Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC April 1980 Daily Egyptian 1980 4-21-1980 The aiD ly Egyptian, April 21, 1980 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_April1980 Volume 64, Issue 136 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, April 21, 1980." (Apr 1980). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1980 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in April 1980 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. .Boat race is 'splash' for 5.,000 On your mark ... Go! At the ~d of the gunshot, 26 teams. w1th the encouragement of more than 100 crew members standing at the lake's edge. splashed into the water in vessels made of cardboard and plastic, holts and duct tape. Some sank instantly, but several made it to the finish line. The "instant boat race," a new category in the seventh Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta held Saturday af ternoon, was "a senScltional crowd pleaser." said Larry Busch, assistant profes5()r in design and originator of the event. The regatta consisted of thr~ classes: kayak, experimental craft and the instant boat race, in which entrants were given two hours immediately before the event to construct their craft. Staff photo by Jay Bryant "The instant boat race was an John Shishilla (left), a senior ~n marketing. and Dick Conlon Titanic Award for the most spectacular sinking. A new event experiment to allow more a senior in advertising, made quite a splash at thr.