The Convention Ear 59 (Y)Ears of Telling It Like It Isn’t! Sunday, July 28, 2019 Volume LX, Issue III 25 Hour Coverage Bot-Written Farewell Speeches Announcements We forced a bot to listen to over 60 hours of NJCL farewell speeches and This map is the arrangement of states for then write a speech of its own. Here it is: the Roman procession line-up. Please remember your state color! The lawn of the A. Glenn Hill STEM Center Building Salvete omnes Y’all. Friends. I can’t believe this period of time for will be marked off in a grid matching the a week long is over. [starts crying in Latin] I could not have gotten colors on the map. Find your color-coded through this year without the Website Contest. Throughout my term as state sign when you arrive at the lawn. an officer, you all helped me feel special love. My life without you: it’s When all states have arrived, the proces- sion will begin with North Dakota lead- hard. [cries bigly] ing. From Ohio to my bees, my friends new and old, Alabama to the National Committee, you will never be able to play Certamen or Ludi. Procession Order | Lineup Color Always spirit cheers to remember above all things. North Dakota - Red Prometheus couldn’t have done this without you. I want to see where Virginia - Red Maryland - Red you go so fast. My friends here are just some photos that mean nothing. Massachusetts - Red Lastly, let’s go into middle school as competitors. As I leave conven- D.C. - Red tion, semper ubi [hugs podium cries lightly] sub ubi. Thank you NJCL North Carolina - Red people. Nevada - Red Illinois - Red Kentucky - Yellow Connecticut - Yellow Wisconsin - Yellow New York - Yellow New Hampshire - Yellow Alabama - Yellow Ohio - Yellow Louisiana - Yellow Minnesota - Yellow New Jersey - Yellow Missouri - Yellow Nebraska - Yellow Georgia - Blue South Carolina - Blue Oklahoma - Blue Indiana - Blue New Mexico - Blue Have you ever been Arizona - Blue NJCL Emotional State Tracker: Tennessee - Blue caught freaking Maine - Blue during a dance? DAY 5 Florida - Blue California - Green Call SCLawyers! We Texas - Green will ban all chap- See page 2 for the lineup map! erones from the dance! 1 Convention Madlibs Following theThat’s precedent Entertainment! set by dozens of years Recapof performances, That’s Entertainment! was a resounding success. Hosted by the adorable danc- Dear Mom and Dad, ing teddy bear SCLers Susie Szymanski (IN) and Drew Alvarez (LA), the show featured 13 acts of JCLers doing everything from spoken word po- My first day at convention has etry (performed by Nia Abdullah of NJ) to traditional Indian dance (Sm- been (verb conjugation). The ruthi Shashidhar of TX), as well as several improv sketches performed by NDSU campus has so many (type SCLers. of gladiator)! Our assemblies are held in a building called the FAR- Kelly Jeong (GA) took first place for her violin performance of Zigeuner- GODOME, but it’s really more of weisen (gesundheit). Second place went to Bill Wei (TX) for his bad to a (ancient Roman province). We the bone bagpipe ballad. Third place was Kathyn Powers (OK) for her had lunch in the dining hall. The rendition of “Blackbird” on the guitar. Other memorable acts included a food was seasoned really (prepo- Latin rendition of “Old Town Road” performed by Taylor Sellers-Varela sition). I ate a big ‘ole (noun case). (IL) and her hype-man reverse centaur, Charlie Mazzeo (IL) and Lena After curfew, I dreamed of the Cavicchia’s (DC) powerful piano punching performance. (adverb). I can’t wait to tell you about the rest of convention! After days many nights of development in the SCL think tank oth- erwise known as the Niskenanenanananananana dorm, the time-travel- Love, ing SCL went back in time to capture all the JCL Spirit Stones at TE, (Roman Emperor)! as well as make a last-minute, incredibly loud and glitter filled plea for newly-graduated high schoolers to #RushSCL. The silent reception to the fabled stage crew made their power of mind grow exponentially allowing them to do everything from their usual duties to winning Certamen. It seems the best way to give them strength was silence all along. Finally, after the astounding reception to the new fan-favorite Friendly SCL Automated Check-In Registration Robot (FSCLRR), the National Committee is pleased to announce that starting next year in Richmond, VA, the JCLers will also be replaced by automated robots. Due to the increased mental processing power of the robots, all testing will be re- placed by more ludi. Look forward