Saturnalia!

It's time for Saturnalia! This is the annual holiday party hosted by Classics Society. We traditionally provide the entertainment, while the Department and volunteers provide food. This year's Saturnalia will start at 4:30pm on Thursday, December 13.

Past years of entertainment have included

• a slide show
• a poetry reading
• performance of plays in Latin (such as the infamous "Harrius Figulus et Philosophi Lapis"--available at http://youtu.be/WbSooMNh7nY)
• performance of plays in English (the unrepeatable "How Sherlock Holmes Solved the Mystery of How the Grinch Stole the Costumes for the Winnie the Pooh Saturnalia Play"--available at http://youtu.be/YC6-O3KuTvI)

We'll be doing something a little bit different this year. Professors: stop reading now! This is supposed to be a surprise!

Our current plan is to have a professors vs. grad students trivia competition (facilitated by Classics Society, of course). Basically, we're going to "let" our guests be the entertainment! 

We're open to other suggestions, of course, but this is the best one we've gotten and it will make for a nice change. 

We'll need to do a bit of planning, so we will be meeting at 6:30pm next Monday, November 26 in Union South. There will be cookies! If you are planning on attending Saturnalia, you should definitely try to make this meeting. 

We hope to see you there! Until then, felicem diem gratias agentis!*

*Happy Thanksgiving!