ONNION

”Half the Sky”
documentary shows the
importantce of education
for women.

Page 2

CAMPUS

Students & staff getting ”pied” to
raise money for ASB

SPORTS

Congratulations to Liam
Barrett, who was named
C CAC’s Player of the Year!

Student newspaper of Illinois Institute of Technology since 1928

TUESDAY
NOVEMBER
13, 2012

Volume 174 I Issue 10

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OPINION 2
CAMPUS 3-1
AErE 8-9
SLIPSTICK 10
SPORTS 11

Bill Nye: ‘Change the world'

By Katie Peters
COPY & LAYOUT EDITOR

As ‘ome of you may know, Bill Nye
is kind of a big deal
l ou might also know, he came to
our camp c iting one of the most u‘
ful events t nest l People V\ ‘e and,
ing in line to he; our childhood sc1ence hero
more than two ho s before the event started,
and when the doors opened at (40 pm the
line wrapped around thre f the H
mann Hall Auditorium The lucky first few
people in line were able to meet Bill N
igned picture, and the h
' re filled by VIP gue
on the V IT radio ho or Office of
Campus Life Facebook pag
The audience ed anxiou
Nye to appear on s age, and greeted him
thunderous applause and ; nding ovation,
the hr of three that night The talk seemed
like a tla‘ 1back to hi c1ence 1deos, except ‘
a much more ad niced look into th ‘cience
of sundial‘ and space Nye had the audience
laug g for much of the talk, whether due

to his mocking of geologists, innuendo about
sund' or energetic catchphrase: “change
the worldl"

At the end of h' presentation, Nye
took over 30 question om the audience,
ranging from complaints about standardized
testing, requests for hand akes, advice on
how to change the \ rld \ thout a s ence de
gree, and the Reddit f
er fight one hon ized duck or ten duck ized
ho ?" Nye dehn1t1 enced" the latter
by referencing the ph nimals, explain,

itself and duck ized hor ould freeze to
death A meme of the ant ‘ hit Reddit later
that night, earning over 1800 up votes and 200
comments probably due to the supreme awe,
f Nyet

V thout a doubt, Bill Nye on cam,
pus has been one of the mos succ ul events
on ampus, thanks to the planning of the best
radio l tion around, WHT Tune in to 8
FM during the week, or ' 11 to it live at
iitledu: most of all, b l re to thank them for
the opportunity to see Bill N 'e l' e for free by
calling the studio at 3125 St

Photos by Nlrk Caldwell