to new events such as Ludi Bocce, Ludi Dodgeball, and Ludi Tic-Tac-Toe. 2 last day of personals “Unlike the man who shared the same name, a man-sized To those of you who were at Constitutional Ammendments Caesar salad takes significantly more than 23 stabs to finish meeting, the MEJCL Parlimentarian accepts your praise for off.” (For more facts like this, follow our twitter @Obvi- moving to dispense of reading ammendment 4. ousSnapple) tineam virem amo! If you know you know - Anne Dear Jefferson Lind, will you accept a JCLad? Yours, 6747 4596 0286 Thank you JCLers for spreading JCLove forever and wher- ever you go. I ran for office this year and when writing this Ber Ber crossed the street to figure out what ‘busequa’ I don’t know who won. But whatever happens, I know that I means. No Cheating!!! only had the confidence to do it because of this community. Gratias vobis ago and I’ll see you all next year! Indiana Certamen, I’m so proud of you guys. You represent- ed Indiana well. You will be missed, Cy. -Ms. K Ruth O from WI: We have loved to get to know you! We will miss you in you in Richmond! To all of those who very kindly wished me well and gave -Susan & Dennis congratulations on the silver bowl, GDog gives his humble thanks. Ms Norton & Mr Beck- thank you for being such great state chairs! We love you! -LJCL Area Ddddd!!! Thanks for being the best area in the TSJCL! Danny Glacies, thanks for all your support. Te amo! -JL Parva et Situla, we miss you!!! Wish we could have made it up to Fargo this year. Have fun without us (if that’s even Shoutout to our fave Chaperone #maxima cum laude possible). Love, Kady, Walton and Yams DANNY_ICE To: DLW Parva, Bucket, & discipuli carismi - Y’all are the best trav- From: SCDW eling and conventioning group, EVER! Gratias for always 18 and counting! making me feel like one of the cool Latin Kids! Parva, cer- Love you tamen is lucky to have your leadership! You rock and te amo! Love, Danny_ICE Glacies_baby! Indiana JCL Board- Great job this week. It’s going to be a great year! SCL- HaHaHa! Our evil plan is working! LA is taking over the SCL! -D&S Are you going to the locative party? I hear that’s where it’s at! LSCL- Thanks for all the HARD work you all do for LJCL & JCL! Keep coming back & recruiting new members! -D&S Marshall the Lobster what’s your #? G. Canis omnibus collegis Floridae gratias maximas pro Mei amiei ā NE! Thanks for the best 5 years of convention! multis annis amicitiae agit. Prudens vir erat qui ad terram I wouldn’t trade them for the world! optimam revenit. Memes bring people together follow @njclmemes! Anthony, David, Evan, Jefferson, Kai, and Nicole: Y’all have been my students (in one way or another) since To Dennis and Susan, middle school. I can’t believe this is our last Nationals to- Thank you for the past and future years of friendship. Will gether. Y’all are amazing! miss seeing you at JCL. -Ms. Mathis Love, your Wisconsin friend Salvete Nevada and Arizona delegations! Thank you for an Yo, Joe Cicero, I want Nationals to be longer. What can awesome time and putting up with me randomly showing up you do about that? to fellowships! You will always be Nevona and eventually Arizada to me! - <3 your SCLer Liz 3 SMC - 16 more years. -BK Cy, Nermeen, and Daniel, You continue to make me proud all the way from Florida. shawn, maddie, martina, gero, emma, jamie, emmalee, grace, I’m so happy the events of the last year have not soured your kevin, and of course all the other terts: thanks for making love of Latin and passion for the JCL. I hope to see you here this convention one of the more memorable in recent memo- again next year! - SMC ry. here’s to many more! ~ paul d. My Florida teacher gang, You are amazing people. I love you dearly. See you at FFLA! JCL PC Overwatch players! Do you want a decent tank just - Anna in time for role queue? HMU! Maggie “Mae” Moore from Florida. (Usually in the Union with a Japanese cat hat) Kyle, Thanks for another Great Convention in the books! We’ve definitely come a long way from the chicken kiev Kristina and Emma, who Rocks the House? The Hoosiers shots and chubby bunny contests. You are doing an amazing Rock the House. Love you guys, ~Suze job and I cannot wait until next year! - Moon Secretary of Moon Agriculture Dear Chris, Thanks for all your help this week. I can’t ex- press how much you mean to me. Love, Personal Generator Sam, you’re awesome and I’m going to miss you next year. 3000. JK! Your sis Suze Please get onto your plane home.