Trinity Banter | Gary Reger | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/greger/activity/ Activity feed for Gary Reger. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:29:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 bfb43e6290539cf7afda03b33956ffb0 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Wonder Woman at Trinity College, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=373 Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:06:44 -0400 On Thursday, November 3, 2016, students and faculty packed Rittenberg Lounge in the Trinity College Mather Student Center to hear a lectured by Vincent Tomasso, Assistant Professor of Classics. Tomasso’s talk, […]

]]> fdaacffe7a34ba285b11d43e93593864 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Conference in Honor of Elizabeth R. Gebhard, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=367 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 13:45:04 -0400 On Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22, 2016, Trinity College hosted a conference in honor of Elizabeth R. (“Betsy”) Gebhard. Scholars convened from all over the world to give papers on topics dear to Betsy’s […]

]]> cc3a7c0cbb0fb3a0698cc5a42c2e1395 Gary Reger wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=363 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 17:16:38 -0400 Bonnie Honig, Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science at Brown University and author of Antigone, Interrupted (2013), a well-received study of the way Sophokles’ play has been interpreted and […]

]]> d8e10ef1c2737b52384d6c2cfcb518d1 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Trinity College Classics Majors Earn Summer Research Grants, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=359 Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:51:53 -0400 Check out Trinity College’s story about three Classics majors who received summer research grants!

]]> 7d017b19d95304b3fc88a57c5deeda8d Gary Reger wrote a new post, Maura Griffith -- Adventures in Archaeology, Part 4, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=354 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:01:33 -0400 Transylvania Diaries: Week 4: Parietal, Temporal, and Frontal, Oh My!

So, a fun fact about children is that they grow. This means their bones display an incredible, frustrating, fascinating amount of […]

]]> 74fe2bfc4fee522c04f55df96f771863 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Maura Griffith -- Adventures in Archaeology, Part 2, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=343 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:49:52 -0400 Transylvania Diaries: Week 2- Is this a bone?

Top Five Things That Look Like Bones But Are Not:

Calcium deposits
Small rocks
Roots
Old sticks
Clumps of clay

Being a novice to burial […]

]]> 7a4f6dd16fbc3b7067ed90222bee6a64 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Aristotle and -- the Biology of Happiness?, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=341 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:15:59 -0400 Did Aristotle know something modern day geneticists are just discovering? Maybe. . . .

See “A Better Kind of Happiness?” in the New Yorker for July 7, 2016.

 

]]> ad22aea861332d62c60dbbc177c6fb37 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Maura Griffith -- Adventures in Archaeology, Part 3, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=339 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:50:28 -0400 Transylvania Diaries – Week 3: Rain, Rain, Go Away

The Patakfalva Grounds for Trench Divorce:

Attempted murder (bees, trowel, large rocks, etc)
Singing
Excessive bureaucracy
Not enough r […]

]]> 415e2e8e3067ddaabc017130c6feed31 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Maura Griffith -- Adventures in Archaeology, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=326 Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:01:45 -0400 Maura Griffith, Trinity College Class of 2017, with a self-designed major in Classics and Biology, is spending the summer working on an excavation in Romania, where she is participating in two archaeological digs […]

]]> c29fe6de1e525282660684099625cc06 Gary Reger wrote a new post, A Day in the Life of Oscar Buitrago, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=322 Sun, 26 Jun 2016 15:48:27 -0400 Oscar Buitrago, Trinity College class of 2000 Classics major (with a double major in Art History) was featured recently in the White & Case Reporter, the in-house magazine for the international law firm of White & […]

]]> a0f2864b990f1bb950177c1a4f6a9bae Gary Reger wrote a new post, Interested in Teaching Latin?, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=319 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:55:06 -0400 Summer has arrived! At Southern Teachers we spend the summer continuing to help schools find great teachers, and help our candidates find great jobs.

The private/independent schools we work with are still […]

]]> ed5dbdc8505050151aeceea5ea783feb Gary Reger wrote a new post, Trinity College Graduation 2016 -- Classics Rules!, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=287 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:18:27 -0400 A cloudy, chilly start to Trinity College graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 20, did nothing to

quell the enthusiasm of students, parents, relatives, faculty, and staff who had gathered to send off yet […]

]]> e0c28cca184bfec00cadd76e1adf8b44 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Ally MacIntosh Explains Why She Loves Classics, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=283 Wed, 18 May 2016 18:07:21 -0400 Ally MacIntosh, Classics BA 2013,  just completed her MA at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. In a recent video she explains why she studied, and loves, Classics. Have a look!

