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Talk about a place where you can really take off. 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR ey.com/us/careers WErnst&Younc From thought to finish. ©2002 Ernst & Young llp tw THE BAUtlts week but was off line Sunday, included links that allow visi tors to send e- mail to Saddam and allowed users of the govern- ment-con- trolled site, which is host- hussein ed in Dubai, to check their own accounts. Bonfire Continued from, v 'sion"J The culture 0 f Bon fiR University’s “tunnel dealing with issues u student-run fire was i commission that inveai a ion^s.ollapsea,,^ lauor in creating an enviicZ wlKrc ^"fire's cob*,! rciumcd an,*,, 1 According to oc s °me students i| worked on Bonfire, racism sexism were a pan of that* Senior anthropology Nicholette " her awson attendeda freshman year whem lived in Lechner Hall,; and all-freshman dorm. She lie captain / [the final pe Matt Noriks said since fell, there has been lessd vinism and less of a hoys club" feel to the school "Some people think had, but I think it’s one best things that ever couldtw happened at A&M," Ut* said. “Females were not respect ed as much as the males." Senior English major Murray IV said thedegraferj women in Bonfire was one that "definitely neededtoa Grode yells havebeena point of change. Neeley! women’s residence ha! Northside. has a yell del the performance of fella members of the different Murray said. "Women were there tote water and to flirt wither pots," Murray said. “Sleets with the pots was a coolii to do for girls.” Lawson said some of the? ism stemmed from safety issa \v orkers had to be strong era to cut and carry the heM logs. But the activity couldh been more inclusive than its for women, she said. “Bonfire was an amaa thing,” Lawson said. “A&M» not lx- the same withoutilh! Aggie’s Spirit is not Bonfire. [fllKlM Kevin spenla JThe 2002 ■son has se b| finding a M A week a fcam in the r in school his dropped thei the season tc an Aggie far' Slocum saic “draw their to what hap : So, here The Agg But Parrish said the A:;: P® r ' n S w ) lal Spirit took a hit when Bos BL ^ 0I ' 11S F fell and the only waytoreu is to bring Bonfire back. "It took 91 years to mil j the tradition it was," hre: j “We have to start sorau , and it doesn’t matter I something as small as tfe ;• rial Bonfire when it first!® The University shouldbete I concerned about its image think more about whatita® and still means to studei Parrish said. The Unity Project is a groj of students building a smalt version of the Aggie Bonfire® campus in an attempt to keep experience alive until thetrat tion can return to camp® Spokesman Luke Cheatham 1 senior civil engineering maj® said the most important aspea of working on a bo n ^ ren f^ making sure students stillka how to cut and stack. Though some aspects Bonfire should change, sue hazing and drinking, Chea said the fire can be built s# “If you take all the badthi - out. and leave the good g like friendships, and emph safety, you can t surpas experience of Bonfire. s a . Cheatham, who is also a dent adviser at Walton . The Unity Project will burn at about 7 Sunday, Nov. 24 at^ Boondocks Recreation 10 minutes outside JO’ since tack of partic^l the Colic? I Station along Highway • "The biggest change Bonfire is the on the part of campus said Charles Johnson groups sen® 1 motecularand celTbiology 1 ^ Johnson lived on camp^ freshman year, and he. active in student organon despite moving off cam P , e a “The dorms used to ^ hU8ep ^23r^ was "Bonfire - - regardless of where Ny “ n . together for a comm .jt ence, the type of ex pc ^ builds friendships and camaraderie.” b ee» Several activities J * initiated since Bonf' ■ ^ sion, including a a ^ Reveille Ball, a rev^ Nite, Aggie Nig er an J Memorial Student the Sbisa Semi-Formal , d the But Parrish nts are University-sponsored “empty efforts. ht t hat “The University th * d0 . by giving us scan b'^t » we would rorg (Bonfire),” he said.