By Clark Campbell

Do you know how to sacrifice a cow, Greek style? Well, if you attended the Latin and Greek Fall Forum, you now do. Last month, the Latin and ancient Greek students had the chance to attend the Fall Forum at the ASU campus.

The students were privileged to listen to a variety of speakers, some who worked at the campus or even one who works for the FBI. Students listened to lectures varying in different topics, such as ancient Greek battles, career choices, ancient artifacts, and others. From brick counting to learning how to make a sacrifice to the gods, to buying overpriced college food, these students did it all.

Sam Campbell, a Greek I student who attended the forum, notes, “I was grateful for the change in pace from school. It was enjoyable to learn more about Latin and Greek, and how those languages impact people’s career.”

After everyone had signed in, the students were split into two groups: Sophomores and middle-schoolers and the freshmen, juniors and seniors. Some of the favorite activities were activities such as candy mosaic making, Certamen, and the cow sacrifice. The sacrifice consisted of a lecturer explaining the different aspects of the sacrifice. A crowd favorite aspect of the sacrifice were the mourners, who held both their hands in front of them and gave a mourning call (it’s a hard sound to explain).

After lunch the groups met up with the other participating schools to hand out awards. As expected, TPA students got quite a few awards, such as the first, second, and third places for the candy mosaic making.

This was Tempe Prep’s first year to attend the Fall Forum, and it couldn’t have been better. Students got to have amazing lecturers and spend time with their friends. Also as a bonus, the students didn’t have to go to school and the activities ended at two o’clock, so the TPA students got an extra bit of rest for the weekend.

Next year’s Fall Forum is sure to be just as fun with possible even more people. Eugepae TPA!