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"he Battalion Page 9 • November 19, 1999 r in ad). This rate )u get an additional! iduled to end to qua!, PETS s. Kittens, Cats, Dogs, fe Animal Shelter-775-5755. Veimaraners, blues S gingn 0 272 1223. IOOMMATES le needed tor spring. $280/b: . 7056 email btb7433@lat)St»*.i C ^VC^hen I got on the bus this morn ing it was totally somber. Everybody yhs quiet and listening to the radio.” Melissa Freeman Sophomore business major mate needed, 3bdrm/2t*r Is. Interested, call 696-556S spring summer'00 3bdrmar 275/mo. +1/3bills Denise®!' jl think that even though everybody spring or longer 3bdrm!tr®| 0 neighborhood $275/mo (Joesn t know everybody else, they’ll still support one another. It’s like a family.” Dana Schmidt Senior community health major Spring. Own bedroom, campus. 260-7522, ask for'.•! sded ASAP to share 2bdir,': Apartments. Own bed at ’bills, pets ok. 268-7671 eeded tor spring, own s Call 575-5841. ided tor spring 4bed/2baf ■ bills Andrea 694-7569 ided tor spring. 2bdrm/ltiF.\ i okay. $250/mo. ♦1/2bills 7!' ded spring, 3bdrm/2bth. Nc: no. +l/3utilities, own roomtjr X3 bus-rt., 6-min. to campus' li his is a busy time for the University. Hopefully it will also be a time for a needed for spring s2625c ||>eople to come together. I think in the end this will strengthen us.” :e needed for spring, only IS le route, Willowick, Call76r.'w drm/2bth. furnished excep T sion, $300/mo. +1/4bills. J.SE aded for January. Ownrara mutes from campus. S2'ip :e David 680-1537. led 1 3bdrm/2bth house 1700s:jl 10. +l/3elec. Paul or Kevin >drm/2bth, ak' 862-9582(H), 862-8067(0 xlrm/2bth, W/D, across sti ./neg. +1/3bills Ryan696’fJ /D, 3bdrm/1bth, SSOOknc ius. ASAP. 680-8968 eeded for beautiful 2bdm’.T'i tance to campus. $300n: 1® Jamie Castle Junior kinesiology major r dui ui r\c> oa $255/mo„ depos; i'f? It’s a tragedy of course. We just have 12/HV 882-806710) El O J > to keep in our hearts those who were injured and those who are dead.” d for spring. 3bdrm/1tr-« i'f jus, $230/mo. +1/3ufCif 111 Brian Gessley Junior finance major led for spring. Hollei*’ 1 ? room $317/bio. +1/3bills " l just cried all morning and I didn’t id spring or longer. $25o/mo +1 rabiiis, m/f even know anyone hurt, it’s terrible. 3d, move in as early as it $247.50/mo. +1/2bills. SERVICES ance to anywhere in the if sive Driving. Lots-of-fun, Laiki nsurance discount. M-T(6p'l Fri.&Sat.- Fri(6pm-8pm) JSif n-2:30pm). Inside BanWl 1. $25/cash. Lowest price a f Dr., Ste.217. 846-6117. =-0017), TRAVEL iK 2000 Mazatlan&AcapiiK, im $369. Reliable TWA in & Houston Bestpackaje® /! 1.800.SURFS.UP wwwslA Mary Kate Lawson Spanish and international STUDIES MAJOR You don’t know what to say when |u just talked to someone an hour ago ind you find out they didn’t make it.” Clovis Mitchell Junior construction SCIENCE MAJOR YOU ordered a /-I gieland and will notf 1 campus next fall to: up, you can have! ailed. To have your)fc| 00k for the i 9f| :hool year mailed, y 015 Reed McDoff iuilding or telephl M5-26I3 (credits Dnly) between 8:30^OR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MAJOR and 4:30 p.m. Mor-| through Friday and ■| a $6.50 mailing and J dimg fee. I This is my first Bonfire, so I don’t know what to feel.” ' qr- 1 don’t think I have ever seen the student body so sad.” Christina Coronacion Cash, Check, Visa, Atattf-f Discover and American &t| accepted. :ip, Carlos Santano Junior Computer ENGINEERING MAJOR 'ENTION s of 201 left out of the ■ 1! Get your FRl cture taken at % phy. Extended •' 1 Iso available for!' Texas Ave. South 1 183. Open 9-123 F. It’s unbelievable that we’ve been working on it for so many years and Jus has never happened. Now all of a sudden it happened and everything we’ve worked for during the semester is past.” Katherine Evans Senior sociology major Th e response is very giving. The whole nation is concerned.” EDITORIAL T he feeling was not unlike wak ing up to news that the sun had failed to rise. A mid-No vember morning without the stack was only slightly less surreal than a dawn without a daybreak. Unfortunately, the tragic facts — at least 11 dead, dozens injured — are only too