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April 7, 2001 Spring Fest, Bug Bowl draws record crowd
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Today's activities, the most ever offered during the annual Spring Fest, attracted a record-setting crowd. In past years the largest number of people visiting the campus during the two-day event was 15,000.
Events at the Bug Bowl, which continues through Sunday (4/8), include an insect petting zoo, an insects-as-food booth, a cricket spitting contest and cockroach racing at "Roach Hill Downs."
"The petting zoo features a millipede, Madagascar hissing cockroach and a tarantula," said Tom Turpin, professor of entomology. "Although the tarantula is not really a bug, it's a Bug Bowl favorite."
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Bug Bowl is one of several events on the Purdue campus this weekend in conjunction with Spring Fest. Other activities include the Purdue Veterinary School Open House; Boiler Barnyard; Boiler Brick Bowl, in which Purdue students compete in building brick structures; a make your own dinosaur bones exhibit; a horticulture show; a space food display and more.
Sources: Tom Turpin, professor of entomology, (765) 494-9061
Beth Forbes, news coordinator, Agricultural Communications Services, (765) 427-5179 (contact number for April 7-8 only)
Writer: Bob Johnson, (765) 496-7704, bobwjohnson@purdue.edu
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PHOTO CAPTIONS:
Anna Bunning, 5, and her 6-year-old brother, Regan, get up-close and personal with a New Guinea stick insect today (Saturday, 4/7) at Purdue University's annual Bug Bowl. The siblings, of Lafayette, Ind., were among an estimated 20,000 people attending Spring Fest activities on the West Lafayette campus. (Purdue News Service Photo by David Umberger).
A publication-quality photograph is available at the News Service Web site and at the ftp site. Photo ID: Bugbowl01.jpeg
Joanne Hampton of Lafayette, Ind., introduces her daughters Shelby (left) and Dakota to an Australian walking stick being petted by Wesley Delks, also of Lafayette. They were among attendees today (Saturday, 4/7) at Purdue University's annual Bug Bowl. A New Guinea walking stick crawls on Dakota's arm. (Purdue News Service Photo by David Umberger)
A publication-quality photograph is available at the News Service Web site and at the ftp site. Photo ID: Bugbowl01.family.jpeg
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