Student Changes Profile Picture, Displays Deep Emotional Ties to Event She Never Attended and People She Never Knew

Held annually on November 18th at 2:42 a.m., the Bonfire Remembrance Ceremony honors the eleven students and one former student that passed away in the bonfire stack collapse in 1999. As the remembrance event approaches, freshman Holly Selby showed her deep emotional tie to the tragedy by changing her profile picture on Facebook.

A representative of Traditions’ Council, the organization that orchestrates the ceremony, gave some insight into the profile picture change. “Well, I’m not really sure when the design for the picture popped up. All I do know is that if you don’t have that picture uploaded by the morning of the 18th, you are blacklisted due to lack of tradition appreciation,” said the individual, opting to remain unnamed.

“I feel an empathetic connection to the tragedy— two kids who lived in the same dorm that I do passed away when the logs fell, but I think it’s morally courageous of me to show my appreciation for the tradition by changing my profile picture. It shows my stance on the entire event,” said Selby, a freshman Engineering major and member of Delta Pi Delta.

When asked whether she knew any of the names of the fallen students, Selby declined to respond, saying she had a banner holding shift for Delta Pi Delta at the MSC.

 

—Buffalo Wild Wags

The Bonfire Remembrance Ceremony will be held on Sunday, November 18th at 2:42 a.m. at the Bonfire Memorial. It will honor those that passed away in the bonfire stack collapse.

Miranda Denise Adams ‘02

Christopher D. Breen ‘96

Michael Stephen Ebanks ‘03

Jeremy Richard Frampton ‘99

Jamie Lynn Hand ‘03

Christopher Lee Heard ‘03

Timothy Doran Kerlee, Jr ‘03

Lucas John Kimmel ‘03

Bryan A. McClain ‘02

Chad A. Powell ‘03

Jerry Don Self ‘01

Nathan Scott West ‘02