Hey Everyone,
This week was a short meeting and so there is not much to be posted news wise.
Social news: We're waiting to hear from Fraser on quotes for costs, so until then we can't do much in regard to planning the social.
Radiothon: No one showed interest in the meeting and no one contacted us about it, so we will not be participating in the radiothon. It's that time of term anyways and everyone's busy, so it's understandable.
Rumor's Night: We are only selling tickets until Friday October 19th because the money is due on the 20th. So, please, if you would like to buy tickets contact Remi or myself via uwclassics@gmail.com, we're both on campus quite a bit and we have the tickets. They're $15.00 and we get half the proceeds and it'll be a fun night!
Shirt: We have decided that we will be putting "That's what she said" (in Latin) on a blue shirt. This idea has been popular for the past couple of years and will now finally be used!
Reminder: Tomorrow there is a special lecture in Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall from 1:30-2:30 pm. Dr. Kelly Olson will be presenting "Celluloid Cleopatras from 1899-2005," so don't miss out on this great opportunity to see a cool presentation on how Cleopatra has been portrayed in film (I unfortunately have to work).
Another cool event this week: Saturday, October 20th is National Archaeology Day! They will be having an Open Lab Day in 4C39 from 11am-4pm. It's a free event and open to everyone and you get to look at artifacts and "experience what it is like to excavate an archaeological site and to process and analyze artifacts (including ancient bones and tools). Materials from different excavations and displays of archaeology in action will be on exhibit for the public to view. A chance to indulge your inner Indiana Jones!"
Cheers,
Your Consuls
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Bake Sale and Other News!
Hey Everyone!
Quick news before everyone can enjoy their probably well deserved long weekend!
The Bake Sale was a huge a success and we made a profit of $245! Thank you to everyone who brought in bake goods and also a huge thanks to those who bought and donated. We had some really, really generous people which is great. All the money we raise with these pizza and bake sales help us fund our social which then means we can raise money for the Children's Hospital.
Other news:
Radiothon: The CKUW radio marathon is coming up, the form is due on October 10th. So, please, if you are interested please email us @ uwclassics@gmail.com so we can start planning what we want to do exactly for our time slot and hand in that form.
Mini-Colloquium: The room is booked for November 16th and will be in room 1L07 from 4:00-5:00pm and we will be heading to Garbonzo's (most likely) afterwards for a pub night. We will be posting posters and advertising shortly. We will also be going to classes again to encourage people to come and watch the presentations.
Rumour's: We have tickets for Saturday October 27th for the 10:30 show. The comedian is Rory Scovel and it should be fun! Please see Remi or myself to purchase tickets which are $15.
As a final note, the UWCSA's first Pub Trivia was a success! Congrats to the winning team: Purple Cobras (Rob and Liam). Thanks to those who came out and we hope you all had fun
Cheers and have a great long weekend,
Your Consuls
Quick news before everyone can enjoy their probably well deserved long weekend!
The Bake Sale was a huge a success and we made a profit of $245! Thank you to everyone who brought in bake goods and also a huge thanks to those who bought and donated. We had some really, really generous people which is great. All the money we raise with these pizza and bake sales help us fund our social which then means we can raise money for the Children's Hospital.
Other news:
Radiothon: The CKUW radio marathon is coming up, the form is due on October 10th. So, please, if you are interested please email us @ uwclassics@gmail.com so we can start planning what we want to do exactly for our time slot and hand in that form.
Mini-Colloquium: The room is booked for November 16th and will be in room 1L07 from 4:00-5:00pm and we will be heading to Garbonzo's (most likely) afterwards for a pub night. We will be posting posters and advertising shortly. We will also be going to classes again to encourage people to come and watch the presentations.
Rumour's: We have tickets for Saturday October 27th for the 10:30 show. The comedian is Rory Scovel and it should be fun! Please see Remi or myself to purchase tickets which are $15.
As a final note, the UWCSA's first Pub Trivia was a success! Congrats to the winning team: Purple Cobras (Rob and Liam). Thanks to those who came out and we hope you all had fun
Cheers and have a great long weekend,
Your Consuls
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Cancelled Meeting
Hey Everyone!
Tomorrow's meeting (Oct. 3rd) is cancelled because we are having our first Bake Sale of the year. It will be on the 3rd floor of Centennial. If you have any bake goods to sell, bring them to the Common Room before 11am tomorrow or drop it off at the Bake Sale table. We'll probably run the table from 11am-2pm.
Or if you don't have any bake goods to sell, buy some bake goods! The money that we make from our bake and pizza sales goes into funding for the Social and that means it will help us raise money for the Children's Hospital!
