3/14

Today is a special day. It's a holiday celebrated by about 1/3rd of the Cornell population (and no, it's not another Jewish holiday (which could definitely be the title of a movie by the Not Another Teen Movie people)). It's Pi Day!!!! No, not pie as in apple, rhubarb, pumpkin, strawberry, brambleberry, blueberry, cranberry, Huckleberry Finn, very berry, or chicken pot. Pi as in 3.14159265358979323846 (that's all I know) and more! "So why is it pi day?" I hear you ask. Well, the answer is simple- today is 3/14. It's as easy as that. "And why should we care?" is the obvious next question. The answer to that is just as simple (well, not quite):

Pi Day serves as a
Reminder of all the math
You don't need in life


Think about it. Way back when, in middle school or high school, you had to take math courses. You had to actually use pi to solve practical problems about circles and stuff. Now, it's as useless as the rest of geometry and trigonometry (for me at least). Pi Day is a way to remind all of us of what we once were forced to do, and the fact that we can still recite 21 digits shows what we have gone through in the past. It's sort of like Memorial Day. Only not nearly as significant. But the fact remains that Pi Day is a day for remembrance, a day for thanks, and most importantly, a day for "thank God I never have to do that again." Unless you're an engineer, in which case I am deeply and truly sorry.