← Ally as an un […]

]]> c4cb31a4a914dcb79e4d61b7713bc39d Gary Reger wrote a new post, Classics Majors Recognized at Trinity College Honors Day, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=273 Sat, 07 May 2016 19:54:33 -0400 Friday, May 6, 2016, at its annual Honors Days, Trinity College celebrated students receiving honors and awards. Seven current Classics majors, including two seniors, one junior, three […]

]]> 3c87674f27c01ee3bdf9c1180c7f3482 Gary Reger wrote a new post, What Do You Do With a Classics Major? Maybe Make the Cover of the Washington Post Magazine, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=268 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:42:17 -0400 Sally Steponkus, Classics major and Trinity graduate 1998, runs a design firm called Sally Steponkus Interiors. Her designs were featured in a recent issue of the Style section of the Washington Post! (The cover’s […]

]]> df8df8b112366bf5a8448e3d3b4921f1 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Three Classics Majors Win Research Fellowships, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=266 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:38:00 -0400 Three Classics majors — Maura Griffith, Dylan Ingram, and Matt Reichelt — have won prestigious Trinity College Research fellowships for work they will be doing during the summer. Read all about it in the most […]

]]> 176828f7c3e0c25db8707a5e85710d6c Gary Reger wrote a new post, Shane Ewegen Coolest Professor at Trinity?, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=263 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:33:43 -0400 Check out this interview with Shane Ewegen, professor of philosophy and classics, on the HerCampus website!

 

]]> 1c866c98892b574a6c9149ba22bcb874 Gary Reger wrote a new post, National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week Is Coming Up!, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=260 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:41:40 -0500 So you love Latin? You’ve been taking it ever since you got to college — and maybe in high school, too. As Commencement approaches, perhaps the fear is mounting: What will I do when I can’t do Latin […]

]]> 42c2fd24c4d06d1010e3b5d074c30a3c Gary Reger wrote a new post, What Do You Do With a Classics Major? Ask Stephanie!, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=256 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:47:31 -0500 Stephanie Horbaczewski graduated from Trinity College in 2000 with a BA in Classical Civilization. A few years later she founded StyleHaul and got into social storytelling. Last year a European company bought […]

]]> 1e1eefc062817fc265045fcc741529ae Gary Reger wrote a new post, The Library of Herculaneum, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=253 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:04:51 -0500 Everyone knows ancient Pompeii was buried in the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Less familiar to many is its neighbor Herculaneum, buried at the same time. (The archaeological site of Herculaneum, […]

]]> 16b1775823c508867f1875bef4907209 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Kate Giddens -- Classics, Biology, and Volleyball, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=249 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:02:06 -0400 The NESCAC News (a website that reports about student athletes at Trinity and other colleges we compete with) posted today (October 30, 2015) an interview with senior Kate Giddens, a double major in Biology and […]

]]> e9199d5d6b9973796c369e97a5f2a551 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Celia Schultz Delivers Annual Moore Lecture, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=246 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:29:00 -0400 Celia Schultz, professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan, gave the annual Moore Lecture last week. Her talk, “Must There Be Blood?” focused on the meaning of sacrifice in Roman culture.

Read […]

]]> 53349fc4dd842498dd280a5a544afd3b Gary Reger wrote a new post, Bronze Age Tomb Found at Pylos, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/?p=241 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:49:00 -0400 Archaeologists digging at Pylos, an ancient city on the southwest coast of Greece, have discovered the rich grave of a warrior who was buried at the dawn of European civilization.
He lies with a yardlong bronze […]

]]> def5f3ae51f28c32cea94f3bce5d7beb Gary Reger wrote a new post, Want to be a Lawyer? Start by Being a Classics Major, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/04/14/want-to-be-a-lawyer-start-by-being-a-classics-major/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:41:04 -0400 !–[if gte mso 9]>–

Derek Muller, a professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, recently studied the correlation between LSAT and GRE scores and undergraduate majors.

His finding? Classics […]

]]> f73a4c11deba61ade765472d558b57f8 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Summer Field School: Excavate at Akko in Israel, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/03/11/summer-field-school-excavate-at-akko-in-israel/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:11:17 -0400 Thumbnail!–[if gte mso 9]>–

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Would you like to take a 2-credit archaeological excavation course (CLCV 300) this summer? The link to the Trinity website for the dig is <a href="http://www.trincoll.edu/UrbanGlobal/StudyAway/Summer/Pages/Akko-Summer.aspx&quot; […]

]]> de620d2e6ae5f9515e1c23978b362911 Gary Reger wrote a new post, What Can You Do With a Classics Degree in the New Economy?, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/02/16/114/ Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:19:29 -0500 ThumbnailSusan Bennett graduated from Brown University. Until recently (and it was a secret) she was the voice of Siri, first introduced on Apple’s iPhone 4S.

What did Bennett major in at Brown?

You guessed it — […]

]]> 28d67b2676b8fa0b51db6b1c27b51bc1 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Even Classicists Fall in Love, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/02/15/even-classicists-fall-in-love/ Sat, 15 Feb 2014 17:56:23 -0500 Thumbnail

In February 1923, Carl Blegen, then secretary of the American School of Classics Studies at Athens, dispatched a Valentine to his sweetheart Elizabeth Pierce, who was in Rome.

