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‘Bigger than a quirky race’: Founder reflects on 50 years of the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta

Summary by Daily Egyptian
SIU will mark a milestone this year as it hosts the 50th Great Cardboard Boat Regatta on Saturday, April 26. The races will begin at 1 p.m. at Campus Lake’s Becker Pavilion.   The event first launched in May 1974 as a challenge for students in Design 102 — then called Design Fundamentals. According to longtime regatta organizer and current SIU chemistry professor Mary Kinsel, the course’s instructor, Richard Archer, asked students to build boats…
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Daily Egyptian broke the news in on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
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