My job yesterday was to sit at a table and try and get kids interested in Classics. It was for Preview Day, a chance for high school kids to see what's so great about Davis. This particular part was a basketball court filled with rows of tables from all the departments and programs on campus.

The thing that amused me most was the seemingly random order in which they put the tables. The Classics table was squeezed right between the Chemistry and Physics tables. Not only is this completely illogical, but also a big letdown. Our table was the one with a giant gap in people. Since Chemistry and Physics are more popular majors, they attracted more people. And on top of that, they had all sorts of cool demonstrations with which we had no chance of competing. I mean, would you rather read a Latin 1 textbook or eat a graham cracker dipped in liquid nitrogen?