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Jon Stewart Evokes Ancient Greek History, Philosophy, and Mythology Published by Eta Sigma Phi VOLUME 85, NUMBER 2 FALL 2011 In This Issue 1 Jon Stewart evokes Ancient Greek History 2 ΗΣΦ: Statement of Purpose and Benefits of Membership 2 About NUNTIUS 2 List of 2011–2012 Officers 2 Members of the Board of Trustees 2 ΗΣΦ Committees 3 Statement from the outgoing Megas Prytanis David Giovagnoli 3 FASTI 3 Want to Place an Ad in NUNTIUS? The story below is 4 About the 2011–2012 Officers 6 Best Paper at the 2011 Convention: Learning to Speak from the sketch titled and Pray in Confessions, Book 1: Theodore Harwood 9 ΗΣΦ at APA/AIA 2013 “Graecian Burn,” 10 ΗΣΦ Officers at APA January 2011 taken from the June 11 The Next Generation: Papers by Undergraduate Classics Students APA 2011 22, 2011 episode of the 15 Panelist Mara Kutter eloquently expresses the profound value of participating in ΗΣΦ panels Daily Show with Jon 15 ΗΣΦ at the APA/AIA 2012 16 Maurine Dallas Watkins Translation Contests Stewart (season 16, 17 Minutes of the 2011 National Convention 22 2011 Convention Awards episode 81, “Licensed 22 2012 ΗΣΦ National Convention Property”). 22 ΗΣΦ Medals 23 2011 Scholarship Winners 23 H. R. Butts Scholarship for Fieldwork in Classical Archaeology 24 2011 Lifetime Achievement Awards 25 On the selection of Lifetime Achievement Awardees 26 Report of the Resolutions Committee 26 ΗΣΦ owl lapel pins 27 Pearson Disce! Jon Stewart Evokes Ancient Greek 28 2011 Report of the Chair of the Board of Trustees 28 Lifetime subscriptions to NUNTIUS 29 Winners of the 2011 ΗΣΦ Maurine Dallas Watkins Sight Translation Contests History, Philosophy, and Mythology 30 2011 Certamen Procedures 30 Some Favorite Questions 31 Initiates July 1, 2010 — December 31, 2010 31 Honorary Membership in ΗΣΦ To explain the current state of the modern Greek economy, 32 2010–2011 Membership Report 32 New and Reactivated Chapters with references to Plato, Thucydides, and John Keats 32 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients 33 Chapter Res Gestae 2010–2011 48 Annual ΗΣΦ Summer Travel Scholarships Transcribed by the editor, with apologies for you’re a little too Spartan. Retiring at 53 49 University of Michigan Press 50 Original Poetry inspired by Classical Literature: any remaining errors. with almost full pay, a little too Plato’s • Penelope’s Shroud by J. Garvey Retreaty. But I know you can strike this • The Veil of Alcestis by Angela Pitts “Greece, meet me at camera 3. Hey, what’s 51 Historical Linguistics of the Latin Language: balance between austerity and hedonism. Latin Rhotacism by Christina Skelton up. It’s me, Jon. I think I know what your 51 ΗΣΦ on Facebook I’m going to tell you a little story that I 52 “Review of John Hall, Politeness and Politics in Cicero’s problem is, Greece. Your Greek spirit is Letters” by Emily Wagner think you might find a propos. caught in a battle of duality, torn between 53 Latin Composition: Emily Dickinson in Latin: Two One day, a god named Zeus looked Poems adapted in Latin Glyconics by Tara Martin the aggression and tenacity of the Spartans 53 Ubi Sunt Alumni Nostri? down upon the people of earth from 54 Review of Agora by Chelisa Elmore [The 300] versus the wisdom and sophis- 54 Review of “The Centurions” by Annalaissa Johnson Olympus and thought [Jon speaks in 55 Focus Publishing tication and hospitality of the Athenians 56 Student Recognitions on the 2011 National Latin deep “Zeus” voice] “I will turn myself Exam [Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure], an into a bull.” Then as a bull he went down 57 National Latin Exam 2011 College Analysis epic struggle between Sparta and Athens, 58 Why Administer the National Latin Exam to College amongst the humans and f***ed a spider, Students? a profound 3,000-year internal struggle 59 NLE Guidelines for College Students and that is why, today, we have cocoanuts. 59 Photos Wanted for NUNTIUS that we here in America have interpreted 60 Third Annual College Greek Exam You know who came up with that? You 61 Winners of Beta Nu Classical Essay Contest through our experience at diners and this 61 Bernice L. Fox Latin Teaching Scholarship did. 62 ΗΣΦ Budget for 2011–2012 guy [Jim Belushi in Animal House]. Boy, 62 Report on the Endowment Fund Good luck. 62 Report on the Medal Fund how is it we don’t know much about world 63 ΗΣΦ Honor Cords and Hoods history? But Greece, to solve this you must Please view the monologue online at http://www. 63 ΗΣΦ Jewelry 64 Bolchazy-Carducci overcome your duality. Right now, with the thedaily show.com/watch/wed-june-22-2011/ hitting the police with clubs and yoghurt, grecian-burn---battle-of-duality ETA SIGMA PHI: Statement of Purpose LIST OF 2011–2012 OFFICERS Megale Chrysophylax and Benefits of Membership Ashley Gilbert Zeta Beta at Temple University The purposes of Eta Sigma Phi, the national • membership card, lapel pin and certificate [email protected] Classics honorary society, are to develop and • subscription to NUNTIUS, the biannual promote interest in Classical study among newsletter of the society Megale Grammateus students of colleges and universities; to promote • an annual national convention including a Lauren Milburn closer fraternal relationship among students certamen and banquet Eta Zeta at Truman State University who are interested in Classical studies, and to • the opportunity to give academic presenta- [email protected] stimulate interest in Classical studies and in the tions before an audience of peers and scholars history, art, and literature of ancient Greece • annual sight translation exams in Latin and Megas Hyparchos and Rome. 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