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Latin Club Newspaper Takes Off Editor: Margaret Tomasiewicz

Volume I, Issue I

October 2014

Elections Editor: Margaret Tomasiewicz

One fair Friday a few

weeks ago, the CMH Latin club

gathered to elect its 2014-2015

officials. Incumbent Brenna Lewan-

dowski ran unopposed for the

position of Spirit Coordinator, due

to threats of what would happen

to anyone who ran against her.

Also elected without opposition

were Brenna Krawzcyk and Julia

Lingo for the two secretary posi-

tions. Gradyn Lentz was elected

President despite a highly offensive

campaign speech and competition

from a food-promising Hayes

Wass. Gradyn pulled out this nar-

row victory along with the newly

elected Aediles: Hayes Wass, Ariel

Jaeger, and Abby Zettel. Bryan

Olson and Margaret Tomasiewicz

were later appointed Vice Presi-

dent and Creative Director, respec-

tively. Gradyn Lentz, the new

“Imperator”' as we Latin students

call him, has quite a few words for

everyone, as Gradyn often does.

His article will be continued on

pages III and IV.

(cont. pg III) By Gradyn Lentz

I’ll start off with a bit of

sincerity: I have absolutely no idea

what I could possibly write a col-

umn about. At first, when I was

told I would be given a specialized

column for whatever random inner

Meeting updates II

Cover Story cont. III

More Meeting upates III

Roman Culure and

This month in Histo-

ry

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President’s Corner

and Meet the Club

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Crossword V

Fun Info V

Inside this issue:

HighLights: New officers elected!

Fun games and riddles!

This is the first EVER issue of the Toga!

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Monthly meeting–

continued on page III

The Toga Page II

By Julia Lingo

The monthly WJCL meeting was held at Home-

stead High School on September 21st at 11AM. This meet-

ing was conducted to fill the empty position of secretary

because Aliyah was too cool to do it. (But really, congratu-

lations to Aliyah for being elected as National Communica-

tions Coordinator). Gradyn drove Ariel, Julia, and Brenna

to the meeting. He was a very scary driver and would not

let Julia play any cool music. He also ran a red light. The

four CMH representatives strolled into the meeting in a

timely manner, unlike last time. Once the meeting started,

a brief summary of WJCL's performance at the national

convention was given. There were no major transporta-

tion issues, and as in past years, Wisconsin held their repu-

tation of only being good at sports. They nearly won the

overall award for spirit, but after being first place going

into the last day of competition, were beaten by Tennes-

see. They weren't bitter at all. President Eli Judge seemed

happy with how well the certamen team did, even though

they didn't advance to final rounds. Lastly, WJCL's secre-

tary Aliyah Quereshi was elected to fill the national posi-

There have been numerous meetings since the beginning of the school year dealing with a variety of

topics. The CMH Classics Club is getting down to business (to defeat the Carthaginians), having already

elected officers for the 2014—2015 school year. As some may know, they did not have officers until March

of last school year. This year is very different, entailing discussion of planning cheers, raising funds, learning

Greek, and the publishing of the newspaper in front of your face right now.

The Classics Club also had an eventful certamen practice last Friday. It became apparent that the Lat-

in students have very short attention spans. It also became apparent that the Latin I students are smarter than

Latin III, something that upset Hayes Wass greatly. If one wishes to look at the material used for Certamen

and testing, it can be found on the WJCL or NJCL website.

Another meeting was spent learning Greek. Gradyn asked that the Greek alphabet be used as a cheer

for convention this year. Non-Latin students are invited to these kinds of meetings as well (tell your

friends!!), something the Classics Club hopes will bring students of other languages, like Luke Howe, to Latin

meetings. (Luke Howe has attended more meetings this year than most of the club officers.)

A design for the club T-shirts was chosen (but not finalized). The upcoming meetings will cover

cheers and the construction of fake swords.

