this month! Details can be

found inside! And a huge

thanks to those that did par-

ticipate, except for Noah

Lean that is. Just kidding, you

guys rock!

–Ahmed and Alicia

Chickpea

Contest: Due to

the coming holiday season,

draw a your favorite thing

about the holidays! Be sure

to have your drawings

Dear Familia Nostra,

It’s hard to believe October has

already come and gone. Now

it’s November Time! Your of-

ficers figured that since school

has begun to settle down and

days may begin (if they haven’t

already) to become monoto-

nous, that JCL is going to amp it

up. Later this month the Singel-

mann’s will be hosting a Rockband

party! It will be a rockin’ time!!

We are sad to say that not

many classes have reached full

membership. If you are

one of those people that

hasn’t yet joined, have no

fear! It’s not too late! All it

takes is $5 and writing

down your name and con-

tact information in the

handy dandy notebook.

We can’t think of a reason

not to join!

Nine students participated

in the October contest!

Not a bad number by any

means, but we’d love to

see that number double

Letter from the Editors

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Member

Profile +

Ghetto

Quotes

2

Letter from

the Prez

3

Lettering

requirements

plus Volk/

Strand

Quotes

4

Pic Drawing

Contest Re-

sults

5

Leisure Page 6

The Chickpea N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Upcoming Events

Here are the events FNJCL has planned for the month of November! Keep your eyes open

for announcements and reminders in your classroom with more details!

Trivia Sunday, November 4th, 6:30 pm in the Latin Room

Meeting Thursday, November 8th, 4 pm in the Latin Room

Elementary Latin Days Monday, November 12th, 8:30 am to 2 pm at North High School

RockBand Part-ay! Saturday, November 17th, 7 pm at the Singelmann Residence

Meeting Tuesday, November 27th, 7 pm in the Latin Room

P A G E 2

“Quando Omni

Flunkus Moritati,”

-The Red Green Show.

“When all else fails,

play dead.”

Member Profile: Thomas Walton WHERE DO I

START? Writing this

profile on Thomas is

the best idea I’ve had

in the last 5 minutes. I

have known Thomas

since the beginning of

my public schooling.

We have always been

best friends. Thomas

was really popular in

elementary school,

due to that fact his

body decided to re-

main the size of a 5th

grader for the rest of

his life. I’m just kid-

ding, Thomas is taller

than I am. We have

measured. Many

times. Thomas is a 2

time state champ. Oh

wait he’s only been a

state champ once,

that’s my dad who has

gotten two state titles.

If I had been a boy, I

would have been a

way better wrestler

than Tommy. It’s in my

Lisbon blood. Thomas

and I went to Italy this

summer (with other

people, but mainly just

me and Thomas). In

this time we formed an

alliance and became

part of the CIA. If you

ever hear us referring

to each other as

“Boots” and “Goose”

it’s because we’re do-

ing official CIA busi-

ness, and probably

plotting to kill you, but

whatever. Thomas

spent much of his time

in Italy courting small

blonde girls (I’m talk-

ing about Kellan not

Abby). Unfortunately

Thomas had too many

cooties for Kellan and

[he] had to settle for

Abby. It’s whatever.

Thomas and I are

great companions and

if you ever have the

desire to be complete-

ly annoyed, I advise

you to sit right be-

tween the two of us in

Latin class. Ashley

Nickel gets the pleas-

ure right now and she

gives it “two thumbs

gouged in her eyes”.

Yeah we’re that good.

Thomas is a good

guy, and I sincerely

hope he gets his se-

cond state champion-

ship this year so he

can 1) throw it in my

face, and 2) get anoth-

er awkward interview

in front of the entire

school so I can mock

him in Latin class. !

By: Kati Krchnavy

T H E C H I C K P E A

Ghetto Latin:

WHO’S YO DADDY: Quis est tua pater?

S**T HAPPENS: Stercus Accidit

YOLO: Carpe Diem

HATERS GOWWWN HATE: Oderint dum metuant

P A G E 3

Long Letter from the Prez Dear Classy Classi-

cists,

First of all I would like

to thank you all for

your participation in

FNJCL activities thus

far in the year. We

have had a busy year

so far, with fun fellow-

ship events such as

movie nights and trivia

league, and service

projects like the pieing

of teachers and pump-

kin painting for resi-

dents of Rosewood on

Broadway. I am very

proud to be the presi-

dent of such a wonder-

ful group of people.

