Running to Celebrate Pi

March 16, 2007 == MEDIA RELEASE

Summary: A run in celebration of Pi was held at Calvin College on March 14,
the day chosen for Pi celebrations across the nation (3/14).

Full story, including JPGs, see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/piday-run.htm

On Wednesday, March 14, at 4:45 p.m., a group of eclectically costumed
students took their first steps in revitalizing a Calvin tradition long gone
extinct.

Eighteen students set out from Bolt-Heyns-Timmer residence hall to reestablish
the PiK Run, a meandering jog around the campus in honor of Pi Day—celebrated
yearly around the nation on March 14 in honor of the seemingly infinite number:
pi.

Kelsi Jewell, a 19-year-old nursing student in her first year at Calvin,
organized this year’s run under orders from her brother Jeff Jewell, a 1999
Calvin graduate and the originator of the run.

After receiving Jeff’s mandate in November, and putting up posters
advertising the event (adorned with the symbol for pi) in March, Jewell was
pleased that 18 people showed up to run.

“My brother said by his fourth year, they had over 50, so we’ve got to
grow a little bit,” she says.

In other ways, Jewell followed the tradition as pioneered by the earlier
runners. The runners wore costumes.

“We had some pretty crazy ones,” she says. “This one girl on my floor
had a foam Sponge Bob costume. That was my favorite, I think."

The run also took its customary circuitous course.

Jewell hopes to carry on the run for the remainder of her time at Calvin. In
fact, her brother has ordered her to do so.

“He says I have to make it carry on after I leave because it died out after
he and his friends graduated,” she says.

Full story, including JPGs, see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/piday-run.htm

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Received on Fri Mar 16 15:32:43 2007