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l A Forgiveness Workshop will be held from
r riaay 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Counseling and
Human Development Center at 900 Assembly
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_y Homework of King Park will sponsor a WalkA-Thon
on campus. All proceeds will go to
wsupport work being done at "Camp Kemo."
Call 777-0430 for information.
Round Table Gaming Society, 12 p.m.,
Leconte 112
Carolina Productions, 8 pro., RH Theater
SlUlday ^ faculty performance at the School of
J Music will feature Constance Lane on flute
and Vonda Darr on harp at 4 pro in the recital
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PALM Campus Ministry, Worship and
Dinner, 5:30 p.m., 728 Pickens St.
Cahinet. 6 n.m.. Witten Rm.
Mnnflav Sierra Student Coalition, 7 p.m., RH 203
j Fraternity Council, 4:30 p.m.
Peer Conduct Board, 7:30 p.m., RH 303
Homecoming Commission, 6:30 p.m., RH
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JL Sorority Council, 5 p.m.
Into the Streets, 8 p.m., Preston Seminar
Room
Entries for the EVENTS! calendar may be
submitted to The Gamecock on the third floor
of the Russell House. There is a box in the
newsroom designated for event entries.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.?Robots for
pouring wine, cleaning CDs and tossing
coins into a piggy bank were featured
March 12 in the Lots of Robots show at
the University of Minnesota.
The robots were built by students
enrolled in Professor William Durfee's
Introduction to Engineering, a new lowerdivision
mechanical engineering course
at the University of Minnesota. About
100 students participated in the show,
and they had five weeks to complete a
suitable model for the project.
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does something interesting," said Durfee.
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The robots, which the contest rules
define as a computer-controlled machine,
were judged by contest jurors on six
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students are trying to establish an
endowment fund in memory of slain
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you enough for," Walker said.
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But most of the students had to do
some last-minute tinkering with their
creations in order to get them to work
at all.
The robots also had to be small enough
to fit inside a 4-by-4-foot area, and
whatever action they performed had to
take between 20 and 45 seconds.
Job prospects for mechanical engineers
are looking up, both nationally and in
the Twin Cities area, said Durfee, and
the contest will help the students in the
job market.
"(Mechanical engineering) is doing
quite well, actually," he said. "There was
a time two or three years ago when it
was pretty tight. (Building a robot) is
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he and Marr plan to ask the Blankenship
family to determine what the fund will
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They have received letters from 24
houses promising donations and hope
that more will participate.
"We expect to raise roughly $5,000
from donations made by the greek
system," Walker said.
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Yulyana Halim, a freshman from
Indonesia, built "Mr. Bubbles," a bubbleblowing
robot.
"Ks tough fcr a freshman-level course,"
she said. "I think I would have done
better if Fd taken junior-level courses
like Linear Circuits first."
Justin Crank, who built a compact
disc cleaner, had a more positive view
of the course.
"Bottom line ? it's fun," he said.
"Ever since I was a kid Tve been playing
with little electronic toys. I just put them
together like the book said to, but now
I know how to hook them up. Electronics
is magic."
"The World's Most Ridiculous Piggy
Bank," built by Miles Carlson, uses a
lever to toss coins into an empty water
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Qusai Kathawala's robot poured wine
into a glass. The robot uncorked a bottle
filled with wine and pulled the top of the
bottle down so it flowed into a wine glass.
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milliseconds, but it doesn't always come
out in time," Kathawala said.
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