A Sweet Feat
Kellie Woodhouse, UofM Daily Student Newspaper
PUBLISHED: April 28, 2008

Eight hours, 70 workers and 54,000 cupcakes. You do the math!

Families, students and alumni were greeted for this year’s Maryland Day by a mass of yellow, red, black and white cupcakes, strategically arranged in the shape of the university’s seal.

The free cupcakes, which were displayed under a tent on Hornbake Plaza, took the 76,000 people who attended Saturday’s event six hours and 16 minutes to consume. At the end of the day, many left with trays of frosted treats in an effort to unload them all.

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