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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though many Aggies would prefer that the bonfire tradition continue unchanged, no pre-football-game ritual is worth 12 lives and 27 hospitalizations. For Texas A&M to perpetuate the tradition as it is now would be unwise and irresponsible. Instead, the school should limit the size and height of the bonfire and hire more outside professionals to supervise and direct its construction. A 5-and-a-half-story bonfire is an excessive, unnecessary waste of time and natural resources. Furthermore, college students with no outside construction experience should not be entrusted with the execution of such a gargantuan building...

Author: By Kristin E. Meyer, | Title: Bonfire Tradition Not Worth the Cost | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

Manheim hopes that by 2025 we will have evolved into a society in which "all shapes and sizes can be regarded as sexy and beautiful." I hope so too. After all, judging from her photo, Manheim herself is a very sexy and beautiful big woman. I would prefer a woman her size over those billboard waifs anytime. ELLIOTT KEEN Buffalo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 29, 1999 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...will no doubt be a slightly lonely time for those not taking the Undergraduate Council shuttles to the airport Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. It is obvious that few students plan on taking only the officially recognized holiday weekend, as most prefer to augment it with voluntary vacation, either arriving later next week or having left earlier this week. Since so many students seem willing to make the sacrifice of turning in problem sets and completing response papers ahead of schedule in order to join their families on Thanksgiving, it is time that the University affords them the time...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Time to Give Thanks | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...They don't want to hire full-time people. They'd prefer to have temp people," says one chef, noting that a formerly full-time position was recently replaced with a part-time...

Author: By Geoffrey A. Fowler and Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Dining Halls Face Staff Shortage In Boom Times | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...finishing touch, close off the openings of the body and neck cavities to hold the stuffing inside. While string is perfectly sufficient, some pre-meds may prefer the more antiseptic suture method. Give the turkey 10 cc's of gravy and stick it in the oven for observation - you've got a pumpkin pie with multiple puncture wounds standing by. --rich...

Author: By Rich D. Ma, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: How To: Stuff the Bird | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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