'Cardboard Canoe Race'

By Danielle Alio, Office of Communications on Feb. 19, 2013, noon
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Campus Recreation recently held a cardboard canoe building and racing competition where students were given 90 minutes and limited supplies to build a successful canoe. The pressure was on as the time ran down and supplies ran short. Here is a look at what happened.

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