A green tailgate in the land of orange and white

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Kevin Bradley, a Clemson University graduate student in architecture, pulls a sustainable tailgating trailer with a bicycle near Lee Hall on the Clemson campus before the school's homecoming football game against Boston College .PHOTO BY KEN RUINARD

By Mike Ellis
independentmail.com
October 8, 2011

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY — It’s built to be an inviting front “porch” to be pulled out at Clemson University football games.

It can be compacted down to a width of two-and-a-half feet so it will fit between crowds and in tight spaces while being pulled by a bicycle.

Students from several Clemson University departments worked for more than a year to design and build an eco-friendly way to party at tailgating events before showing the results of their work off for the first time at the Clemson homecoming game Saturday.
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