November 12, 2009

  • In the wake of the threat to Classics at MSU, it has been brought to my attention that the Classics program at UMD College Park is also threatened, although to what extent at this point isn’t certain (merger with other departments is the current suggestion … maybe). From what I’ve been able to gather, UMD…

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  • Vomitorium Watch

    Richard Ackland in the Sydney Morning Herald, inter alia: It was not until 2002 that St Andrew’s threw open its doors to women. Having lived there as a student in the 1960s I went back a few years ago for dinner and was bowled over at the change. What was once a vomitorium was now…

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  • Classics Threatened at MSU!!!

    This seems to be a developing story but it doesn’t seem to be getting as much attention as these things normally get, so … let’s begin with the incipit of a news release (full of the usual bureaucrateze) from MSU: As Michigan State University continues to shape its future and look for ways to reduce…

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  • pridie idus novembres ludi Plebeii (day 9) – the Jupiterfest continues

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