real, and the weight of sadness on campus is al- - most tangible. Such a heavy burden can not be lifted by mere words, and little can be said about this 90-year-old tradition that will be remembered in another 90 years. But to say nothing would do a disservice to the memo ries of our friends. To those who knew them, we know you are hurting, but we can never know how much. The families and friends of all those affected deserve and have our sober thoughts and prayers. To those who did not know them, we know you are hurting too. Long after we know how it happened, we will still be wondering why. In the meantime, it is im portant to remember that this is a time for condo lences, not quarrels. Much will be said in the coming weeks that would be better left unsaid. For this is not the time to point fingers of blame or speculate about the future of Bonfire. What is appropriate in stead is silence. It would be wrong to turn this tragedy into an opportu nity for loud debate. The lives lost are worth much more than angry arguments, and respectful reflection should not give place to wrangling over traditions. If there is a lesson to be learned from this horrible accident, it will strike at the very heart of who we are as human beings. It will remind us of the inevitable fragility of life and the enduring stability of friendship. And it will teach us more than we ever knew about the in domitable strength of the Aggie spirit. What remains, then, is not to despair, but in stead to discover our true worth — to do better with the lives we have been giv en in honor of the lives that have been taken. There is nothing else to do. Already, the A&M com munity has exemplified the truism that the worst of times bring out the But Aggies expect no less, and we know we will recover from this blow with the dignity and determina tion that make this Universi ty great. Flags flying at half- mast are not indicative of half-hearted Aggies. Our hearts are full and hopeful. It will take time to come to terms with what seems so surreal. But in the end, we will have learned that in life, the real stuff is the rough stuff. And the rough stuff makes us stronger. MARiUM MOHIUDDIN Managing Editor CALEB MCDANIEL Opinion Editor BEVERLY MIRELES Opinion Editor EMILY R. SNOOKS Campus Editor CARRIE BENNETT Community Editor We are the Aggies, The Aggies are we. True to each other As Aggies can be. “THE SPIRIT OF AGGIELAND” I don’t know. It hasn’t really hit me yet. When I walk around campus, I can see it in everyone’s faces. But as much as it saddens me, I can’t compre hend how the families must feel.” Jerrod Rinehart Sophomore business ADMINISTRATION MAJOR I didn’t know anyone that was there, but you feel helpless. All you can do is just pray, and come together.” Cara Cooper Senior English major Right now, I don’t care about the fu ture of Bonfire. I would gladly give it up for any one of those people’s lives.” Christopher Swonke Sophomore aerospace ENGINEERING MAJOR Y(7hen we went out there it was un believable — surreal. I can’t think of anything else to describe it.” Karlee Anderson Senior psychology major “Th ese people were out there doing what they love. They weren’t out there because they had to be but because they wanted to be. If we keep it going, it can be like a memorial to them.” Angela Herzik Sophomore general studies major C You wake up and your grandparents and your parents are calling you to make sure you’re alright. It’s not what you want to wake up to.” Mark Micer Junior mechanical ENGINEERING MAJOR I have never felt so proud of my University as I do at this time. To see the unification of all Aggies, re gardless of age, sex, race, religion or sex ual orientation, makes my heart swell with pride and my faith in the world strengthened. The friendship that unites us is beyond death and time.” Samuel E. Murdock Sophomore business administration major I hope the families are going to be OK and we keep them in our hearts.” Tracy Younggren Senior biomedical science major Thursday night, Bonfire is not go ing to be burning, but I am going to be out on the field anyway.” Lynn Lowell Sophomore biomedical SCIENCE MAJOR Jenna Dorick Class of ’97