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

Meeting Minutes 12/07/10

Tonight's was the last Classics Society meeting of the semester. Here's what was covered:

I. Shirts: The order is in, and we ought to have them before break. Shirt pick-up details will be determined.

II. Next semester's events: Musical performance by Joe, the Odyssey singer. The lecture by U-Chicago's Professor Rudall may be rescheduled due to a conflict with a Classics Conference.

There is also potential for a second lecture by Prof. Vincent Tomasso, about the "300" story-- this could be a short lecture and movie night event.

Other ideas for the spring include ice skating at the Shell, game nights, movie outing to see "The Eagle," etc.

III. Thanks again to everyone who participated in Saturnalia; it was a great event!

Harrius Figulus et Lapis Philosophi is now a youtube sensation! (Except not really.) See it again, and/or share it with friends and family, Latin students, Harry Potter fans, etc.

Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbSooMNh7nY

Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-E74uAwwGU

Best wishes to all on finals, and have a wonderful winter break!

Abby Nowakowski

Classics Society Vice President

Meeting Minutes 11/23/10

Dear Classics Society,
Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! Apologies that this email is a bit late.

I. CS Shirts: Everyone who would like a t-shirt should have their order and money to Ashley by December 2nd. $10 for a t-shirt, $12 long-sleeve. They make great Christmas presents! Checks should be written out to: Classics Society.


II. Saturnalia is this coming Thursday at 4 PM, in Van Hise- the room is TBD, but will either be entirely in 1418, or the play will be in 114/104 with the reception in the Pillinger Library on the 9th floor.
Email Katie or me if you would like to bring a side dish/dessert. Sandwiches will be provided by the department.
ATTENTION: Everyone who is participating in the Harry Potter play-- come to the rehearsal at 5PM on Monday the 29th, meet on the 4th floor of Van Hise in the general hall-way area. We'll find an empty classroom from there to practice in. The Latin script is complete; a very big thanks goes to Crescentia.

Cast-- Harry Potter: Irene, Ron: Erin, Hermione: Katie, Draco: Anna, Quirrel/Voldemort: Abby, McGonagall: Maura, Hagrid: Leila, Snape: Crescentia, Dumbledore: Prof. McKeown, the Weasley family: Ashley, stand-in for everyone else: Alan, narrator: Andrea.

PLEASE make your best effort to be there; let me know if you are unable to. We will have a last run-through at 3:30 on Thursday the 2nd before Saturnalia.



gratias date!

Abby Nowakowski
Classics Society Vice President

Meeting Minutes 11/09/10

Salvete,

Today's meeting was quote productive! Here's the news:

I. Our spring semester events:
Joe Goodkin, the Odyssey Singer will be performing on campus on Thursday February 17th at 5:00 PM. We will either be in the Chazen museum, or in Van Hise. Afterwards we'll be taking him out to dinner.
Professor Rudall will be guest-lecturing on April 7th at 5:00 PM in Van Hise. An application will submitted to the Lectures Committee for funding. We will also take him out to dinner.

II. T-shirts are now available to order! You should have received an email from Ashley with the design and order form. T-shirts are $10, long sleeve shirts are $12. When ordering, pay with cash or check (made out to Classics Society), and give directly to Ashley or deposit in the Classics Society mailbox, on the 9th floor of Van Hise, box 912. Place your order, we ought to get them in December. (They make great Christmas presents!)

III. Saturnalia:
Saturnalia, the Classics Department winter party, will be on Thursday, December 2nd from 4:00-6:00 PM, in Van Hise (particular room TBA). Regarding food, we'll have catering for the main dish, and besides that members will be contributing drinks, side dishes, desserts. Let me know what you would like to bring, as to prevent dish- duplication.
To provide some entertainment before eating and mingling, it was decided today that we will be putting on a perfomance: Harrius Potter (abridged). Yes, we will have dialogue in Latin. Crescentia is writing up a script by this weekend, running 10-15 minutes.
It won't be a big commitment; we'll just have a few run-throughs after the meetings until Saturnalia. We'll have our scripts onstage (unless you'd like to memorize), have minimalist home-made costumes. Everyone at the meeting was very excited about it; it ought to be fun and funny.
As for casting, we have Irene as Harry Potter, Katie as Ron, myself as Quirrel/Voldemort, Maura as McGonagall. Forgive me if I forgot other roles claimed at the meeting, just email me-- and anyone else who would like to be involved, contact me and with which role you would like to play! We have quite the roster to fill.



Draco Dormiens Numqam Titillandus,

Abby Nowakowski
Vice President
Classics Society

Meeting Minutes 10/26/10

Evening Classicists!

This evening we covered the following (and enjoyed a viewing of "Troy"):

I. We'll have t-shirt order forms ready by the next meeting-- we've decided on red shirts with white text, "Wisconsin Classics" on the front with the university seal on the back. Both short- and long-sleeve shirts will be ordered, at $10 and $12 respectively.

II. Joe the Odyssey Singer will perform on either the 17th or 24th of February next semester, pending on other Classics department events.
We've gotten word back from Professor Rudall from U-Chicago, and he would be glad to come and give a lecture; the subject will likely be on poetry and/or drama. We're looking at late March or early April for this event.

III. Our next meeting, Tuesday Novemebr 9th, will be postponed a half an hour due to the Certificate Showcase, which is taking place in Chadbourne Hall, from 5:30 to 6:30.

IV. Our next (unofficial) event is symposium at my house: 307 E Gorham, on November 5th at 8:00. You can take the 81 or other buses from campus to get there. Come enjoy an evening with fellow Classicists. Wear your toga.


"There are no pacts between lions and men"
-Achilles




Abby Nowakowski
Classics Society Vice President

Meeting Minutes 10/12/10

Buona notte,

Today's meeting was pretty brief, not too many updates since last week. Here's what we covered:

I. T-shirts. Crescentia and Ashley are talking to Isaac the T-shirt guy about long and short sleeve shirts, costs, etc. We also considered adding "Wisconsin Classics" coffee mugs to our sales items.

II. Potential lecturers: A professor we were in contact with is unable to make a commitment due to Visa problems. We haven't gotten word back from the U-Chicago professor, so we ought to think of other possibilities. So if any member has any ideas for a potential speaker, let us know!

III. Events: Out next meeting is Tuesday October 26th, and following that is the movie night! Those who attend will vote on the film watched. Potential titles: 300, Jason & the Argonauts, Troy, etc. Bring along any movies you want to add to the ballot.
Friday November 5th is Symposium at my house, more information on that to come.
Saturnalia is Thursday, December 2nd. Aside from good food and good company, we'd like to come up with something to add to the event. Previous years have featured a play (performed in Latin), slide shows of Classics-related trips. If you have an idea, share it, either at the meetings or via email.

That covers it for today-- hope to see you on the 26th for meeting and a movie!

Stay classy, Classicists!

Abby Nowakowski
Classics Society Vice President
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