working hard on our FNJCL

website. We have to say, it

looks pretty spiffy! You can

check it out at

www.northjcl.webs.com!

There are several events

coming up this month, and

we hope you can attend!

Have a great October!

Sincerely,

Ahmed & Alicia

Chickpea

Contest:

Draw a picture of you favor-

ite Latin Classmate and sub-

mit it to the Chickpea! Win-

ner gets a candy bar of their

choice!! Get your drawings

in today!!

Salvete Fellow Classy-

Classicists,

First Chickpea of the year! Get

excited! We are Ahmed and

Alicia, the editors of the Chick-

pea in your hands right this very

second. To those of you who

are new to Latin or the JCL, the

Chickpea is our monthly news-

letter, a way to stay connected,

and something fun to read

when Latin class gets really bor-

ing. Our goal is to get at least

one Chickpea out each and eve-

ry month of the hectic school

year. In order for us to be able

to accomplish our goal, we

need your help! Please don’t

hesitate to give us any articles,

Volk and Strand quotes, pic-

tures, suggestions, etc. There is

an orange folder in the Latin

room, our emails are listed on a

following page, and if you’d like

to text us Volk and Strand

Quotes you’ll have to ask for

our numbers (never know who

could be reading this, so it’s

probably not the best idea to

put our numbers in here).

Eighth graders, we haven’t for-

gotten about you, a folder

should be set up in your

classroom at Ben by this

time, but if not, it’ll be

there asap.

We hope this school year

has been off to a great

start and that you enjoyed

all of the Homecoming

festivities. Thank you to

everyone who participated

in the Pie the Teacher

fundraiser. We were able

to raise $615.59 for the

Garcia family! If anyone

was by chance not present

at Pepfest, the looks on

the teachers faces as stu-

dents pied them was price-

less. Mr. Erickson, Mr.

Heck, Ouren, Mr. I, and

Hanson all received pies to

the face! A few weeks ago

we sold about $2000 dol-

lars in concessions! Let’s

keep this momentum going

and this will be the best

year ever!

Our webmasters Lauren

and Michael have been

Letter from the Editors

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Nationals

diary + up-

coming

events

2

Member

pro-

file+design

3

Officer Con-

tacts

4

Nationals

Pics

5

Leisure Page

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

P A G E 2

“Marmoream

relinquo, quam

latericiam

accepi .”-

Augustus Caesar

Blazer’s Nationals Diary Entry Blazer’s Nationals

Experience

The following is a jour-

nal of my Nationals ex-

perience that took place

this past summer; July

25th through July 30th.

WARNING: The content

that you are about to

read may or may not be

exaggerated and or mind

-blowing. Brace your-

self.

Wednesday: It was 5:03

A.M. at the Hector Inter-

national airport, spirits

were high and the coffee

was brewed. Everyone

was anxious to set out on

yet another Nationals

adventure. The flight

into Minneapolis was

SICK. I mean if you

don’t like turbulence

then you would probably

have gotten sick on that

fight. At the Minneap-

olis airport, several

flights went their sepa-

rate ways and we even-

tually met up in Winston

Salem, North Carolina.

(Lis Fricker and I got to

go to New York on the

way but that’s a different

story.) The first thing we

did was take a nap…

PSYCH! Oh no! The

first thing we did was hit

up the mall. After that

we tried to go swimming

at our lovely hotel. In the

hallway, two delegates,

whose name’s won’t be

mentioned, were walk-

ing through the hallways

in only bathing suits

when an elderly man

gave them the dirtiest

look I’ve ever seen. He

then told the ladies that

they should “put some

clothes on” because

“there are Christians at

this hotel.” It was hard

to contain laughter ladies

and gentleman. So, after

Erin and Lauren put

some clothes on we at-

tempted swimming in

the outdoor pool, but

failed because of boys

doing flips on a slippery

surface. As a lifeguard, I

was deeply disturbed at

the sight. To conclude

the evening, there was

an enormous amount of

chilling, waffle housing,

biscuit eating, and sleep-

ing.

* Keep in mind that no

one sleeps at Nationals.

When I say sleeping, we

merely doze off for a

couple moments.

TO BE CONTINUED!

T H E C H I C K P E A

Blazer

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

peeled for announcements and reminders in your classroom with more details!

Sunday October 7th: Trivia Night! 6:30 pm in the Latin Room

Wednesday October 10th: Meeting 4 pm in the Latin Room

Wednesday October 17th: Bonfire 7 to 10 pm at Michael Russell’s (the address

will be posted in the Latin rooms at Ben and North)

Tuesday October 23rd: JCL Meeting and Pumpkin Painting 7 pm at North

Wednesday October 31st: Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF 6 or 7 pm, time TBA

Upcoming Events

P A G E 3

Member Profile The only reason I’m

writing a profile about

Lauren Singelmann is

because she demanded

I do so, and I had to

hush the incessant

whining somehow. So

here it is: Lauren, what

do I have to say about

her? Well for starters

she is probably close to

the world’s biggest

spaz. She still thinks

that because I left a

poster in her room af-

ter nationals she is go-

ing to be charged. Lau-

ren also has beef with

the NJCL (but don’t we

all?), after three years

of waiting patiently she

thought that

#NJCL2013 was going

to be over her birthday.

SED, they changed the

dates and now it is a

whole week away.

