 Float
Your Boat
It's a wacky concept: race across a swimming pool in a refrigerator-box
boat held together with tape. On March 8, five teams of university
housing students were given an hour and a half to construct
a seaworthy, one-person vessel, using only cardboard and tape.
Dirk Vanderloop, University Village faculty-in-residence,
created the race a few years ago. “It's great to see
people using their ingenuity and energy to have fun making
things out of 'trash,'” he said, pointing out the earth-friendly
“reuse” of the boxes. Rick David,
University Village resident advisor, helped coordinate the
event.
Students Are Peer Educators
CADEC
(Campus Alchohol and Drug Education Center) received a
two-year grant from the Office of Traffic Safety to carry
out social norming and promote “Don't drink and drive”
messages. CADEC's
peer educators completed the National Peer Education Certification
program in February 2003. CADEC
has participated in the “Wanna Know?” program,
an alcohol breathalyzer awareness and social norming program
designed to give students accurate information about their
own and their peers' substance use. It is based on successful
programs at other universities that have reduced drinking.
Each spring CADEC
involves the Greek community and other campus organizations
in a “Fun Without Alcohol” event that brings more
than 1,000 schoolchildren on campus to participate in a day
filled with games and education.
Hands-On Service and Learning
CAVE
(Community Action Volunteers in Education) has been serving
the Chico community since 1966. The CAVE
student staff is responsible for the day-to-day operation
of the nonprofit service organization which places 1,800 volunteers
in programs for children, hospitals, seniors, adult literacy
groups, and more. Staff positions provide hands-on learning
coupled with academic courses. Recreation professor Laura
McLachlin described the CAVE
experience: “CAVE
extends the classroom learning experience and challenges students
to apply skills and techniques to real-life situations. Students
gain the skills and knowledge that most students don't acquire
until they have been out in the working world for at least
two to three years.”
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