Weekly Meeting Updates

Naves et Bingus LeaderBoard

Latin I

1st: Vincent Haight

2nd: a lot of people

Latin II

1st: Taylor Urchell

2nd: Dan Wallace, Cam Lewis, Catherine Le-

vendoski

Latin III

1st tie: Tori North and

Margaret Tomasiewicz

Latin IV

1st: Chris Rupel

2nd: Courtney Hahn

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...ramblings had been infiltrating my inner monologues, I thought, ‘Sure, I have

plenty of totally noteworthy thoughts.' Well, it was only in the past week or so

that I have come to the realization that I have exactly the life one would expect

from the President of a high school Latin club: a rather boring one.

So I'm going to try to fashion an at least mildly intriguing article out of an idea

that only Alexa Jaeger and I can truly understand: what it feels like to be the

CMH Latin Club President. Everyone strap in!

I think the hardest part of being President is when someone finds out that you

hold that office, and you have to make it sound as cool as you think it is. Some-

times, I don't even try, for example:

"Hey Gradyn, aren't you the Latin President or something?"

"Yeah."

"Huh. What do you even do?"

"I don't know. All I know is there was an election, and I won."

Generally, the conversation spirals from there. Of course, people have questions. I

can't expect them to understand, they've never been to convention. They've nev-

er felt the sweet, hard, gray plastic of the Certamen buzzer sticking to their skin as

their palms start to sweat. They don't know the sensation of winning a round

sheerly by guessing on a multiple choice question.

And yet, they seem to think that if they interrogate me enough, they will come to

understand that nerdiest of adrenaline rushes. Sometimes I end up describing gen-

eral assembly procedures, and I end up painting a picture of the assemblies that

sound insane, because that's exactly what they are. I like to describe them as ‘Like

being in the stands at a homecoming game, except that you're not cheering for

anyone or anything, you're just sort of cheering nonsensically, amidst a congrega-

tion of other people in their own stands, screaming in hopes that they might be

voted the most insane group of people in the room.' I defy anyone to find an

inaccurate part of that description.

Spanish and French and even German are languages, key contributors to cultural

Monthy Meeting Updates

Elections/President’s Corner (Continued from pg I)

(continued from page II) position of communi-

cations coordinator and had to give up

her position as WJCL secretary.

After talking about nationals, the at-

tention was turned to the real reason

everyone was at the meeting, the in-

terim election for secretary. The candi-

dates for secretary sat in the middle of

a large square of tables, ready to be

interrogated. The four candidates were

Peter Arndt, a good friend of the

WJCL officers from Brookfield East,

Emily Catlin, a quiet but resourceful

girl from Brookfield Academy, Thomas

Deguire, a very qualified Boy Scout

from Homestead High School, and

Julia Lingo, a sophomore from Catho-

lic Memorial High School. Julia Lingo

told a hilarious joke in her speech that

Mags was dying over. “Latin is the on-

ly language where, ‘Your skill is declin-

ing,’ can be taken as a compliment,”

said CMH sophomore Julia Lingo. Ali-

yah continued the interview of the

candidates by asking each of them

what their least favorite pop song was.

Peter and Julia’s least favorite pop

song was “Anaconda” by Nicki Minaj.

Emily’s least favorite song was

“Chandelier” by Sia. Thomas’s least

favorite was “Baby” by Justin Bieber.

The candidates were then required to

sing their songs. Thomas sang “Baby”

and his voice cracked. Emily didn’t

want to sing “Chandelier,” so she qui-

etly sang “Friday” by Rebecca Black.

Julia sang “Anaconda” awkwardly but

many people laughed at the butt part.

Peter Arndt's performance of

“Anaconda” was by far the best out of

the four candidates. He twerked. Ob-

viously, Peter won the position of sec-

retary and was knighted with a bum-

blebee umbrella.

After some talk about technical deci-

sions, discussion was opened on State

convention. It was also decided that

WJCL would try to do a service pro-

ject. That concluded WJCL's September

meeting.

