Just as students' roles in building the bonfire change with each passing year, so do their perspectives toward Homecoming weekend.
Many '99s said they are still a little wary of the bonfire and their required green headgear.
Robin Flechtner '99 said, "I didn't buy a little helmet or anything. I'm not really into construction."
Many of the '98s are skeptical as well, questioning their role in the first post-bonfire building Homecoming.
"I liked it last year," Kristen Terry '98 said. "It was fun, but I have no desire to be out on Homecoming this year. Why tarnish my good memories of Homecoming with stuff that's not for me anymore."
A number of the '97s and '96s are apathetic towards Homecoming after experiencing the same routine for two or three years.
Brian Giunta '96 said, "I'm probably going to end up working that Friday night. All of my friends are basically worried about corporate recruiting and graduate school. "
"I think it will be different after I graduate," he said, "but right now I don't think it is that big."
Karin Kelley '97 said, "Homecoming is definitely for the freshmen and alumni."
John Gillespie '54 commented that alumni enjoy watching the traditions continue.
"It's good to see the youngsters having a good time," he said. "It's a great excuse [for alumni] to come to Dartmouth."
Former Class President Mary Thomson-Renner '82 and her husband Peter '78 enjoy "just being in Hanover" with their two children who are four and two years old for Homecoming.
Thomson-Renner said her favorite Homecoming memories were when friends from other schools would visit and go to the games.
