This 'tradition' of burning the Clemson tiger, I had never heard of until I came across it this morning on the front page of the Daily Gamecock. Nevertheless, I think it would have been cool to see a giant tiger burn to ground Despite this, in light of recent tragedy, it doesn't matter how cool I think it is, it would obviously strike a bad chord with many students. So the university rightfully decided to change the 'Tiger Burn' to a 'Tiger Tear Down'. All in all, I think this was the right decision. If the tradition had been allowed to continue, it would bring back too many terrible memories for students who were affected by the beach house fire. Not only that, the single tiger tiger burning might symbolize to many the single Clemson student who died in the blaze.
I think it's pretty obvious that last year was the last year of the 'Tiger Burn' since every year, students will want to remember their fallen comrades, and every year, the school will use this reason to do something different.
'Tiger Tear Down' still has a ring to it, heck, maybe they'll fill a big tiger full of candy. That would get me pumped.
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