March 3, 2010 RSS feed / Opinions & Letters

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Midwest Memo

An ordinary Sunday
by Alan Shultz
Sunday morning commenced with every shade of gray layered from the low of the horizon to high up in the sky. More...

Indiana Pi

By Larry DeBoer
ldeboer@purdue.edu
Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

March 14 is Pi Day. That’s because pi, the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle, starts with the digits 3.14159. So, March 14, at 1:59 p.m. (or a.m. if you’re up) is the appropriate day and minute to celebrate pi. More...