Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes

1. Cookout
-Sunday May 3rd, 4-7 pm
-Professor Beneker’s House
2520 Chamberlain Ave/ 298-7064
-RSVP w/Professor Beneker
-let Professor Beneker know of any food preferences

2. End of the year reception
-Thursday May 7th, 4:30-6:30pm
-University Club 803 State St.
-food, awards, introduction of next years officers

3. Next Year’s Officers-CONGRATULATIONS!
-President: Andrea Samz-Pustol
-Vice President: Phoebe Kasdin
-Treasurer: Ashley Morgan
-Historian: Melissa Millard

4. Ideas for next year
-Homecoming, Movie Night, 2 Speakers, Eta Sigma Phi, Olympics, Pizza/T-shirt Sales, Student Org. Fair, More Subcommittees
-Think about new ideas for next year, feel free to let Andrea, our new President, know via email (samzpustol@wisc.edu)

5. Thanks to everyone for a great year! See you at the cookout and reception!

Spring 2009 Syposium and Ice Skating

Since the semester is finally winding down, it seems appropriate to finally publish the photos from our ice skating/ice cream trip and symposium from earlier in the semester. Here are some highlights:

Elections and Officer Information

Candidates for the 2009-2010 school year:

President:
Andrea Samz-Pustol

Vice President:
Phoebe Kasdin

Treasurer:
Ashley Morgan

Historian:
Melissa Millard


**Voting will take place April 28th! Be there!**

Upcoming Greg Daugherty Lectures

Ever wonder how the ancient queen became a modern icon & an advertising tool?


Join us April 6th at the Chazen at 5:30 and hear the dynamic Professor Daugherty give his exciting lecture!


Professor Gregory N. Daugherty of Randolph-Macon College in Ashland VA is an expert on Cleopatra and will be giving two lectures on April 6th!

1. "It's Theda Bara Meets Princess Leia: A Social History of the Snake Bra!"
12pm, Room 1418 Van Hise Hall


2. "Her Infinite Variety: Cleopatra in American Popular Culture"
5:30pm, Room L140 Chazen Museum of Art

This event is hosted by Classic Society, University Lectures Committee, Department of Classics, Phi Alpha Theta, & the Classics Graduate Student Forum

If you have any questions or would like to be invited through Facebook to these events, please email Sean at spmiller3@wisc.edu.

Meeting Minutes 3/24/09

Meeting Minutes

1. T-shirts
-can’t get a 2nd order of original design
-currently working on a new design

2. Professor Daugherty
-need to advertise lectures, talk to Sean if you want to help (spmiller3@wisc.edu)
-Dinner Sunday April 5th w/Professor Daugherty, Paisan’s 6:00pm, RSVP w/Sean
-Lectures:
*“It’s Theda Bara Meets Princess Leia: A Social History of the Snake Bra;” 12:00pm, 1418 Van Hise Hall
*“Her Infinite Variety: Cleopatra in American Popular Culture;” 5:30pm, Room L140 Chazen

3. Other Upcoming Lectures:
*Cultural Heritage Preservation at Home and Abroad: From the Wisconsin State Capitol to the Campidoglio” Tony Rajer; Thursday, March 26th, 7:00pm, Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium
*”Virgil’s Aeneid from the Aztecs to the Dark Virgin: Latin Poetry and Ethnohistory in Colonial Mexico” Andrew Laird; Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00pm, Room 204 Bradley Memorial

4. Olympics
-Committee meeting w/Ethan next week, contact Ethan if interested (etschmidt@wisc.edu)
-Society Olympics presentation next meeting

5. Officer Positions
-primary elections for next year’s officers will take place next meeting
-if interested in being an officer (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Historian), contact Sean (spmiller3@wisc.edu)—need to prepare a short paragraph concerning why you would make a good officer, also include desired office

*Next meeting will be April 14th

Meeting Minutes - 2/17/09

Meeting Minutes

1. T-shirts are still available!

2. Ice Skating
-Thursday, February 26th at the Shell
-11:15-12:45 am
-Ice Cream at Electric Earth beforehand

3. Movie Night
-Gladiator
-Thursday March 5th , 6:30
-Andrea’s House (old university)

4. Symposium
-Friday February 27th
-8:30, Justin’s House (N. Randall)
*ancient attire required

5. Roy Gibson talk
-Tuesday March 3rd, 12:00, location TBD
-Lecture: “The most immoral book eve written by a man of genius”: Ovid’s Ars Amatoria

6. Olympic Committee
-work in progress, contact Ethan if interested in helping (etschmidt@wisc.edu)

7. Latin Day
-April 2nd, Memorial Union Theater
-Mr. Alex Meyer, Ph.D. candidate at Duke University and Archaeological Excavation Supervisor at Vindolanda Roman Forst in England will give 2 talks…
1. 10:00am, “Vindolanda Roman Forst and Minimus the Mouse in their Historical Contexts”
2. 12:30pm, “Britain’s Greatest Treasures: Spectacular finds from Vindolanda Roman Fort, 1865-present”

8. Display case
-contact Melissa (mlmillard@wisc.edu) if interested in helping fill the display case on first floor Van Hise

Gladiator Bucky Shirts are Available NOW!

We are currently selling Red "Gladiator Bucky" T-Shirts!
Only $12 per shirt!

Sizes are S/M/L/XL/XXL*
The cost per shirt is $12. (*XXL is $1.50 extra)
You must turn in the order form with the amount due. If you are writing a check, make it out to "Classics Society"
Make sure you fill out each column on the order form.
You can turn the money and order form into our mailbox in Van Hise on the 9th floor, mailbox #912 (The mailboxes are located to the left of the doorway to the Pillinger Library, which is room 920).
Or
You can give your money and order form to Andrea, Sean, or Justin whenever you see them.


We will not be selling them for a long time so make sure you get your money and order in soon! The sooner the better!

Be "glad" you got one!