The President also recommended a number of other changes in response to the Commission’s findings. Among the recommendations were:

• The use of a more stable, single-tier “teepee” design, which was used in the 1950’s
• The use of lumber delivered to the campus instead of logs cut by students
• The bonfire will follow a formal design crafted and overseen by professional engineers, which will include supervision and inspection of the construction process
• Students must follow the design and may not make alterations
• The bonfire will be overseen by a cadre of professional, adult supervisors who will instruct and tell student leaders how the structure should be built
• Students will undergo formal training
• All-night student building shifts will end and may not work past midnight
• There will be adult supervision and a crackdown on drinking

In response to the President’s directives, a twenty-member steering committee is overseeing six subcommittees charged with organizing and planning the 2002 bonfire. The six subcommittees include a Safety Task Force, a Risk Management Task Force, a Student Leadership and Participation Task Force, a Design and Construction Task Force, a Vision for Student Leadership Task Force, and an Institutional Culture Task Force. The steering committee is expected to submit a report to the University President in April 2001.