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Students and two teachers compete in a pie-eating contest on Pi day celebrated on March 14.

Students and teachers learn about, celebrate Pi day

Megan Ransom FRE05015@BYUI.EDU campus asst. editor

‘Irrational but well-rounded’ read shirts of Pi fans at the BYU-Idaho math department celebration of Pi Day.

“We’re a growing number of math departments that celebrate Pi day around the world.” said Ann Marie Harris, a mathematics faculty member.

Harris and mathematics faculty members David Stowell and Jennie Youngberg organized the event.

The event began with a song celebrating pi.

Four students and two teachers each got individual full-sized pies, the only catch was they had to try to devour it before the other five.

Tyson Crowther, a sophomore from Papillion, Neb., won the pie eating contest.

A presentation of the history of pi was given during the event by mathematics faculty member Troy Goodsell.

“Hopefully we can open [Pi day] up in the future to the math club, but for now it’s just math majors,” Youngberg said.

Pi is summarized as 3.14, though Rachelle Miller, a sophomore from Rigby, Idaho, was able to recite 28 digits after the decimal at the celebration.

“Mostly [Pi day] is just a chance to have a social with faculty and students. We try to have an activity at least once a semester,” Stowell said.