been cleaned up. The Aggie blazer is in charge of pub lic relations for Bonfire, and the cut blazer is similar to a College inal Trespass WebCam keeps continuous eye on A&M tud< aim we | h /eb( Construction S' entered a re: authorization, R By Courtney Walker The Battalion irassment hree years ago, a Texas A&M employee and LThe victim w tudent decided to experiment with an old threatening tf : am era and standard desktop computer that mknown subje me just “lying around.” jvealed the vefirhey had no idea they were about to create listakenlycs VebCam, which allows viewers around the vas playing a vorld to watch the Aggie Bonfire burn via the mew. Voi Id Wide Web. Kibe camera also allows access to live pictures Assault )f light other preselected campus locations. H\lan Kurk, computer systems and net- A verbal alters/voi k manager for the engineering technol- mmates ended >gy department, said once a user has se- Jeither party v ected a campus site from the web page, the arges. tamera takes a picture, and within one ninute an image is sent back to the user’s Rnputer screen. ■“The camera takes the picture by itself every ions Comm so seconds and the user tells the camera where vas therespt :0 point,” Kurk said. “It’s kind of like a surveil- tole, to vote ance camera, but the difference is that two e responsibi people clear across the world can be looking at he student b he same picture.” fw ” H '"“^■When Bonfire burns Tuesday night, WebCam vill be locked onto the Bonfire site. Users will oe able to move the camera again the day after ion tire burns. ■ Other sites on campus that users may access le said i idea. include the College Station water tower, the first green and lake on the A&M golf course and three different angles of the polo field. Kurk and an engineering student began the project three years ago in the engineering com puter lab. The Oceanography and Meteorology building offered to have the camera and com puter set up in their building. Now the camera is mounted to a con troller unit on the 14th floor of the O&M Building, where it takes pictures 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Kurk said plans are being made to move the camera to the observation deck of the O&M building, which is currently closed to the public. “Currently there are only nine sites, but the number can be as high as 1,000,” Kurk said. “If we move to the observation deck, the number of sites will be increased.” Kurk said problems occurred when they changed locations. “The old camera would not work at the new location because there was no flash, so the camera could not adjust to the amount of light exposure,” Kurk said. “When it got dark or cloudy outside, the camera could not take good pictures.” The problem was solved when Video Sys tems Plus donated a camera similar to the ones used in Department of Public Safety vehicles. “The camera is mounted on a unit and can turn 360 degrees horizontally or verti cally,” Kurk said. Kurk said Bonfire ’95 was approaching when they received the camera so they just turned the camera around and locked it on the Bonfire site. The software which allows a user to choose between the nine locations was developed by two students as a project for their engineering technology class. “Dr. Morgan, an engineering technology professor, needed a senior project and called me for ideas, so I gave him the idea and he as signed it to two of his students,” Kurk said. Kurk said the WebCam has become popu lar with Internet users since its debut three years ago. He said people from all over the country have been calling his office and home to ask about the WebCam and whether it is for sale. “One guy called from Tennessee and wanted one to put in his stables so he could watch his dad take care of the animals, because he was an elderly man and the son was worried about him feeding the animals alone,” he said. Kurk also received a call from someone in Japan who wanted to use some screen shots from the web page for a PBS show. WebCam may be accessed entcsun.tamu.edu/webcam. at HIRTS Continued from Page 1 The Class of ’97 Council, whose ElWalk T-shirt sales have de creased, will continue to sell the shirts through next week. ■ Porter said the new Class of ’97 shirts are not being sold with the intent of undercutting the Class Council’s profits. ■ “I do not feel we are taking any thing away from the class,” she said. “I have talked to students that weren’t going to buy those shirts to blgin with.” H Porter said the new shirts are not being designed to spite the Coun cil, but rather to benefit the Class of’97. | “We accept their apology and we derstand it would be virtually possible to reprint a shirt,” she said. “But we are trying to put something out on the market that they should have done in the first >lace.” E-Walk Continued from Page 1 The Aggie Wranglers and the band High way 6 will provide entertainment. The Fish Camp ’97 directors will lead off Elephant Walk at Kyle Field with the Class of ’97 yell from Fish Camp ’93. Fitzhugh will speak to the class in their waning hours as kings of campus, and then the seniors will begin their walk around cam pus toward Bonfire stack, visiting prominent campus sites along the way. Elephant Walk will conclude at Bonfire site, where two baby elephants will be waiting for students to have their picture^ made. Bradshaw said one of the elephants will be Caesar, who posed for E-Walk pictures last year and participated in the Renaissance Fes tival this year. “He’s in high demand,” she said. Shadow Canyon will sponsor the Senior Bash dance tonight at 8 p.m., with no cover charge for students over 21. Junior E-Walk events will begin at Bonfire site with carnival games such as “Pin the Tar get on the Elephant,” an elephant pinata and photos with the baby elephants. The junior E-Walk events will conclude at Kyle Field with a “pull-out” yell practice led by the junior yell leaders and guest speaker Frank Cox, author of / Bleed Maroon and a member of the Class of ’65. Cox’s daughter, Christy Cox, is a member of the Class of ’98. The junior class will conclude with a class pic ture taken in the second deck of the east stands, with the class standing in the shape of a 98. In the past, the junior class picture has been taken on Kyle Field, but the newly in stalled grass field has removed the possibility of continuing the tradition. Hurricane Harry’s will host the E-Walk Bash starting at 8 p.m. with a $2 cover charge. All classes are invited to attend. Courtney Lyons, Class of ’97 vice president and a senior English major, said poor weather would move the Final Feast barbecue, but other plans would continue as scheduled. “If it’s cold and wet, it’s cold and wet,” she said. “Where else are you going to put two elephants?” • T-shirts • Caps • Posters • Calendars • Cards • Frames Post Oak Mall 764-4444 AGGIE BONFIRE TEXAS ASM. Come Get your Fightin’ Texas de Bonfire Now 25% off!! 1996-97 All-University Calendar At the Texas A&M Bookstore We’ll Talce Your Aggie Bucks™!I! • T-shirts • Caps • Posters • Calendars • Cards • Boxers • If You Register They Will Come. MSC Open House tables are on sale. Reserve yours at the MSC Box Office from now until January 15. Only $22 for recognized student organizations. Pay with cash or accounts (you’ll need an IDT). Make sure you’re there. Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. 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Balmos said the Galveston Bon fire is a way for students and alumni in Galveston to experience the tra ditions associated with A&M. “This gives Aggies down here a better chance to experience one of the greatest Aggie tradi tions,” Balmos said. “Once we experience the tradition here, we’ll head to College Station on Tuesday to see Bonfire again.” Along with Bonfire, students in Galveston experience other Aggie traditions. A&M-Galveston Aggies may or der an Aggie ring and participate in Big Event, A&M’s community ser vice project. “Last year we had a beach clean up, but we don’t know what we are going to do this spring for sure yet,” Balmos said. Students at Galveston also par ticipate in an Aggie Muster, Silver Taps and have a Fish Drill Team. Dr. S.A. LeSage "86, 'SS Dr. W.S. 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