Blegen had an artist friend […]

]]> 87cb05b575a930240c47245918de641f Gary Reger wrote a new post, Trinity Classics Grad Wins Prestigious Fellowship, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/02/06/trinity-classics-grad-wins-prestigious-fellowship/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:22:55 -0500 ThumbnailJoe Ricci, who graduated from Trinity in 2008 with a BA in Classics and entered the PhD program in History at Princeton University, has been awarded a Junior Fellowship in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks in […]

]]> 3552748ff5825250104a6ea42a6bdd61 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Hartford Society Archaeological Institute of America Lecture: "Climate Change, Food Production, and Societal Collapse: Evidence from Ancient Mesopotamia," by Alexia Smith, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/02/06/hartford-society-archaeological-institute-of-america-lecture-climate-change-food-production-and-societal-collapse-evident-from-ancient-mesopotamia-by-alexia-smith/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:20:06 -0500 ThumbnailMonday, February 10, 6 pm, Rittenburg Lounge, Mather Hall, on the campus of Trinity College.

Alexia Smith is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.

 

Archaeology […]

]]> cde52d58b4b3cb2bcecbd31e351ed86a Gary Reger wrote a new post, Greek 101 Attracts a Herd of Students, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/02/01/greek-101-attracts-a-herd-of-students/ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:59:54 -0500 ThumbnailFollowing the example of a couple of other small liberal arts colleges, the Trinity Classics Department has moved its Greek 101 class from the fall to the spring semester. The move allowed us to send students who […]

]]> 6736c78b09fec4dc2fd325976f8a069c Gary Reger wrote a new post, Irene Lemos of Oxford University Gives a Talk at Trinity, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2014/02/01/irene-lemos-of-oxford-university-gives-a-talk-at-trinity/ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:46:58 -0500 ThumbnailSince 2002 director of new excavations at Lefkandi in Euboia, Dr. Irene Lemos is professor of classical archaeology at Merton College, Oxford University. On Monday, January 27, 2014, she stopped by Trinity College […]

]]> 2781a7ee92a082c1d863d3f63101d17f Gary Reger wrote a new post, Could You Pass a Trinity College Exam in 1880?, on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2013/12/12/could-you-pass-a-trinity-college-exam-in-1880/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:34:40 -0500 Thumbnail

So could you pass a Trinity College exam in 1880? The sheet at the left contains the Annual Examination questions for all Trinity students in 1880. It presents three passages chosen from Suetonius’ Lives of […]

]]> bd2db1b213a626bfc9d8def4855d36b1 Gary Reger wrote a new post, Want Friends? Take Latin (or Greek), on the site Trinity College Classical Studies Department http://commons.trincoll.edu/classics/2013/11/23/want-friends-take-latin-or-greek/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:42:08 -0500 A recent study in the American Journal of Sociology finds that high school students’ social lives and friendships depend more on their classes than anything else. As Eleanor Barkhorn says in the Atlantic, “The […]

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]]> 917e4e0cd87a5065e0b1e9356d9051fc Gary Reger wrote a new post, Academic Rigor -- Comments by Jim Trostle, on the site Center for Teaching and Learning http://commons.trincoll.edu/ctl/2012/04/03/academic-rigor-comments-by-jim-trostle/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:18:41 -0400 Below is a written version of comments offered in the general discussion by Jim Trostle of the Anthropology Department at the CTL roundtable on academic rigor on Thursday, March 15, 2012. We’re grateful to Jim for attending the roundtable and giving us permission to reproduce his remarks here. I am growing increasingly tired of conversations about […]

]]> e660011579c6f22ea7d8a3d74a3cacdb Gary Reger wrote a new post, Academic Rigor -- Maurice Wade, on the site Center for Teaching and Learning http://commons.trincoll.edu/ctl/2012/04/03/academic-rigor-maurice-wade/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:15:39 -0400 Below is a written version of the comments Maurice Wade of the Philosophy Department offered at the CTL roundtable discussion on academic rigor on Thursday, March 15, 2012. We’re grateful to Maurice for participating in that discussion as a panelist and for giving us permission to post these comments here. I’m going to do here what […]

]]> 12398c892453b3d228247823d6a5b21c Gary Reger wrote a new post, Academic Excellence, or Academic Rigor?, on the site Center for Teaching and Learning http://commons.trincoll.edu/ctl/2012/03/29/hello-world/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:44:00 -0400 The Trinity College Center for Teaching and Learning has sponsored two forums on academic “rigor.” Lively discussion ensued, but sadly attendance was low. So we’d like to move the conversation into the electronic world. We’ll soon be posting some short position papers or comments on this question. We invite all members of the Trinity Community […]

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