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Chapter Reports 2006–2007ing Gaelic and Greek at the Universityof Edinburgh in the fall quarter 2007.• Katie Fine (sophomore) will be attendingAestiva Romae Latinitas, a summerLatin program in Rome directed byReginald Foster, the Vatican’s principalLatinist.• Laura Garofalo (junior) has received aSummer Research Grant through theOffice of Fellowships at Northwestern.She is researching a paper on Romanchildren’s funerary monuments, andwill conduct her research in Rome andinstitutions in Chicago.• Colleen Kron (junior) will attend anarchaeological field school in Mycenae,Greece, through a project with theUniversity of California, Berkeley.• Amelia Vesper (junior) has been notifiedof her acceptance for the Fall 2007semester at the Intercollegiate Centerfor Classical Studies in Rome.• Shelby Walchuk, ’09, presented herpaper on the presentation of Fames,“Hunger,” in the eighth book of Ovid’sMetamorphoses to the Classics DepartmentMonda lunchtime workshop onFebruary 19, 2007. She argued thatFames’ ability to instill hunger withinErysichthon, and the power that shesubsequently holds over him, areexpressed in terms of a reversal of traditionalgender roles.• Robin Willis (junior, majoring in Classicsand in Theater) will be an internthis summer with Chicago’s prestigiousLookingglass Theater. She is studyingChildren’s Theater.• Laura Veneskey (graduate student in ArtHistory) will be studying this summerin the Medieval Greek program at theGennadius Library of the AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens.In addition to these activities, we havecollaborated with the Classics departmenton many events. Some of our studentswere involved in the production of a scenefrom Aeschylus’ Persians in full Greekcostume, recited in Attic Greek. This waspart of a year long lecture series on thePersians that brought many distinguishedlecturers including Edith Hall from RoyalHolloway, University of London, and RushRehm from Stanford University. We havealso attended productions of the OrestiaBeta at Northwestern UniversityDuring the 2006-2007 academic year, BetaChapter has been working closely with theClassics Department to promote an interestin the department through a variety ofClassics-related events. In the Spring of2006, Beta Chapter inducted 8 new members.At the beginning of the 2006-2007academic year, we instituted weekly Greekand Latin tutoring hours, inviting allGreek and Latin students into the Classicsseminar room on Thursday nights to workon homework and get questions answered.Afterwards, we show an episode of theHBO Rome series with pizza for a fun andsocial end to a Classics-filled evening.In addition, Eta Sigma Phi is responsiblefor putting together the annualClassics Lamb Roast. In the Spring of 2006we successfully roasted a full lamb to thedelight of the department. The event wasfilled with socialization and yummy foodto celebrate the end of another successfulyear. We were also fortunate enough tosend five students to the IntercollegiateCenter for Classical Studies in Romeduring the fall of 2006. Following theirreturn these students gave a presentationon studying abroad in Rome for studentsinterested in the program. In an attemptto get more involved in the community,two of our students talked to students inthe Illinois Junior Classical League aboutstudying Classics as well as studying abroadin Rome.Some kudos:• Five students spent the Fall 2006semester at the Intercollegiate Centerfor Classical Studies in Rome – NicoleBerlin, Dustin Dixon, Julie Fountain,Laura Garofalo and Colleen Kron.• Juniors Colleen Kron, Dustin Dixon,Laura Garofalo, Nicole Berlin, andAmelia Vesper attended the nationalconvention of Eta Sigma Phi, the Classicshonor society, in Philadelphia theweekend of March 30.• Nicole Berlin (junior) has received aSummer Research Grant through theOffice of Fellowships at Northwestern.Her project is in Roman art history, andshe plans to return to Rome for researchfor a time in July.• Jessica Cheng (sophomore, majoring inClassics and in Journalism) will be studyandAntigone put on by the Greasy JonesTheater Company in Chicago. In collaborationwith some of our classics faculty,we visited museums such as the OrientalInstitute at the University of Chicago andthe Art Institute of Chicago. Each quarterwe also sponsor a movie night followedby discussion lead by a professor. Recentlywe viewed Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy andanalyzed how related the movie was tothe Iliad. Through these efforts, the BetaChapter at Northwestern University iscontinually striving to increase the visibilityand interest in Classics on the Northwesterncampus.Please check out our website athttp://www.classics.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/esp.html.Alpha Mu at the University of MissouriOver the past year at Mizzou, the AlphaMu chapter has focused primarily onincreasing campus awareness, on fosteringgroup fellowship, and on continuing ourdedication to service opportunities.Through several social events such asbake sales, movie nights, and a unique tripto a local corn maze to reenact Theseus’daring escape from the Labyrinth, we havesignificantly increased awareness of EtaSigma Phi on campus. Additionally, wehave had a remarkable number of campuswidelectures this year, including a 3Dtour of Rome and a thrilling eye-witnessaccount of famous Turkish archaeologicalsites. Throughout the year, we volunteeredin various service events, in particular ourcommunity’s “Safe Halloween” night andthe American Cancer Society’s Relay forLife.In March, we initiated 18 new members,a record event for our chapter, andwe were privileged to send 4 delegates tothe National Convention in Philadelphia,where our own vice president Jes Gearywas elected to national office. We will concludethe year with our much-anticipatedannual Cena Deorum, which includes abanquet and certamen with our professors.As our ranks continue to grow, we lookforward to another exciting and productiveyear in our efforts to increase awarenessand service on the University of Missouricampus.22