OKC 2015: Capitoline Busts and Shakespeare's "Caesar"

First stop: Fred Jones.  That's the Emperor Trajan (108 AD) at left in the photo below.

"Immortales: The Hall of Emperors from the Capitoline Museum in Rome." 

This is the first time these works of art have ever left Rome.

When they leave, they're going right back to Rome.

Kyle (on the right).

Emperor Vespasian (69-70 AD) and CJ.

Ashton and an Empress.

Bethany and Emperor Commodus (180-192).

Madison, Lauren, and Octavian (15 BC - 31).

Kaitlyn Stevens (on the right).

Emperor Trajan, Mariah, Elsa, and Talor.

Antoninus Pius (on the left) and Andrew (on the right).

Commodus (on the left) and Sam (on the right).

Holly.

Next up:  The Galileo Exhibit.

Clockwise: Sean, Erin, Tyler, and Bethany.

That's Galileo in the back, and a friend of Erin's in the center.

Ashton, Wil, Jacob, and Jaime (in the virtual world).

In the Myriad Botanical Gardens.

Whirling Elsa.

 Colin and Hannah.

Jaime, Hannah, Maddie, Ashley, Kaitlyn, Tyler, Elsa, Colin, and Nathan.

Dr. Peters, Colin, Ashton, Hannah, Ashley, Kaitlyn, Tyler, and Holly.

Madison, Tyler R. Ashton, Trevor, Tyler W., Elsa, Linzi, Chisum, Holly, and Nathan.

Next up:  Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park.

Top row: Kenneth, Erin, Andrew, Mariah, Chisum,

Front row: Madison, Mariah, Talor, Ally, Trevor, and Jacob.

Andrew, Erin, Colin, Zeph, Trevor, Paul, and Hannah.

Amanda, Wil, and Jacob.

CJ, Madison's friend, Madison, Kaitlyn, Lauren, and Ashley.
Row 2: Dr. Peters, studying hard.

Brutus.

"Beware the Ides of March."

Rothbaum Lecture and Reception

Dr. George T. Diaz delivered this year's Rothbaum Constitution Day lecture. Honors students met with him following the event for a reception in the Sterling L. Williams Foundation and Alumni Center.

Everyone smile!! We're about to sing "Happy Birthday" to Dr. Peters . . .

Welcome Dr. George T. Diaz to ECU!

 Dr. Diaz and CJ discussing some of the jokes during the lecture.

What did you think of the lecture?

Sorting Hat and Picnic

The first tribute of the evening.

All Eurekas praise the infamous chicken!

 Bow to the new Dao members.

 Orenda, it's your turn to create a clever saying to celebrate your victory!

 The small but strong Arete.

 LOOK AT OUR TROPHY!!! LOOK AT IT!!!!!

Honors Picnic and Sorting Hat Ceremonial--Tonight!

The Honors Director predicts: vuvuzelas, solemn words, scrolls, fortune reading, and an Indiana Jones hat.

You won't want to be late. Arete, Dao, Eureka, Orenda Houses are calling.
5:30 in the Wintersmith Pavilion east of the Lodge (not 6:00 like the Honors calendar says--who made that thing anyway?).

There will also be food and beverage. If you need a ride, e-mail the Honors center (honors@ecok.edu) to let us know!

Again: there will be vuvuzelas.

2015 Honors Burkean Parlor

Lunching Honorably

We had a great turnout for Honors Lunch today. Come Wednesday at noon-ish for more.

10th Annual Convocation: 2015

Here they come . . .

Kickoff 2015: Wintersmith Lodge

Did CJ just ask an Enduring Question that started a debate between Drs. Grasso and McMahon? Dr. Mount is formulating his answer.

Follow the jump for the Chicken Game video and more pics . . .

2015: Thirty Years of Honors at ECU

Honors Kickoff 2015 Has Begun

An Honorable Campus Tour.

SummerScreening and Social

What's an Honors SummerScreen and Social?

