Pi Day was on Mar. 14 with an event held in the GS courtyard. Nearly a hundred different people passed through to check out all the different activities that the event had in store.
“We’ve just come to have some fun and learn a little about math,” said Claire Lahorgue, the event organizer, “This is my favorite day of the year.”
The event had games and activities, a raffle, pizza, and, of course, pie. All students would have to do to get a slice of pizza or pie was to sign in on a sign-in sheet.
Lahorgue explained the event was able to get this food due to their Title III grant, which funded the pizza, and the BC Culinary Department, which made all the pies.
Students were able to obtain raffle tickets by participating in different activities that were set up. There was a table where you could make your very own Pi-themed necklace, another that challenged your trivia skills, and one in which you would be able to test a hypothesis.
“If you were able to throw arrows at a board [with a circle on it] the amount inside the circle and outside the circle will come closer to Pi with the equation 4 x a/(a+b)” said Arianna Perez, a newly joined member of the of the Math Club, as she explained her activity.
About halfway through the event, the Pi Recitation contest started. For every three digits of Pi that were correctly stated, the contestant would get a raffle ticket.
The competition escalated quite quickly as, by round six, Stella Black recited 110 digits of Pi. Soon after Black, Santiago Martinez would say 103 digits before he made a mistake. After a few more rounds, a new record was set by Greg Jimenez with 118. However, this record didn’t stand for long as Joseph Lara went next, reciting 155 digits of Pi. As one of the final contestants got up on stage, Johan Degante recited 159 digits, which made him the new record holder.
Towards the end of the event, the raffle was drawn and four students were chosen to throw pies made of shaving cream at their professors.
Other contestants of the Pi Recitation include Alexander Wilson, Jack Evans (35 digits), Ananda Pidatala (60 digits), Dembo Baldeh (66 digits), Juan Torrez (21 digits), Osiel Bahena (11 digits), Luis Morales (18 digits), Francisco Gomez (33 digits) and Monserrat Mencilla (21 digits).