1978_04 The Daily Collegian April 1978

              "The Dally CoU-ftaii"
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Concrete canoe-building buoys engineers
CSUF's stuc
the American Society of Civil
i (ASCE) no doubt felt
seagoing Wright brothers
wnen they launched their .carman concrete creation to Avaca-
ao Lake, Sunday. Bat, as If
to sink any lingering doubts and
to defy toe skeptics, the 19-foot,
300 lb. concrete and steel canoe
glided along the water's surface
seconds after It was hoisted Into
the drink.
Club president Darryl Good-
son, who has piloted the designing, building and launching of toe
four-month old oroject with the
help of about 20 other CSUF civil
engineering majors, said the
vessel ls the university's lightest
cement boat to date.
He calls the craft and ithers
like It wMch wfl] compete In
ASCE's regional concrete cement
boat regatta this Sunday, April
8, "exercises In Ingenuity."
Each of the dugout's L-shaped
steel ribs weighs 1 1/4 rxxjnds,
and ls layered with steel mesh,
then encased with lightweight
concrete walls 3/fl of an Inch
thick.
Goodson, w'io has had experience as a field welder, bent all
of toe ribs Into toe same pattern
with a blowtorch to forge the craft
Into toe shape of an African river
past: I.e., the strength ls in
the steel and not toe concrete
shell, thereby producing a lighter
vessel.
He is op-tmistic that CSUF's
entry win be an Improvement
over Berkeley's best canoe, although it Is 15 pounds heavier
than toe tatter's lightest entry.
The key advantage, he believes,
by toe student civil engineers
-namely toe eombtoatian of fine-
Monterey sand and rubber ore
"To our knowledge, this Is toe
first type of concrete used nationwide, and that's probably the
greates: contribution that we'U
make (in tbe competition)," he
Wbo says i concrete canoe can't float?
er flei-blUty and 33 percent less -»*-,     "And Just try th.
weight than brittle floor concrete, nature of the thin.   .    I*"
Plus, he believes, they wield -bat  ls spread^.T^
a definite advantage over other ls  going to be srr-_a_7 ^
Ingredients thrown into cement something mat eu ^m-_-_>
concoctio-ts  to   make toe sub- the   holes  (of the eakWt
stance   Ughter   -such as toe Since toe rowbott hta-Tal
styrofoam beads found to bean and shallow, csuf hooesi
bags used to Berkeley's former up time lost -Jo-wtoeE-?"*
creations. ter-tnlle runs along to^SXJ.-
"£ven though you are not de- aways, Goodson expl-toai^"
signing for strength in your con- Although the club _•_■__-.
 __,      WJ[*" «* one e-SwF.5
i »ntt»»eewMbe.ttoj_r,™?
ed turns at Avacafc .*£
al«ndy mapped out raeuw jb?
tegy for Sandays big ««
Tte conabtoed times o,^
bents by the coed, metf,^
women's teams win be h-J-.
Reno's Paradise Park tofetw
mine a winner among the ttln
peting colleges.
CSUF's three leam. ,„ u
follows;
Seniors Sue Plnkertai andKii,
Erlkson, and Juniors Dowttr.
Miner and Bin Hallows^
coed team; Juniors Jeanie Chow
Beth Fabmer and Birdie Boss'
and senior Marci Pert* ^
the women's team; am senior,
Darryl Goodson, Dave U Yen*
and Ted Moorld___, and jmior
Kunle Onawafora are tbe men's
team.
AD are Civil engineering na-
Jots.
(Photo by Locale Eskrldge) The canoe win be (Uspliye.
I     as part of an open boose In the
 _-____.     as part of an open house to the
crete, vou are goto- very thin (to    new engineering building, April
toe  concrete walls),"  Goodson    20.
Topps dancing tonight
FOOTNOTE 3.eWEEK
George Tapps, who was chief
ly responsible for raising lap
dancing out of Its "hoofer"
Image, wlU give a free performance tonight In the John Wright
Theatre at 8:15 p.m.
In his current show, Georgie
Tapps has turned Poet and Ra-
counteur  to addition to Dancer.
The show features an hour and
a hah* of American Theatre, including some of the great dances,     "Malaguena,"     Chopin's
Dance Without Music and Improvisations." The stories he
tells concern some of the most
famous people In the world, who
were and are his friends.
Tapps will give a sample of
his art in a free noon show In
the CoUege Union Lounge today.
He win conduct a workshop also
on Wednesday in con Junction with
the   Theatre  Arts  Department.
THE 5t-H I9KT
WITH PLACETS
J THE AMucy wr-i
ALONE, -\.:iEN-nST5
65TIMAT-1, AT _J_A5rr A
#/_.;_/CW sr'
pi-AMer? ,;AR-..Jt_E of
?UP» 'ORTl,*-J
ML-ST LOOK LIKE US .'.'
