In 1997, I was a student at Texas A&M University and was enrolled in a photojournalism class.  As our final project, we had to choose something to document then make a feature photo page (not unlike the photo layouts of the old Life magazine) using shots we took for the project.  As it was the fall semester, the big activity on campus was the annual construction of the Aggie Bonfire.  This bonfire was built by students over the course of several months in anticipation of burning it the night before the annual football game against A&M's rival University of Texas Longhorns.

Recently, I was combing through my archives and came across a bunch of negatives from my project.  I promptly scanned these and went through them, choosing some of the better shots.  Below are some of my favorites.  Unfortunately, a mere two years later, in 1999, the bonfire collapsed during construction, needlessly killing twelve of my fellow students and leaving several permanently maimed.  Bonfire has been suspended indefinitely on-campus since then, though it has been revived off-campus for several years now.  You can read more about Aggie Bonfire and the accident here.