This weekend, October's creeping frost will melt away at the heat of Colorado State University's annual Homecoming bonfire.
The fire will burn 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, on the Lory Student Center West Lawn. A respite from the chaos of Homecoming week and the biting cold, the Homecoming bonfire is a historic tradition at the university. First appearing in a 1910 issue of The Collegian, the bonfire celebrates the yearly return of alumni and parents to campus during Homecoming.
“We have folks who come back and identify as Aggies, and we have folks who come back and identify as Rams, and that common green thread ... runs through everybody,” said Amy Jo Miller, Alumni Association marketing and communications director. “There's something shared between people regardless of where they go or where they end up. There's always that shared story that they have.”
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Article by Ella Dorpinghaus
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