▁brought ▁the ▁logs ▁to ▁campus ▁during ▁" Load ", ▁a ▁process ▁by ▁which ▁the ▁logs ▁were ▁loaded ▁by ▁hand ▁onto ▁flat bed ▁tr uck s ▁and ▁brought ▁to ▁campus . ▁In ▁early ▁November , ▁cre ws ▁began ▁" Stack ", ▁a ▁three - week ▁period ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁logs ▁were ▁w ired ▁together ▁and ▁Bon fire ▁took ▁shape . ▁Near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁stack , ▁known ▁as ▁" Push ", ▁students ▁worked ▁around ▁the ▁clock ▁in ▁rot ating ▁sh ifts . ▁The ▁first ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁six ▁stack s ▁were ▁built ▁with ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁all ▁safety - tra ined ▁participants . ▁The ▁day ▁before ▁Bon fire ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁burn , ▁junior ▁red p ots ▁would ▁build ▁the ▁fifth ▁stack , ▁and ▁then ▁senior ▁red p ots ▁would ▁build ▁the ▁sixth . ▁ ▁During ▁C ut , ▁all ▁logs ▁were ▁fel led ▁by ▁hand , ▁with ▁students ▁working ▁in ▁teams ▁to ▁ch op ▁down ▁each ▁tree ▁with ▁their ▁axes . ▁The ▁manual ▁labor ▁ens ured ▁that ▁participants ▁were ▁inv ested ▁in ▁each ▁log ▁that ▁went ▁into ▁the ▁Bon fire . ▁ ▁Once ▁the ▁trees ▁had ▁fallen , ▁brow np ots , ▁the ▁" exec utive ▁l umber jack s ", ▁used ▁ch ains aws ▁to ▁cut ▁lim bs ▁and ▁prepare ▁the ▁logs . ▁ ▁To ▁ensure ▁safety ▁during ▁the ▁Stack ▁period , ▁the ▁organiz ers ▁maintained ▁a ▁per imeter ▁around ▁the ▁working ▁area , ▁and ▁allowed ▁only ▁safety - tra ined ▁students ▁through . ▁C ran es , ▁don ated ▁by ▁local