Cheers!
Tomorrow's meeting (Oct. 3rd) is cancelled because we are having our first Bake Sale of the year. It will be on the 3rd floor of Centennial. If you have any bake goods to sell, bring them to the Common Room before 11am tomorrow or drop it off at the Bake Sale table. We'll probably run the table from 11am-2pm.
Or if you don't have any bake goods to sell, buy some bake goods! The money that we make from our bake and pizza sales goes into funding for the Social and that means it will help us raise money for the Children's Hospital!
Cheers!
Friday, September 28, 2012
Minutes from September 26th
Hey Everyone!
TODAY, SEPT. 28TH, IS THE PUB TRIVIA QUIZ NIGHT AT GARBONZO'S PUB AND PIZZA IN THE UOFW ANX STATION @7:00PM! COME OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN!
Now is your weekly update of what went on in the meeting!
Social: We are officially booked for February 2nd 2013 in the Bulman Centre. Fraser from events will be giving us quotes on expenses soon. We will be starting at 9:00pm this year since no one ever really shows up to a social until after nine anyways. The Children's Hospital will remain as the charity that we are fundraising for (sorry Devon!), as it is local and well-known.
Also, Kerri proposed the title of "The Social that Never Ends", there was also the suggestion of "The Night that Never Ends". The suggested titles are referencing to the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, which is an awesome film, but if anyone has other ideas for a title for the social that's great and we will have a vote on it before making posters.
Mini-Colloquium: We are still waiting to get the room booked, it is being taken care of and we'll keep everyone updated. We will also most likely then go to classes in early November to promote this event and hope to have a nice size audience and then our bigger one will be in March and maybe students (such as first or second year students) will be interested in presenting after seeing how a colloquium runs.
Rumors: We have requested 100 tickets for Saturday October 27th for the 10:30 show. Please see either Remi or myself for tickets, we should have them by Friday or early next week. They cost $15.00 and we receive half the profits from any ticket sales with no loss if we don't sell tickets which is great. We are also able to order more tickets if necessary.
Bake Sale: Our first bake sale of the year will be taking place on Wednesday October 3rd from 11:00 am-2:00pm on the 3rd floor of Centennial (2nd floor was already taken). If you can bring bake goods that is fantastic and greatly appreciated!
Homework for the next meeting:
Think of restaurants that we can possibly go to for Professor Appreciation Night once they have chosen a date. We still have to email the professors when they would like this, but we would still like to have some ideas on where to go.
Shirt Ideas: We have received only a couple ideas so far:
Final bit of news: We have a mascot for the Social! His name is Moe since the Latin name for a groundhog is Marmota Monax, but Moe sounds cuter. We are also taking pictures of him around campus and it was suggested by Dr. Whately that we should also take pictures of Moe around town.
Why are we taking photos of Moe??? Moe is going to be used in promotion of the social, people will be able to guess where Moe was and win silent auction tickets. The exact set up of this contest will be set up a little later as it gets closer to the date, but it should be fun and a good way to promote the social!
Also, here's a photo of Moe:
Also, Brock University is having a Colloquium of their own in February, we will post the poster that was sent to us once we convert it from pdf to jpeg. However, we can give you some info now: It is being held February 16, 2013 at Brock University (in Ontario) with abstracts due by November 21st. The title of the confrence is Revelations & Revolutions!
Your Consuls,
Myla and Remi
TODAY, SEPT. 28TH, IS THE PUB TRIVIA QUIZ NIGHT AT GARBONZO'S PUB AND PIZZA IN THE UOFW ANX STATION @7:00PM! COME OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN!
Now is your weekly update of what went on in the meeting!
Social: We are officially booked for February 2nd 2013 in the Bulman Centre. Fraser from events will be giving us quotes on expenses soon. We will be starting at 9:00pm this year since no one ever really shows up to a social until after nine anyways. The Children's Hospital will remain as the charity that we are fundraising for (sorry Devon!), as it is local and well-known.
Also, Kerri proposed the title of "The Social that Never Ends", there was also the suggestion of "The Night that Never Ends". The suggested titles are referencing to the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, which is an awesome film, but if anyone has other ideas for a title for the social that's great and we will have a vote on it before making posters.
Mini-Colloquium: We are still waiting to get the room booked, it is being taken care of and we'll keep everyone updated. We will also most likely then go to classes in early November to promote this event and hope to have a nice size audience and then our bigger one will be in March and maybe students (such as first or second year students) will be interested in presenting after seeing how a colloquium runs.
