Student 24/7 Feb 2014 | Page 9

CAMPUS NEWS * Kevin enjoys a longstanding relationship with the Vaal Triangle Campus and on 14 March 2013 he set up a new Pi Matrix World Memory Record when he successfully attempted to not only memorise the first 10 000 digits of Pi (the number which expresses the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter), but also to recall the digits in the correct order from anywhere in the sequence. Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point and represents an infinite sequence of numbers. To date Kevin is one of only four people in the world that has ever been able to perform such a feat and he did so by setting up a new world record of 16 minutes, 38 seconds. This record is recognised by the International Federation of Memory Sports and by the Book of Mental World Records. Human Rights - priority on NWU Campuses Annette Willemse The Human Rights Committee is not just a complaints committee. With these words, Chairperson of the NorthWest University’s Human Rights Committee, Advocate Rehana Rawat, greeted student leaders of the NWU Vaal Triangle Campus on 18 January. As part of the on-going training for student leaders initiated by the Campus Student Affa