Eta Nu (University of Rochester): Sept. 2002: We started out the school year with an installation of new members and election  of officers. Nov. 2002: We organized a school-wide reading of Socrates’ Apology and Phaedo. Dec. 2002: We held our annual end-of-the-semester toga party, open to all students interested in re-discovering the classics. Feb. 2003: We organized our annual "Latin Day" invite, to which we invited local high schools and middle schools to participate in certamen, academic contests, and other Latin-related activities. March 2003: We sponsored/organized a reading of the Lysistrata as part of the world-wide Lysistrata Project. This event was voluntary and not meant to express the views or opinion of Eta Sigma Phi. Year-long: All students are encouraged to volunteer at Junior Classics League events throughout New York, and/or to volunteer to tutor Latin students at local schools. 

Recruitment for new members will take lace in April, and our annual Bacchanalia 

is scheduled for the beginning of May to celebrate the end of the year. Election of officers will take place next September.

Eta Omicron (Assumption College): Our inaugural year as a chapter began with a joint meeting with Classics Club (as were most of our events) and a Horatian Picnic on September 23, a lakeside barbecue with grapes, olives, grilled eggplant, and our especial favorite, baklava. On November 2, twenty Assumption students and faculty attended the Abbey Theatre’s production of Medea in Boston, starring Fiona Shaw. In December we celebrated Saturnalia with a holiday social and gift exchange. 

Second semester we sponsored a Cleopatra film series beginning with the 1934 Cecil B. DeMille film Cleopatra and ending with a 2002 film Asterix et Obeliz: Mission Cleopatre, starring Gerard Depardieu. On February 19 we initiated seven new members and one honorary member (a Clark University student enrolled in Greek at Assumption). Our busiest week so far began on Saturday, March 15, with the traditional Ides of 

March Dinner. All recipes came from  Apicius’ cookbook, except for one dessert, baklava, of course. On March 19, our professor, Bonnie Catto, briefly returned from sabbatical for "Learn Greek in 50 Minutes," a workshop offered to students who might wish to take Greek 101 next semester. At Foreign Language Day on March 20, chapter members staffed the Classics Table, administered a trivia quiz, and offered samples of — what else? — baklava. 

We elected new officers on March 26: Prytanis Leanne Walsh, Hyparchos Matthew Bavone, Grammateus Peggy Vallas, and Chrysophylax Daniel Vecchio. We are also currently selling our chapter Tshirt featuring the Assumption College mascot, a greyhound, to alumni, faculty, and other students, in the hope that we can raise enough money to send more than one representative to next year’s convention! Future events will include a "Toga Making 101" session and, now that winter has finally loosened its grip, a trip to Boston to look for the Latin along the Freedom Trail.