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Chapter Reports 2006–2007 (Continued)Above, the newest members of Eta TauChapter, l to r: Alexis Granum, Kelly Davis,Ally McCall, A. J. Jessup, Claire Dickson.Right, members of Gamma Sigma at theUniversity of Texas at Austin, including copresidentsAshley Bishop (in black dress) andKate Wofford (holding cookie on right side,second row).Above right, Dr. Douglass Parker with ringgiven by Gamma Sigma at the Universityof Texas at Austin during his Spring 2007“Honorary Member” Initiation.very nice day this spring. Their dedicationwas appreciated!On January 31 Prof. Catto gave a presentationin the informal Library Conversationsseries entitled “Is the Past Relevantto our Future?” Some very interestingdiscussion ensued. Prof. Catto also hosteda dinner featuring Middle Eastern cuisineon Feb. 15 with the Honors students inHanrahan hall and discussed the Classicsin our curriculum and many other things.Later this semester the Classics Cluband Eta Sigma Phi plan a make-your-ownauthentic Roman pizza night. Also, therehas been much interest in making togas.Finally we will have an end-of-semesterHoratian style picnic by the duck pond.In the fall semester Prof. Catto hosted atrip to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts forthe College’s Honors program, the ClassicsClub, and some French Club students.In all, there were 27 students and threefaculty who toured the wonderful Classicscollection. We arrived on the very daythat a new larger-than-life statue of Eirene(Peace) was installed.On October 23 the Classics Clubhosted what is becoming an annual event:“Paint Your Own Pot and/or Pumpkin.”This was successful with 21 people creatingsome interesting art-work.During the fall we also watchedepisodes of the HBO Rome series in thelate afternoons. Students also attended alecture by Caroline Hanneman of KenyonCollege on Greek tragedy on October 2.Her title was “I Ask the Gods Respite fromThese Toils.” Our Assumption professorMarc LePain talked on “Laocoon Revisited”on September 21. Our first meetingof the year was an organizational event onSeptember 20, when we came up with a34