Some students were hurled from the structure. Others were trapped in the shifting logs. Four remained in critical condition Friday, two of them on life support. One of the problems in reconstructing the accident is that there is no formal plan for building the structure. It's really a handed-down tradition.
Students teach the next generation of students what they do.
It was uncertain whether any of the students working on the bonfire had been drinking alcohol. It used to be a rowdy, vocal kind. Now it's the solemn and quiet form. At one corner of the site, several people placed bouquets of flowers. Campus gardens and benches were deserted.