Welcome

 To the website for the Classical Association of the Southwestern United States.  

 CASUS has undergone a significant resurgence. The current president is Dr. Ronald Weber, Associate Professor

 of History and Humanities at the University of Texas at El Paso. rweber@utep.edu Vice President is Mr. Ivan

 Iniquez, Latin Instructor at Academy. iniquezivan@hotmail.com  Secretary Treasurer is Mr. Pat Abel, Latin

 Instructor at Montwood High School, El Paso, Texas.  pabel@socorro.k12.tx.us    

   CONFERENCE 2008

Classical Association of the Southwestern United States

The Classical Association of the Southwestern United States held its annual convention Friday and Saturday September 12 and 13, 2008, at The Lodge in Cloudcroft, NM.

Papers are currently being invited for the 2009 meeting in the following areas.

• Classical Greek and Latin Literature and Culture Latin Literature,
• Beginnings to the Twentieth Century Latin
• Classics Teaching: Methodology and Pedagogy

Papers should be 15-20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes for discussion provided. The Committee will be happy to consider proposals from college and university Classics students as well as from secondary school and college faculty and others interested.

Proposals will be refereed anonymously. Send a 150-200 word abstract by April 15, 2009 to the Chair of the Program Committee:

Dr. Ronald J. Weber, University of Texas at El Paso Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 233 500 University Ave., El Paso, TX 79968-0525 Phone (915) 747-6512 Fax (915) 747-5981 rweber@utep.edu

 CASUS 2009 REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration Fee: $20.00, payable at the opening session of the annual meeting. Please make check payable to CASUS,  EIN 74-279-5762; an affiliate of the Southwestern Junior Classsical League, a non-profit organization per IRS 501(a).

For hotel reservations at the Lodge in Cloudcrorft: Please contact The Lodge,  1Corona Place, P.O. Box 497, Cloudcroft, New Mexico , 88317.  Attn: Terra Ponder or Taryn Foster , 1-800-395-6343, or 505-682-2566; fax 505-682-2715  www.thelodgeresort.com

We must reserve ten rooms to get the special rate of $99.00/night. Check-in4:00pm,checkout12:00. Reservations and deposits due before August  01, 20067. Please mention CASUS when reserving.

For more information, please contact Patrick Abel, CASUS President:

Montwood High School
12,000 Montwood Dr.
El Paso, TX 79936-4400
tel (school) 915-937-2633
fax 915-857-3659
(home) 915-566-0324,
pabel@socorro.k12.tx.us

Cloudcroft is 100 miles North of the El Paso Airport.  Take I-10 West to Alamogordo Exit (Hwy 54) Follow signs to Alamogordo on 54.  Continue through Alamogordo to Hwy 82 to Cloudcroft, 16 miles from Alamogordo.  Follow signs to The Lodge. From Lubbock:  take U.S.62/82, S/SW, follow 82 all the way into Cloudcroft.

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  Spanish/Latin Connection

If you have materials that link Spanish and Latin that you would like to post here, please submit them to Ginny at ginlindzey@lindzey.us. 

• Latin and Spanish (This site, by Ed George, is under construction but already includes charts of linguistic changes plus a wonderful bibliography.)
• Latin: A Key to Languages and Cultures A Message to the Parents of Spanish-Speaking Latin Students (in both English and Spanish) (at the NCLG site)
• Trilingual School Orientation Chart (in English, Latin, and Spanish)

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Last updated November 1, 2008. For comments or to report errors, please contact Ronald Weber, webmaster, at

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