TU students fish for tennis balls

Some University of Tulsa students did a little creative fishing Friday. Freshman and seniors in mechanical engineering courses at TU had to build a device that could retrieve tennis balls from a box.

Friday, September 17th 2004, 1:15 pm

By: News On 6

Some University of Tulsa students did a little creative fishing Friday. Freshman and seniors in mechanical engineering courses at TU had to build a device that could retrieve tennis balls from a box.

The students could only use string, a rubber band, paper clips and Popsicle sticks. They had to work from an upper balcony to reach the box below.

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The students had three minutes to pick up as many balls as possible.