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Board Members

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Meet Our Board Members

Consul

Kit Rady

Junior, Latin III

Board Duties: Plan what we do and run the meetings

Favorite Nifongism: "I'd rather be an assassin [than steal ancient artifacts] ... people are replaceable; antiquities are not."

Favorite Latin word: tetigī

Experience in Latin with 3 words: Nifong is messy

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: art, video games, math

Praetor Urbanus

Chloe Lawson

Junior, Latin V

Board Duties: Run elections, and edit the constitution!

Favorite Nifongism: “LET’S ALL ULULATE! *yodeling intensifies*” & “What does uwu mean?”

Favorite Latin word: sub rosa

Experience in Latin with 3 words: terrifying, nonsensical, and entertaining

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: playing in band, collecting vinyls, and Game of Thrones

Quaestor Scriptorum

Chloe Nam

Sophomore, Latin IV

Board Duties: Taking notes during board meetings

Favorite Nifongism:  “Sure I may be a Latin teacher, but the one thing I love more than Latin is… Justin Bieber”

Favorite Latin word: nam - "for"

Experience in Latin with 3 words: Very funky fresh

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: Orchestra, playing my kazoo, and being awake at ungodly hours

Censor

Julihannah Lu

Senior, Latin IV

Board Duties: manage the website

Favorite Nifongism: “Don’t say ‘have swam’ anywhere near me or you may find yourself swimming. Outside. In the river. [...] Don’t write that down!” and “BACK, you apple!”

Favorite Latin word: iaciō, iacere, iēcī, iactum — in the words of Magister, “to yeet”

Experience in Latin with 3 words: laborious, fascinating, whimsical

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: birds, puzzle and adventure games, and art (drawing & 3D)

Spirit Aedile

Charlotte Kirvaitis

Junior, Latin III

Board Duties: Run spirit for IJCL (chants, costumes, etc.), senior sendoff at banquet 

Favorite Nifongism: Anything about Aaron

Favorite Latin word: pinus

Experience in Latin with 3 words: Silly, goofy, funny

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: Poms, singing, lacrosse

Freshmen Tribune

Liya Viola

Freshman, Latin I

Board Duties: Communicating and being a voice for the Latin I class

Favorite Nifongism: “When I went to the Jewel I tripped on pickle juice and broke my knee.”

Favorite Latin word: Deo volente, "God willing"

Experience in Latin with 3 words: Let's say interesting

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: books, debate, Spotify

Consul

Bella Gainey

Junior, Latin III

Board Duties: Plan what we do and run the meetings

Favorite Nifongism: “No, no… I did see Jesus!”

Favorite Latin word: facere

Experience in Latin with 3 words: what is happening

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: exploring chi, blasting music, thrifting

Praetor Peregrinus

Lily Meegoda

Sophomore, Latin II

Board Duties: ​Running the social media, helping with publicity

Favorite Nifongism: “Enslave the French kids”

Favorite Latin word: saxum

Experience in Latin with 3 words: chaotic, cult-like, silly

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: art in all forms, Mitski and MCR, and jellyfish

Quaestor Pecuniarum

Evangelia Buzanis

Sophomore, Latin II

Board Duties: Running the pledge drive/dealing with the money

Favorite Nifongism: #1497: “Flowers are like children; you feed them well, you pat them on the head, and hope they’ll keep living, but maybe they’ll drop dead at any moment.”

Favorite Latin word: ferus, -a, -um

Experience in Latin with 3 words: wow, spontaneous, interesting

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: choir, math, reading

Historian

Luke Montzka

Sophomore, Latin III

Board Duties: Taking pictures to document Latin events and creating a scrapbook for ILJCL convention

Favorite Nifongism: “Usually people who have too many hookers and too much coke are a little cocky"

Favorite Latin word: mors, mortis (n.)

Experience in Latin with 3 words: That is crazy

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: Orchestra, world history, and sailing

Spirit Aedile

Fayge Crandus

Junior, Latin III

Board Duties: Organizing spirit for IJCL, Banquet stuff 

Favorite Nifongism: “When I went to the Jewel I tripped on pickle juice and broke my knee.”

Favorite Latin word: hortus

Experience in Latin with 3 words: Funny and interesting

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: lacrosse, baking, climbing

Freshmen Tribune

Sarah Pati

Freshman, Latin I

Board Duties:  Suggesting ideas in meetings, reporting to Latin I about meeting topics, and communicating events and important dates to Latin I class

Favorite Nifongism: "Otherwise, you may as well be a non-sentient rock sitting in your backyard getting peed on by squirrels!”

Favorite Latin word: silva, "forest"

Experience in Latin with 3 words: Lots of notes

3 non-Latin things you enjoy: volleyball, violin, Taylor Swift

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