by Joseph Kollin ‘14
The much anticipated Pi Day and all the excitement associated with it finally arrived at Saint Ignatius’ doorstep Thursday. Among the array of events the Math Department prepared, perhaps the most anticipated was the pizza pie eating contest. During fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh period, students assembled on the stage in Rade Dining Hall to face off and claim the prestige and prizes accompanying the pie eating contest.
The pie eating contest featured teams of four students each given two pieces of pizza to devour in as little time as possible. However, only one of the students was allowed to eat at a time. After the first student finished, the second could begin. Time for an individual’s consumption of the pizza ranged from one minute all the way to five and established some students as strong stomached and others as picky eaters. The winners of the fourth period event, Michael Cera ’15, Cameron Tolbert ’15, Ewan Johnson ’16, and Michael Penn ’15, all recounted the contest saying, “It’s not as easy as it looks. It takes a strong stomach and an iron will.”
At the end of the day, the winners of each period received a free pie, and the overall victors received gift certificates to the cafeteria. All in all, winners and losers had a great time participating in the Pi Day festivities and enjoyed the opportunity to finally be rewarded for eating pizza.
In this Eye Video, watch Jimmy Byrne disqualify his team and get his take of the events:
