As I ran towards the crowd, I could feel the heat on my face and could hear the tribal-like whooping echo in the night air. Pushing through the dark figures, I finally reached the edge of the crowd. In the middle of the street students fed couches, chairs, and fences to a 20 foot high bonfire. Some students hung on tree limbs and used their body weight to rip down branches in order to stoke the flames. (more…)