While it isn't a state most people associate with rowing, a few students are attempting to keep DePauw's crew team alive. Even though the team has the equipment, the opportunity and the interest to continue this year, team leaders have just now begun to officially organize. Not all students know about the crew team on campus or about the sport in general. Team members say it is an activity few students take advantage of.
Crew members row in a boat called a shell.
Unlike regular boats, the top of the shells sits only inches off the water. Team members sit facing backward in the boat and row with two oars, one on either side. The rowers work collectively, rowing in sync to move the boat forward. A coxswain, usually the team's lightest person, sits at the back of the boat facing forward. His or her job is to steer the boat and tell the rowers when to stroke.