Rumors: We have requested 100 tickets for Saturday October 27th for the 10:30 show. Please see either Remi or myself for tickets, we should have them by Friday or early next week. They cost $15.00 and we receive half the profits from any ticket sales with no loss if we don't sell tickets which is great. We are also able to order more tickets if necessary.
Bake Sale: Our first bake sale of the year will be taking place on Wednesday October 3rd from 11:00 am-2:00pm on the 3rd floor of Centennial (2nd floor was already taken). If you can bring bake goods that is fantastic and greatly appreciated!
Homework for the next meeting:
Think of restaurants that we can possibly go to for Professor Appreciation Night once they have chosen a date. We still have to email the professors when they would like this, but we would still like to have some ideas on where to go.
Shirt Ideas: We have received only a couple ideas so far:
- Hipster Caesar
- Venimus, Vidimus, Venimus Iterum (with a Trojan Condom image)
- or simply Venimus
- there was also "Goats" randomly written on the white board in the Common Room.
Final bit of news: We have a mascot for the Social! His name is Moe since the Latin name for a groundhog is Marmota Monax, but Moe sounds cuter. We are also taking pictures of him around campus and it was suggested by Dr. Whately that we should also take pictures of Moe around town.
Why are we taking photos of Moe??? Moe is going to be used in promotion of the social, people will be able to guess where Moe was and win silent auction tickets. The exact set up of this contest will be set up a little later as it gets closer to the date, but it should be fun and a good way to promote the social!
Also, here's a photo of Moe:
Also, Brock University is having a Colloquium of their own in February, we will post the poster that was sent to us once we convert it from pdf to jpeg. However, we can give you some info now: It is being held February 16, 2013 at Brock University (in Ontario) with abstracts due by November 21st. The title of the confrence is Revelations & Revolutions!
Your Consuls,
Myla and Remi
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Pub Trivia Night
Hey everyone,
The UWCSA is having their first ever Pub Trivia Night this Friday, September 28th, @ 7:00pm. Come on out, it'll be lots of fun! More details about the event are on the poster below or email us at uwclassics@gmail.com:
The UWCSA is having their first ever Pub Trivia Night this Friday, September 28th, @ 7:00pm. Come on out, it'll be lots of fun! More details about the event are on the poster below or email us at uwclassics@gmail.com:
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Mintues from Wednesday September 19th
Hey Everyone,
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the term so far!
Something random but awesome: We officially have an account with Garbonzo's, so when you go dine/drink there tell your server that you are part of the Classics Club or the UWCSA and for every dollar spent we earn one point. For 1000 points we can get $50 which means we could have a nice Social prize or buy food as a group for a Pub Night!
Pub Quiz/Trivia Night: We are hoping for September 29th, starting at either 7 or 8pm. We will confirm with Trevor, the manager at Garbonzo's, tomorrow (September 21st) for the date and time. Everyone will be required to bring a wrapped gift with the maximum value being $10 and that will go into a Grand Mystery Box and the winning team gets to divide the prizes amongst themselves. We will also then start advertising for the event as soon as we know, so hopefully it'll be a big fun event.
CKUW and UWSA's first annual radio student programme marathon: Exciting news! On Tuesday October 16th the UWSA and CKUW are teaming up and producing their first 24 hour marathon where student groups/individuals can advertise or do radio programs. There is a meeting September 21st (tomorrow) in the UWSA general board room from 12:30-1:20 with more information, which Paul is getting for us. However, in the meeting there was general agreement that this could be fun and a great way to advertise the group. Hopefully we can have an hour time slot where we can play some music, give some fun facts about Classics related stuff, and talk about the group (thanks to Alistair for the idea of music, we don't want to bore any listeners!). If you have any suggestions for the radio programme, feel free to email us @ uwclassics@gmail.com, or you can write it down in the binder in the common room (we do check it!), or bring your idea(s) to the next meeting, or if you are part of the Google Groups post a new topic with your ideas because they are all valued and appreciated!
JDCWest: They are part of the business program at the Buhler Centre and they are doing a charity event on Wednesday November 7th from 10am-3pm. They are doing it for six different charities, they will have Virgin Radio (the former Hot 103) and possibly a Jets celebrity (we doubt the Jets player because of the NHL lockout, but who knows what will happen by then). The event is being on the Portage Commons (the field outside Wesley Hall) and there will be a pool where they will take a dive into the pool (like the Polar Bear Dive). As a group no one showed much interest in participating, it will be cold by then, but we could always go watch them that day as they take a dive! However, if anyone is interested or would like more information we can give you the contact's email and you can ask him for further information in regard to the event.