(--JE-S-J WHAT THEry 5AV
ON Ai-PHA CBMTAUUt.)
  FREE!
WEDNESDAY!""
Mel   Brooks
The Producers
tells)ft. tr» .ACTV GvrJtc**
Starring
Gene  Wilder
Zero   Mostel Dick Shawn
Written & Directea1 by Mel Brooks
t
Wed.  Apr    5   8;00pm
College  Union   Lounge
-FRIDAY!-
-OMEN
'Mirromvjn'
Saturday
New performances for tie
Children's Theatre play, "T-t
Mlrrorman," have beensc-e-
duled for Saturday, April 2-
at tbe CSUF Child Drama Center with shows at 9:M in-
11   a.m.,  1:30 and 3 p.n_
Tickets may be purcb-sed
from the University Box Otflw
or MV Music Center. C_D
487-2053 or 225-2185 for re-
The Apple Cart" -- Play
Bernard Shaw presented by
iverslty Theatre at
6:15 p.m. April 6-8, 10-15
It the Arena Theatre. Admission: $3 general, $1 with
CSUF activity card.
'An Kvenlng With Georgle
Tapps" -- 8:15 p.m. April 4
la CSUF John Wright Theatre.
Free Admission.
ts
The Fresno Musical Ctub
-111 present cellist Paul Tobias In concert Monday April
10 at 8 p.m. in the Conren-
noo Center Theater. Mr.
Tobias, a recipient of toe
prestigious Gregor PlaUgor-
sky award, will play oo tbe
"Platti" Stradlvarius Cello
which is considered by many
to be the finest cello in the
Ticket prices for toe coo-
\ cert are $7.50, $6.50, $5.50,
and $3.00 for student balcony
I: seats, rhey may be obtained
: »t MV Music Co. or at the
i Convention C
I on concert n._
On Sunday
• Tobias wlU o
:   Class a
Building from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Tickets for this workshop are
$5.00 for adults and $3.50
for students.
Women students art exhibition - Gallery 25, 1936 N.
Echo, across from Fresno
High, hosts Its third annual
showing of women students'
art from April 6 to 30. Gallery 25's hours are: Thursday 5:30 to 8^.; Friday
and Saturday 1 to 4 p.m.;
Sunday 1 to 6 p.m. A reception win be held Sunday,
April 9 from 2 to 5 p.m.
and the public ls Invited. Call
Barbara Gin at 229-8905 for
more information.
rrivia Bowl -
nts in all four
ls, April 24-26.
Camping Trip — All hall
trip to Yosemlte, May 6 to 7.
Solar systems show — Solar industries exhibit, mobile
unit parked near entrance to
Art exhibits — Prtatmak--g
by Tom Fricano and Invitational Jewelry show, In Conley
Art Gallery through April 2L
Art profs show — Mary
Maugbelli, CSUF art professor, is featured through April
30 at Fig Tree Gallery, 1536
N. Fulton. The gallery Is open
12 to 3 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m.
on Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m.
on Sunday.
Shakespearean- Wine Tasting — Fresno's Shakespearean Festival Guild presents
tog, with singers, Instrumentalists, mimes, Jugglers and
musicians on Saturday, April
8. Call 430-8017 for more
information.
'"History
Ron- -
1956 to 1977 starting Friday,
April 7, at 6 p.m. on KYNO
RADIO. ©2 hours.)
sports
Baseball - CSUF vs.
Washington State University,
at home, April 4 at 7:30 p.m.;
CSUF at University of Nevada,
Las  Vegas,  April 7 and 8.
Golf - CSUF at University
of Pacific Invitational, April
10 and 0.
Women's softball -- CSUF
at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo,
April 7; CSUF vs. San Jose
State at home April 8 at 2 p.m.
- CSUF at tri-
Earth?" -Speech by met -
loglst Dr. William W. Kell
concerning chemical cha.r
In tbe earth's atmosphere I .<:
could have a wanning afl   s
on the world's surface ten
p-ratare -probably brp r by
2000  AJ>. than any natural
climate   changes during ts
Ust thousand years.
Held at toe American Cta
mica] Society meeting, TV
day, April 4 at 4 to
p.m. to Old Science Room
S-162; open to the pulli:
Reservations for a dinner at
toe Velvet Turtle folio-u,
toe meeting can be mad, 11
calling 487-2103.
Business — Speech by Art yy
Bender, owner of several Mc- $.
Donald's restaurants to Fr
no and Clovis.   IA 101,: - -
April 5.
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"Psychology  of Men  ud
-in" — Women's Forum ||
presents    psycholc
Phyllis     CnetJer,    a. vr