A 25-year-old man received a three-inch cut in his right cheek early Saturday morning when he was assaulted outside the Latin Club, 307 W. Johnson.No arrests have been made. According to Madison police, the man met a woman who called herself ``Natalia'' inside the Latin Club and agreed to give her money.She coaxed him outside into the dark parking lot, where he was assaulted by several people.He was slashed with a knife across his right cheek. The victim...
The members of Olathe North's Latin Club say their ballista, or ancient Roman catapult, will break down barriers. But they're not planning to wage war or lay siege to local villages. The club is more interested in bringing together community members and students from different disciplines. It'll take both Latin Club members and people with construction knowledge to complete a life-size replica of a ballista, which will eventually be about 6...
The Voorhees High School football field was briefly transformed into a makeshift Roman Coliseum yesterday for the Latin Club's annual chariot races, complete with costumes and 12 teams competing for the laurel crown awarded to the winner. Although the chariots were pulled by pairs of people rather than horses, the competition was fierce in both speed and style. A few hundred students lined the football field in 90-degree heat to cheer on the...
Latin is alive.This is the message that the Crown Point High School Latin Club is trying to spread throughout the community. In doing so, the Latin Club recently won 23rd place in the National Junior Classical League Publicity contest.Winning a total of 2,273 points, the club was given points for promoting the Latin language through creative publicity, newspaper articles and radio and television spots.Along with Latin club students, Jeremy Walker, Crown Point Latin teacher and...