Professor Appreciation Night: Please think of somewhere we can go, not Homer's as some people complained they got sick last year. The date is up to the professors and will perhaps happen again in January.
Bake Sale: The first one will possibly be Wednesday October 3rd since the 8th is Thanksgiving Monday (and the usual day of the week we have are sales on) the university will be closed, we are waiting for confirmation for the table from the UWSA.
Colloquium/Lecture Series: We are going to have our first little colloquium November 16th @ 4pm, we are waiting for confirmation for the room booking. This is also one of our Pub Nights, so after we hear from 2 or 3 presenters we will all head over to Garbonzo's (or somewhere) and have some drinks! If you are interested in presenting your paper or something you are researching please contact us via email with details on your presentation.
Social: We have started to form committees! We have the sign up sheet in the common room in the binder if you are interested in signing up to a committee. The actual jobs for the night of the social will be posted at a later date. Also good news, Holly who is in the History Club says that the History Club may be able to help us with getting donations for the silent auction and volunteering at the social itself. Kerri suggested the title for our social: The Social That Never Ends (in reference to Groundhog Day the movie).
Shirt Ideas: We want them soon, so please come up with some ideas and share them!
Cheers,
Your Consuls
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the term so far!
Something random but awesome: We officially have an account with Garbonzo's, so when you go dine/drink there tell your server that you are part of the Classics Club or the UWCSA and for every dollar spent we earn one point. For 1000 points we can get $50 which means we could have a nice Social prize or buy food as a group for a Pub Night!
Pub Quiz/Trivia Night: We are hoping for September 29th, starting at either 7 or 8pm. We will confirm with Trevor, the manager at Garbonzo's, tomorrow (September 21st) for the date and time. Everyone will be required to bring a wrapped gift with the maximum value being $10 and that will go into a Grand Mystery Box and the winning team gets to divide the prizes amongst themselves. We will also then start advertising for the event as soon as we know, so hopefully it'll be a big fun event.
CKUW and UWSA's first annual radio student programme marathon: Exciting news! On Tuesday October 16th the UWSA and CKUW are teaming up and producing their first 24 hour marathon where student groups/individuals can advertise or do radio programs. There is a meeting September 21st (tomorrow) in the UWSA general board room from 12:30-1:20 with more information, which Paul is getting for us. However, in the meeting there was general agreement that this could be fun and a great way to advertise the group. Hopefully we can have an hour time slot where we can play some music, give some fun facts about Classics related stuff, and talk about the group (thanks to Alistair for the idea of music, we don't want to bore any listeners!). If you have any suggestions for the radio programme, feel free to email us @ uwclassics@gmail.com, or you can write it down in the binder in the common room (we do check it!), or bring your idea(s) to the next meeting, or if you are part of the Google Groups post a new topic with your ideas because they are all valued and appreciated!
JDCWest: They are part of the business program at the Buhler Centre and they are doing a charity event on Wednesday November 7th from 10am-3pm. They are doing it for six different charities, they will have Virgin Radio (the former Hot 103) and possibly a Jets celebrity (we doubt the Jets player because of the NHL lockout, but who knows what will happen by then). The event is being on the Portage Commons (the field outside Wesley Hall) and there will be a pool where they will take a dive into the pool (like the Polar Bear Dive). As a group no one showed much interest in participating, it will be cold by then, but we could always go watch them that day as they take a dive! However, if anyone is interested or would like more information we can give you the contact's email and you can ask him for further information in regard to the event.
Professor Appreciation Night: Please think of somewhere we can go, not Homer's as some people complained they got sick last year. The date is up to the professors and will perhaps happen again in January.
Bake Sale: The first one will possibly be Wednesday October 3rd since the 8th is Thanksgiving Monday (and the usual day of the week we have are sales on) the university will be closed, we are waiting for confirmation for the table from the UWSA.
Colloquium/Lecture Series: We are going to have our first little colloquium November 16th @ 4pm, we are waiting for confirmation for the room booking. This is also one of our Pub Nights, so after we hear from 2 or 3 presenters we will all head over to Garbonzo's (or somewhere) and have some drinks! If you are interested in presenting your paper or something you are researching please contact us via email with details on your presentation.
Social: We have started to form committees! We have the sign up sheet in the common room in the binder if you are interested in signing up to a committee. The actual jobs for the night of the social will be posted at a later date. Also good news, Holly who is in the History Club says that the History Club may be able to help us with getting donations for the silent auction and volunteering at the social itself. Kerri suggested the title for our social: The Social That Never Ends (in reference to Groundhog Day the movie).
Shirt Ideas: We want them soon, so please come up with some ideas and share them!
Cheers,
Your Consuls
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