Texas A&M University officials announced this week that a new course has been approved for next year. After several months of planning by the faculty and student senate, the new pyrotechnical engineering course is to be offered in the Fall of 2006. To be referred to as "Intelligent Design for the 21st Century Aggie", the course will focus on building a better, yet smaller and safer Aggie Bonfire.
Vice Chancellor of Engineering Dr. Kemble Bennett believes the new course will fill a void in the A&M community. "After the tragedy of 1994, the A&M family has searched for something to replace the bonfire tradition. We believe this course will move us into the right direction."
The basics of the course rely heavily on a variation of a children's toy Lincoln Logs. "By simply implementing pyrotechnics to the already proven product, we believe Aggies both young and old will be able to enjoy the bonfire tradition from the safety of their own backyards" Dr. Bennett continued.
Although not tall enough to crush any of the prospective drunken engineers, Hasbro, the parent company of Lincoln Logs has filed an injunction to stop the class from being printed in the course offerings book. "Intelligent Design or not, we believe that there is no time or place to combine our product with drunkenness and kerosene" said Lauren Key, head marketing for Hasbro.
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