Student’s imagination soar with airplane contest.

RLA hosted a paper airplane contest in the Hub, gathering about 30 people, Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. 

The event involved students making paper airplanes with the best designs, accuracy, and distances. Drinks were provided, with the aura of swing and hip-pop music in the background.

“The airplane contest aims at who can go the farthest. The farther they go the higher the scores”. Sadie Sheppard, 21 senior of Fargo, North Dakota said.

Prizes for the winners included a coffee maker, reading lamp, magnetic boards, stationary sets, staplers, and the big prize of a vacuum cleaner.  

Students were provided with sharpies, plain paper, colored paper, and colorful feathers for decorating their airplane. Students trying to outdo each other on the ‘Designs contest’, students aiming their hand high and pointed, trying to achieve a great distance for the ‘Distance contest’, and students heavily gazing at the various baskets in which their airplanes should land for the ‘Accuracy contest’.  

“Students make the airplanes themselves, there are different colorful papers and designs available. We would give about 30 minutes for everyone to complete their airplanes, so we can start the same time. It is a really chilled program, it is not too intense” said Sheppard.  

Students were challenged to top the score board in the three categories. This was not the case of Kinsey Smith, 19 freshman of Windsor, Colorado. Kinsey had consistently topped the chart in the ‘distance category’.

“I love it, its super fun. Even though there are not many people here to do this, I am having fun”, Smith said.