Ralph Fiennes in a recorded live Royal National Theatre of London production of George Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman," three jugs of Hawaiian Punch, four flavors of San Remo's Pizza, five cartons of ice cream  (with sprinkles!), and 28 varieties of ECU Honorable (Madison, Dillon No. 1, Dillon No. 2, Colin, Jacob, Andrew, Kaitlyn, Destiny, Elizabeth, Amanda, Jake, Brittany, Elsa, Ashley, Talor, Dylan, Ashton, Maranda, Robert, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Chisum, Anna, Kyle, Flora, Sean, Dr. Peters, and Dr. Benton).

Result?

Laughs, tears, intellectual provocation ("To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer."), reconnections, introductions, new acquaintances, and high expectations for the year ahead.  See you in August!

Dillon W, Dylan/Wylan, Dillon R..
  

We have made plans!

Historian Ashley Houchin, President Brittany Jolly, Treasurer Talor Stewart, Vice President Nathaniel Starry, and Secretary Dillon Rea did a lot of planning on Friday, ate banana muffins, grew increasingly hungry and then somewhat delirious, fell for the old 2 for $20 scam at Applebee's (more like 2 for $37.16!), came back Saturday for more planning and some picture taking, including the one below, which has been nominated as a new Honors tradition. Can you guess what each officer was thinking when this shot was taken? How about what happened next?
This experience led indirectly to: "To the chambers!" "Only until death," "Ask about the chicken," "Bow down to America," "Sleep, those little slices of death--how I loathe them!" (wrongly attributed to Edgar Allen Poe?), and, finally and most ominously, the emergence of the very cool Wylan Dest.

From the Metropolitan to the Metroplex

Miranda, Hamlet and Poor Yorick at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

One more taxi to go.
This shot, taken at DFW a few minutes after our 10:20 PM arrival from NYC, was only ten percent posed. I will soon wake everyone up to ask them questions about the trip. Results below:
Favorite NYC Experience:
"Les Miserables": Melody, Sidney, Anna, Leah, Sean.
"Sleep No More": Melody, Miranda, Lauren, Madison C..
9/11 Memorial Museum: Sidney, Maddie O., Talor.
Ellis Island: Jacob, Lauren.
Favorite food:
Tacos at Chelsea Market: Melody, Sidney, Anna
Meatball sub and Duck Dumplings: Maddie O.
Brookfield Plaza Umami Burger: Jacob and Lauren
10th Street Cafe Pizza: Talor, Miranda
Everything he tasted from someone else's plate: Sean
Gelato: Leah (Raspberry Lemonade) and Miranda (Vanilla Bourbon)
Strawberry Cupcake: Maddie O.
Street vendor chili dog: Lauren
Memorable Firsts:
Flight: Sidney
Visit to NYC: Sidney, Talor, Sean, Miranda, Anna, Leah, Lauren, Madison C., Melody
Broadway Musical: Sidney, Sean, Leah
Ferry: Sidney, Madison
Train: Sidney, Talor, Miranda, Madison
Washington Square: Maddie O.
Taste of Lamb: Jacob
Taxi: Talor, Miranda, Madison C.
Hotel with bunkbeds: Sean
Les Miserables: Miranda, Melody
Night in a Youth Hostel: Anna
Public transportation: Anna
Ellis Island: Lauren

Home Sweet Home Away From Home

We bid a tearful farewell to our home away home, the cozy, quaint Chelsea High Line Youth Hostel. It was hard tearing everyone away from this place.

In the Theatre District

In Times Square, on our way to the Imperial Theatre, where we have tickets for "Les Miserables"--the 5th longest running show in Broadway musical history (behind "Phantom of the Opera," "Chicago," "Cats," and "The Lion King."

Seeing "Les Miserables" was Leah's favorite NYC experience.

In the Financial District

According to the Official Website of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation: "Sculptor Luis Sanguino (b. 1934) celebrates the diversity of New York City and the struggle of immigrants in this heroic-sized bronze figural group. The sculpture depicts figures of various ethnic groups and eras, including an Eastern European Jew, a freed African slave, a priest, and a worker. The figures’ expressive poses emphasize the struggle and toil inherent in the experience of the immigrant or dislocated person."
More immigrants come to NYC every day.

Fritz Koenig's "The Sphere" once stood in the area between the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, it was relocated to Battery Park.