Every time I attend a

JCL function I am

amazed by the phe-

nomenal people in this

organization. If you

haven’t experienced

this feeling yet, I en-

courage you to just

come to one event,

you will be hooked.

The JCL family is an

incredible thing. Re-

cently I toured North-

western University in

Illinois. I was there for

a total of 36 odd hours.

In that time I saw 4

people I knew from

JCL, two former

NDJCLers and two

ILJCLers I had met at

nationals. On my way

back on the plane I

couldn’t help but think

how incredible that

was. JCL really has

added so much into my

life, mostly in the realm

of friendship. I know

my JCL friends would

do almost anything for

me (including driving

an hour in a 1990s

BMW convertible just

to see me…) I’m in-

credibly grateful for my

JCL family.

The JCL spirit is some-

thing that we should

share with the commu-

nity, with Latin lovers

and those who don’t

even know what

“Carpe Diem” means. I

encourage you all to

get involved with all of

our service projects

coming up, including

our Elementary Clas-

sics Day, on November

12th. We will be teach-

ing kindergartners-5th

graders all about clas-

sical things including

mythology, etymology,

Roman history, and

much more! During the

Christmas season we

will also be doing com-

munity service activi-

ties, such as ringing

bells for the Salvation

Army. JCL is a group

with big purple and

gold hearts, so get in-

volved!

Don’t worry if you

haven’t done anything

in JCL yet, there are

still 220 days until

graduation… not that

I’m counting. Can’t wait

to see you all around

at JCL events!

JCLove,

Kati Krchnavy

T H E C H I C K P E A

Forgot to do your

homework? Use this

one:

“Canis meus id

comedit.”

LATIN IV JCL MEMBERS LETTER IN JCL AUTOMATCALLY

I attended National Convention (2012) (75 points)

I attended State Convention (2012) (60 points)

I attended Concordia Latin Days/ Minehaha (50 points each)

I received a Summa Cum Laude on the NLE (25 points)

I attended local meetings (25 points each)

I submitted an article to the Chickpea (or 10 Volk/Strand Quotes) (25 points each)

I received a Maxima Cum Laude on the NLE (20 points)

I participated in fundraising events (20 points each)

I attended fellowship events (20 points each)

I participated in a community service event (20 points each)

I received a Magna Cum Laude on the NLE (Achievement in Intro) (15 points)

I submitted pictures to the scrapbook (10 points)

I attended Caesar’s Club (5 points each)

I received a Cum Laude on the NLE (5 points)

GRAND TOTAL _____________

IS IT 300 OR MORE? AWESOME YOU LETTERED!!!!

JCL Lettering Requirements

Quotations Strand Quotes

“Are you praying over there? There’s no praying in public school!”

“All my friends live in cemeteries.”

“If you give up on Latin you give up on life.”

Volk Quotes

“The good, the bad, the ugly Latin teacher.... Strand!”

“That’s also like when Santa’s wife got pregnant, but that’s a whole different story.”

“Like I really want to open my mouth and put it in there after all of you have been playing with it!”

Let’s not fight over grammar (What a hypocrite)

P A G E 5

T H E C H I C K P E A

WINNER Drumroll please!! The winner of the October

Chickpea contest is Keith Lehman with his

drawing of Erin Stangeland.

Runner Ups

By: Ashley W.

By: Lexi Stangland

By: Noah Lean

By: Alexis Elfstrum

By: Reed Hansen By: Emmalee Volk

By: Ben Swanson

September/October Picture Drawing Contest

LEISURE PAGE Page 6

Suggested reading: Lightning by Dean Koontz, Hideaway by Dean Koontz, Christine by Stephen King, and The Funhouse by Dean Koontz. (You’ll understand some references in the horoscope sec-tion). Black-listed books, DO NOT READ: The Crucible by Arthur Miller, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Ecce Romani by Prentice Hall Publishers.