The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

Tag: materov

  • Fifth Place and Frugal

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    Yes, we did just get 5’th place in the MATE International ROV competition, beating out big fancy schools like Purdue and Ohio State, and we did it in style. (By “style” I mean “multicolored LBCC t-shirts we hastily purchased from the bookstore minutes before we left, which resulted in people getting us confused with Long…

  • Pictures With Words On Them

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  • Narwhals Always Win

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    Today we all wore LBCC shirts that didn’t exactly match. “Next year, we should call ourselves the ‘otterpops,’” joked one club member. “Our theme this year is ‘as cheap as possible,’” said another. Our robot did look a little lame next to the sleek models sported by other schools. The frame was constructed from PVC,…

  • Wendy Darling

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    Today was day 1 of the ROV competition, in which I ran around setting up a poster display,  printing documents on the floor of the lobby of the aquatic center, and trying to organize a presentation that completely rested on the knowledge of the other club members. It went well though. Now, the communications portion…