EHEU!! No JCL birth-

day for her! But alas,

there is hope, thank

you Pandora. In the

year of the Lord

MMXIV nationals

dates have been set for

July 28-August 2

(Lauren’s 18th literal

and 12th emotional

birthday)!! IT’S GON-

NA BE A PARTY IN

HOTLANTA. So

yeah… only like 674

days until that, totally

start prepping now…

But anyway more

about Lauren: She is

the worst tuber I have

ever seen, she’ll try to

tell you differently but

she is a LIAR. She

teaches Mason’s

(Strand’s son’s) reli-

gion class and a direct

quote from Mason on

her “Is she qualified to

do this?” Lauren also

has the coolest sister

on the planet, Jamie. I

feel bad for Lauren,

having to live up the

standards her younger

sister Jamie has set.

But it’s ok; she makes

a really good dancing

lobster and a really

good roommate and a

really good fellow-

terrible-golfer (even

though one time she

almost lettered). So

everyone, watch out for

Lauren! She will not go

unnoticed I promise!

By: Katie Krchnavy

T H E C H I C K P E A

Hey you! Yeah, you! Do you want to see your own design on a T-shirt or win-

dow sticker? Well then, enter YOUR FNJCL T-shirt/window sticker design

today! It would be awesome to get them in as soon as possible so voting on

your favorite design can begin! The sooner you get your fantastic ideas in, the

sooner you will have your T-shirt and window sticker in your hand. Designs

can be turned in me (Michael Russell) or into the Chickpea folder! Let’s get

these designs in asap as possible!

- Michael Russell

*Content may have been slightly edited.

T-shirt and Window Sticker Design!

Convention. There truly is

something to everybody in

JCL, whether it’s academic,

social, leadership, etc. So if

you have not gotten that five

bucks in I encourage you to

do so as soon as possible.

Also, if your whole class

gets their membership in,

your class may get brownies

and barn dancing video, so

you better turn in your mon-

ey fast!

-Jake Stibbe, 1st VP

Salvete Omnes! My name is

Jake Stibbe and I am your

First VP! As First VP I en-

courage all of you to join

JCL and become a part of

our family. There are so

many great people that you

meet in JCL and so many

wonderful opportunities for

everyone involved. As a

chapter we have many fun

fellowship events, many

great service projects, and

we participate in many other

fun Latin events, such as

State JCL, Concordia Latin

Days, and National JCL

Salvete amicae!

We have been working hard on

some fancy new technology and

ways for us to stay connected to

the JCL family. Follow us on

twitter! Our website is: http://

northjcl.webs.com/. You can also

find us on Facebook at FNJCL

2012-2013. Be sure to check

everything out!

-Lauren Singelmann and Michael

Abramyan

Co-Webmasters

Officer Contacts:

President: Kati Krchnavy kmkrchnavy@gmail.com

1st VP: Jake Stibbe jake.stibbe@gmail.com

2nd VP: Michael Russell mikeyjruss@gmail.com

Secretary: Beth Podoll beth.c.podoll@sendit.nodak.edu

Editors: Alicia Anderson 80370@fargoschools.org and Ahmed

Attia 86031@fargoschools.org

Historian: Jill Kadrmas 81983@fargoschools.org

Webmasters: Michael Abramyam micke.pilot@gmail.com and

Lauren Singelmann lnsingelmann@hotmail.com

Fargo North JCL on the Interwebs

JOIN JCL NOW Visit http://

northjcl.webs.com

JCL Membership Equals:

And…..

P A G E 5

T H E C H I C K P E A

Nationals Pictures

This summer, NDJCL participated in both a trip to Italy and Nationals in Win-

ston-Salem, North Carolina! Both trips, according to several anonymous

firsthand accounts, were a lot of fun. If you wish to participate in the next na-

tionals trip, it will be held in Las Vegas this summer. It will also be fun. If

you’re over 18, it will be even more fun. Here are pics of this summer’s JCL

events:

Veni, Vidi, Vici

Purpureus et Aurum, Pur-

pureus et Aurum

Pulcher Dies!

Italia Pictures

Bellum!!! Tu Tantum Vivere Unum Tempus

A boatload of fun–

JCLers aboard a Scapha

Ad Colosseum Ad Urbem

FUN PAGE!!! Page 6

Aries

March 21-April 19

Breathe deep and

enjoy the moment.

Taurus

April 20- May 20

It may be a good

idea to stay away

from China shops.

Gemini

May 21- June 20

Keep your multiple

personalities in

check.

Cancer

June 21- July 22

Stop being so crab-

by all the time! It

annoys people.

Leo

July 23- August 22

Go out and buy a

stuffed lion. Do it!

Do it now! Rawr!

Virgo

August 23- Sep-

tember 22

Girl, you rock!

Keep doing what

you’re doing!

Libra

September 23- Oc-

tober 22

Wear zebra pattern

on Friday, whether

you are a boy or a

girl.

Scorpio

October 23- No-

vember 21

BOOO!!!!!!!

Sagittarius No-

vember 22- De-

cember 21

This month will be

the best month of

your life so far.

Capricorn De-

cember 22- Janu-

ary 19

Next Wednesday is

going to be FAN-

TASTIC!!!

Aquarius

January 20- Feb-

ruary 18

Don’t drink the wa-

ter in Mexico.

Pisces

February 19-

March 20

Sing the Under the

Sea every morning,

right away.

Horo

scop

es B

y: A

licia &

Xy

I VIII VII IX V

II V I VII

VI IV II

V IX I VIII

III VIII VI VII

VII II IV I

IV II V VIII I

VIII IX

III I VII VI IX

Fill in each box, row, and column with Roman

numerals I through IX.