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Concrete Cano
Regional rivalries will
flare April 24 when USC pits
its forces against Clemson,
Georgia Tech and other area
colleges in the 1982 Atlantic
Coast Concrete Canoe Race
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A day at the races is in
store for the public starting
at 10 a.m. Saturday when
civil engineering students
from 12 colleges test their
athletic and engineering ,
skills. This is the first time
the annual event has been
held at (JSC.
Sponsored by USC's
Walter E. Rowe Student
Chapter of the American
Society of Civil Engineers,
about 240 students and
faculty will participate in the
races. The concrete canoe
race originated in 1970 at the
University of Illinois as an
engineering class project.
Area engineers will judge
canoes on design and construction.
and awards will be j
presented in t hese :
categories as well as in the j
various races. The races i
include undergraduate!
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sprint, relay and slalom j
course.
While some people doubt j
that concrete canoes i
weighing 170 to 230 pounds j
can float, much less win a j
race, the USC student
construction committee
chairman Ray Pittman said,
"they can be as good as
regular canoes if they are
built right."
Ruilding concrete canoes
allows students to get firsthand
experience working
with concrete and managing
and coordinating a project,
said Dr. Philip Pagoria,
assistant professor of
engineering and project
faculty adviser.
Although last vear's
record will be hard to match
since USC's team won first
place awards in design,
construction and overall
entry, Pittman is confident
his 20-member team will do
well again this year.
The garnet and black
canoes, one weicrhintJ 17ft I
, o o *,v
pounds and one 200 pounds,
are made of different mixes 1
giving the heavier model
more reinforcement to reduce
chances of cracking. Both
have flat bottoms for
balance and are 15 feet long,
2 1/2 feet wide and 5/8-inch
thick.'The lighter model has
18-inch sides and the heavier
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one has 12-inch.
Ingredients, including
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clothes hangers and concrete
mix half the weight of
the normal material, were
carefully combined and
cured in a large bathtub.
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The season finale of the USC Cultural Series will feature a
performance by the Chicago Chamber Brass at 8 p.m. April
22 in the Township Auditorium.
The ensemble, with a large and varied repetoire ranging
from baroque to contemporary, also will present a free
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The quintet was established in 1977 by Richard Frazier who
plays tuba with the ensemble. Each of the five members has
wide experience with public performance, primarily with
symphony orchestras.
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The performance will feature adaptations of classical
pieces, as well as waltzes, patriotic pieces, show tunes and
ragtime numbers. The group also performs traditional
chamber brass music.
On trumpet are Rober Melka and Brian Sykora ; on french
horn is Diana Nielsen ; and on trombone is Steven Gamble.
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