Cont. pg IV

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Humanitas Romana

The Toga Page IV

By Brenna Lewandowski

The staple of Roman culture for the general population has been,

and continues to be, the Toga. You’ve seen it appear at frat par-

ties, plays, and the namesake of this newspaper, but you proba-

bly do not know much about it. The Toga was allowed to be

worn by free Roman citizens only, and was cherished by very

traditional families. The Toga was a symbol of status, and was

worn by everyone who wanted to seem like they were someone,

except for on the feast of Saturnalia. To make your own (Though

unrealistic, because Togas were made from circular sheets) Toga

to wear for Halloween, find a twin-sized bedsheet and follow

these directions.

1. Take the corner of the sheet over one shoulder, leaving

about a foot to spare.

2. Wrap the sheet across your body, twice, stopping when the

sheet is behind the shoulder you are holding one corner of

your sheet on.

3. Tie the corner in front of your shoulder with the corner be-

hind your shoulder. Make sure to safety-pin this securely and

safety pin any other loose areas of fabric.

4. To get the “Caesar look”, stab your self in the midsection

repeatedy, especially in a public area. Add some cute headwear

and rock your new look!

By Hayes Wass

2000 BC: The first square wheels are used.

In Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two (B.C),

Aeneas Sailed the Mediterranean Blue.

75 BC: Caesar Wins the Hearts and Stomachs of

Rome with the Invention of His Famous Salad.

49 BC: Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon River with

His Army Declaring War on the Roman Republic.

42 BC: Brutus Commits Suicide after Being Defeated

at the Battle of Philippi

312 AD: The Battle of Milvian Bridge: The Christian

God trumps the Pagan gods.

This Month in Roman History President’s Corner continued from pg III

“Word’s of wisdom from Imperator Gradynus Superbus.”

identity, and largely necessary to get into state schools. Latin is something

else entirely: it is an actual, all-encompassing way of life. This is exactly

why I love Latin. As a freshman years ago, when asked why I wanted to

take Latin, I might reply, ‘Because I hated my middle school Spanish

teacher.' A year later, I might say, ‘Because I get to miss a day and a half

of school every year.' Last year, my response would be ‘Because I need a

third HL course.' Now I know for sure, I do it because it has been so

ingratiated into my character that I can't imagine the person I'd be with-

out it. I am forever indebted to my middle school Spanish teacher, for

being so profoundly disagreeable that she drove me directly into the

arms of Mother Latin.

I'll end on this note: as I near the onset of my college education, I can't

help but think on the elements of my time in high school that have most

prodigiously shaped who I am. For reasons presently veiled to me, the

craziest people are the ones who have had the largest impact on me over

the years. People like Mr. Mrochinski and Gabelbauer have been pro-

found in their roles as sculptors of my young psyche, but everyone at

CMH knows that they must be on something. Therefore, it only follows

suit that Latin would have a similar effect on me, because Latin is the

very embodiment of insanity. All said, I will always consider room 220

my home.

Meet The Club By Ariel Jaeger

This month’s spotlight is on Richard Lentz, the new

Imperator of the CMH Latin Club. Richard was born

on February 12 in Muskego, Wisconsin but now lives at

the address of 1234 Nunya Bisness St. in Brookfield. He

currently attends Catholic Memorial High School. His

religious views are Jamba Juice. Richard is currently

single and is a part-time athlete, full-time player. Rich-

ard likes Kanye West, McDonald’s, Superbad and 192

more things. Nickelback songs summarize his feels.

This information on Gradyn was acquired from Face-

book.com.

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Fun and Games

A roman soldier walks into a

bar, holds up two fingers, and

says:

“I want 5 drinks.”

Joke

Check out Latin Club by

dropping in on a Friday

meeting in Room 220 or

talking to Dr. Austino.

CMH Latin club also has a

website, so visit us at

cmhlatin.weebly.com!

Phrase of the Month

“Cogito Ergo Sum”

I think, therefore I am.

-Descartes

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