Vol. 82, No. 2, Summer 2008 - Monmouth College

Chapter Res Gestae 2007–2008 (Continued)Historic Deerfield excavation opportunitiesto our members. The night was a success,drawing in about 40 students to hearProf. Anthony Tuck, Prof. Eric Poehler,and Siobhan Hart speak about their digsthat are being organized here on campus.Our chapter has also sent off a goodnumber of students across the Atlantic thisyear. During the summer four members ofour chapter (Andy C, Ben C, Seffanie S,and Katie B) attended the field school atPoggio Civitate (Murlo) and this summerAndy will be going back. During the springtwo of our members (Ben C and Wes M)attended the CENTRO in Rome and twomore (August S, and Melissa C) werestudying elsewhere in Europe.Epsilon Omicron was happy to hostthe 80th convention and we look forwardto seeing you all again next year atRhodes.Epsilon Sigma at Augustana CollegeEpsilon Sigma at Augustana Collegeenjoyed a banner year. We inductedseven new members into the chapter(our number of majors and minors hasset a new record). Our main events thisyear included a very nice “Mediterraneanbuffet” in January, where our departmentunveiled its new curriculum, and anAIA lecture in March. We held our firstannual “Homeric Barbeque” to celebratethe coming of Spring and another yeartogether. Our chapter looks forward tohelping host the annual meeting of theIllinois Classical Conference in the comingyear.Epsilon Upsilon at the University of NewHampshireSalvete! It has been a busy semester forall of us. We would have more to report,but with thesis papers, endless translating,and memorizing paradigms, we havefound it difficult to get everyone togethervery often. Over the past school year wehave had a mysterious midnight initiation,held game nights that ended up in longarguments over acceptable Boggle andScrabble words, watched – and mercilesslypicked apart – movies of a classical nature,attempted to make our own Greek statuesout of clay, helped each other with everylevel of every language found at our studytables, performed a reading of selectionsfrom the Iliad for the mythology lectureclass, traveled to the Museum of FineArts in Boston to examine the ancientartifacts, and we have even been workingon researching and crafting a historicallyaccurate toga for a professor to wear toclass. We have been able to have weeklymeetings all semester with great discussionsand lots of ideas that we only wish wehad time to follow through with. Overall,it has been a productive and enjoyableyear and we look forward to recruiting newmembers in the fall to join in our academicand social endeavors.Epsilon Psi at Santa Clara UniversityThe chapter’s annual induction ceremonywas held on May 29, 2007, with PrytanisAthena Arnot-Copenhaver and HipparchosHilary Edwards officiating. At thisevent 12 new members were initiated andpresented with their membership pins. Theprior year’s initiates received their officialmembership certificates and the graduatingseniors their honor cords. An electionwas held for chapter officers for the2007-2008 academic year: Lizette Farajiwas chosen as Prytanis and Alex Donalsonas Hipparchos.During the academic year the EpsilonPsi Chapter sponsored three events. Infall quarter there was an excursion to seethe Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s productionof Mary Zimmerman’s Argonautika. Inwinter several members went to StanfordUniversity to hear Jonathan Shay, authorof Achilles in Vietnam, speak on leadershipin Homer’s Iliad. Best attended was SantaClara’s own “Retrial of Socrates,” with ProfessorWilliam Greenwalt of the ClassicsDepartment appearing for the prosecution,Professor William Prior of Philosophy providingthe defense, and students servingas the jury. Happily, this time Socrates wasacquitted.Preparations are now in progress for the2008 induction ceremony which will beheld in late May.Zeta Beta at Temple UniversityWe would like to thank you for coming tothe convention we hosted last year in Philadelphia.It was successful, not to mentionloads of fun. We were proud to have thePennsylvania Classical Association (PCA)join us and help with Certamen.Soon after convention Lyndy Danversand Libby Torresson read poetry at thesecond annual World Voices Day, wheretwenty-two languages were represented.Lyndy read from Sappho and Libby readthe comical Chatullus poem. We also tooka spring trip to see a certain Mr. King Tutat the Franklin Institute.Much of the rest of spring semester wasused for much-needed recovery from hostingthe convention. The semester endedwith the graduation of five Eta Sigma PhiClassics majors, each of whom graduatedsumma cum laude. Another Eta SigmaPhier graduated with a degree in History.During the summer Lyndy Danvers andLibby Torresson represented Eta Sigma Phiat the annual meeting of the AmericanClassical League in Nashville, Tennessee,the home of the “Parthenon.” It’s a coolmock Parthenon, to say the least! Thesummer passed quickly, what with intensiveGreek, summer jobs, and the like,and we were soon returning to the booksfor fall. To kick off the semester, Dr. Davisand Aly Friesen represented Classics at thefreshman orientation session for the Collegeof Liberal Arts, which featured poetryreading. Dr. D. read from Sappho and Alyread a selection from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.Also in September was the traditionalwelcome back party for Classics majors. InOctober, Dr. Farabee, a professor from theEnglish Department, talked to us abouther trip to Carthage. She enriched ourideas about that well known city throughher interesting illustrated account of hertravels.It was not long before Lyndy and Libbywere traveling via Amtrak to meet Dr.Davis in Washington, D. C., where werepresented Eta Sigma Phi at the centennialmeeting of the Classical Associationof the Atlantic States (CAAS). After wereturned from Washington, we decided tohave a Pizza and Poetry night. Dr. Sampanaro,Dr. Markovic, and Classics studentsrelaxed in our comfy module to read afragment of the ever beautiful poetry ofCatullus. At the end of November, RyanHorowitz and Dr. Davis attended theannual professional day of the PhiladelphiaClassical Society (PCA).34