Bill Nye Huge Hit

 

Bill Nye was nothing short of awesome last night.

An hour before the show, the doors of the BSC Ballrooms were already surrounded by a teeming mass of students.. The total count for the lecture was about 2,100: 400 over the capacity of the Ballrooms. Students in the Saint Louis Room watched the lecture through the magic of television and the hard work of SLU TV and KSLU.

Mr. Nye covered everything from rock hammers to sundials to ice cores, but the biggest crutch of his lecture was sustainability. Bill Nye argued that climate change was the most pressing matter facing the world today, and that students at Saint Louis University were going to be the ones to (dare I say it) change the world.

After the event, the Science Guy headed up to the Saint Louis room to sign autographs, again to a line of giddy students that snaked well beyond the entrance. The Environmental Task Force, Just Earth! and Parks College held a sustainability fair in the Saint Louis Room as well.

The University News was lucky enough to catch up with Mr. Nye afterward for this interview.

Photo provided by Taylor Spaulding, a Biology major here at SLU; check out his Flickr page for more great photos!

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