South Green Party slated for Saturday afternoon

N About $50,000 collectively will be awarded to 49 Ohio University students to pursue research projects and scholarly and creative work.

This marks the first year students will receive awards from the Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund, established last fall by OU Provost Sharon Brehm. Athens campus students enrolled fulltime are eligible for the annual allocations.

The 102 applicants requested more than $135,000, according to an OU news release. Funded projects include research on flying squirrels and a proposal to create a student-run college sitcom.

N Design teams comprised of OU senior mechanical engineering students will compete in the 16th Annual Mechanical Engineering Design Competition at 10:30 a.m. Saturday on a 100-meter course in front of the Stocker Center for Engineering on West Green.

The single elimination drag race involves three-foot-long, radio-controlled carts powered by external combustion engines that travel as fast as 15 miles per hour, according to a news release.

- Kevin A. Schneider