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More Monuments Falling Down

An article today about the “House of the Gladiators” in Pompeii that collapsed over the weekend.  People often wonder why more ancient sites aren’t being excavated.  One issue is that we don’t have sufficient resources to properly care for all of the sites that have already been excavated.  Uncovering and preserving the ancient world often…Continue Reading More Monuments Falling Down

Historians Admit to Inventing Ancient Greece

A rather hilarious story from The Onion reporting that a team of scholars working in the early 1970s invented all of ancient Greek history.  Quite fitting as we had our Greek History midterm exam today! (Special thanks to Amy McCandless for sharing this story with me)….Continue Reading Historians Admit to Inventing Ancient Greece

The Romans are coming!

The Romans are coming to South Carolina!  Coming up on October 8 & 9 is a program that bills itself as a “most unique family event”:  VITA ROMANA.  Basically, it seems like a Roman trading camp is being set up in Brunson, South Carolina.  Details about the event can be found on line at http://www.castrarota.com/.  I…Continue Reading The Romans are coming!

Health Care and Higher Education

Funding for state colleges continues to attract attention in the press.  An interesting opinion piece appeared in Sunday’s NYTimes.  The author argues that health care budgets and state funding of colleges are related.  Over the decades as state spending on medical programs has increased, funding for higher education has decreased.  If we do a better…Continue Reading Health Care and Higher Education

Undergraduate Research Poster Session

On Monday, August 23, 10:00-2:00, URCA (Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities) will be hosting a research poster session on the second floor of the New Science Center.  Come by and see what our talented undergraduates have been working on.  Two Classics students will be presenting posters, Angelina Phebus (who was working with Prof. Newhard), and…Continue Reading Undergraduate Research Poster Session