Salvete omnes!

Want a chance to relax and take some beautiful photos?

CS will be hanging out at Picnic Point this Saturday 10/1 from 11a-1p. Come explore one of the most beautiful places on campus for a few hours before heading off to tailgate/study/whatever!

The Nebraska game isn't until 7:00, so you'll have plenty of time to prep for that!

Just take the Route 80 bus to University Bay and Picnic Point. The bus that leaves the Union around 11:00 will get you there around 11:10. We're at Fire Pit 2 (the red one on the map below). Phone number is (708) 205-4266!

Hey Classics Society! Need to get some studying done? Want help with your Latin homework? Come to Room 279a in Memorial Library from 6-9p tonight for our 2nd CS study night!

Correction to bullet point two.

Please note the second bullet point where it says "bi-weekly", what is meant is "twice weekly."

Classics Society Meeting Minutes, 9/20

First Official Meeting and Movie Night

Thanks to everyone who showed up! It was great seeing some familiar faces, as well as all the newcomers! For those of you who couldn’t make it, we talked about some upcoming events and then watched Disney’s Hercules. I’ve summarized our meeting below:

1. Our regular meeting time for this semester will be 6:30pm every other Tuesday. So, our next meeting will be October 4^th, location TBA (but probably in Memorial Union).
2. We will have bi-weekly study nights from 6-9pm every Sunday and Monday in both Steenbock Library and Memorial Library. Steenbock is by the Lakeshore dorms on the Route 80 busline (get off at Observatory and Babcock).
   1. 
      9/25, 10/2, 10/9, and 10/16—6-9p in Steenbock 102
   2. 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, and 10/17—6-9p in Memorial M279a
   3. We’ll schedule additional meetings depending on how these locations and times work out!
3. We will also be having monthly movie/game nights. Our next “fun” night will probably be the week of October 3 or 10. Time TBD at next meeting, but check your calendars for availability. Also, let us know of any movies you’d like to watch or games you’d like to play!
4. Our first Mediterranean Symposium Potluck is tentatively scheduled for October 23^rd. We’ll do a sign-up for food and supplies after the next meeting.
5. We will have a short Toga Wrapping 101 session before the symposium. Details TBA.
6. We’ll be hanging out at Picnic Point from about 11-1 on Saturday, October 1^st. Once we’ve reserved a fire pit, we’ll send out more details. Let us know if you’re interested or have any dietary restrictions!
7. Every spring, we invite a professor from another university to lecture and meet with the undergraduates. If you know of anyone (your friend’s favorite professor, someone whose work you’ve read, etc.), let us know soon!
8. Finally, we will be performing for Saturnalia, the Classics Department’s annual holiday party. Anyone who wants to help out with the script should contact Irene!

Thank you all so much! We look forward to seeing you soon!

Valete,

Crescentia Stegner-Freitag

Irene Smail

Salvete omnes! I hope that everyone had a great summer and is settling into the new semester! We had a great response from the Student Organization Fair and are excited to welcome 60 new members to the Classics Society mailing list! Now that we are firmly into September, we'd like to get started with Classics Society events. Our first meeting of the semester is Tuesday, 9/20, 7:00pm-? in Vilas 4028. We are planning lots of events for this year: movie nights, game nights (Latin Bananagrams, anyone?), weekly study nights, as well as planning some of our bigger events, like T-shirt sales, trips to the art museum, and, of course, Saturnalia. After the meeting, we'll be watching a movie! Choices will include Troy, 300, Hercules, and Gladiator! We hope that you can all come! Enjoy your week! Crescentia Stegner-Freitag and Irene Smail Co-Presidents Classics Society

Meeting Minutes for September 2, 2011

Classics Society Meeting Minutes, 9/2

Initial Officers’ Meeting

1. Our first meeting will coincide with our first monthly movie night will be on 9/20 7p-10p, hopefully in Vilas Hall (Crescentia will schedule). Movies for consideration include The Eagle, Troy, 300, and Clash of the Titans. Voting will occur at the meeting.
1. We’re leaning towards Tuesday meetings.
2. Advertising:
1. Irene and others will make posters advertising Classics Society and the meeting/movie night. We need to get permission to post the fliers.
2. We will generate a list of all Latin 101 and Classical Humanities courses this semester and attempt to advertise Classics Society to each class. We should get permission from the TA/professor before advertising. The goal is to talk to all the classes before the 9/20 meeting. We should collect names and email addresses from interested students when we advertise (perhaps pass around a sheet of paper) and write the blog address on the board: http://uwclassicssociety.blogspot.com/.
3. Chalking! Irene has chalk. Do we need permission?
3. T-shirts
1. We can sell our extra T-shirts at the first meeting
2. We should have another T-shirt designed by the end of October so that it’s available before the break. September’s idea is “carpe noctem.”
4. blog
1. In addition to posting meeting minutes, we’ll post entries of interesting articles/this day in history/quotations/clips/etc. Forward everything to Alan
5. Other event ideas:
1. Weekly study nights. We can reserve a room in a library or similar for the entire semester with extra slots during finals week. At the first meeting we’ll vote on Sunday/Monday.
2. Monthly game and movie nights at people’s apartments or similar. We can discuss more specific scheduling at the first meeting.
3. Guest lecturer (needs to be invited by late October/early November): Professor Montiglio, Irene’s friend’s professor, other ideas?
4. asking Professors Aylward or Cahill to give a tour of the Chazen
5. Saturnalia

i. Irene: Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of how the Grinch stole the costumes for the Winnie the Pooh Saturnalia play

ii. If we have the script written by mid-November-ish, we’ll have lots of time to practice.

6. Mediterranean Symposium potluck
7. Toga Wrapping 101
8. pumpkin carving contest
9. change officer names in constitution