Spring 2016
Latin Jokes
1. Are you the third principle part?
Because you are perfect.
2. What did Julius Caesar eat when he was dieting?
A caesar salad, of course!
3. Zeus sure became more open-minded after Athena was
born!
4. Poor Cassandra was gifted with prophecy, but nobody
took her SEERiously.
5. What did the verb say to the noun?
I'd ask you to conjugate, but I know you'd decline.
6. Any salad can be a caesar salad if you stab it enough.
Julius Caesar
Cassandra
Katie Liggett, Westlake
The New Board and Their Roman Counterparts
President Brian Robert Johnson:
Commodus
Southern Gubernator Julia Dean: Julia Domna
• Part of a rich history of politicians before her, she carries
much political influence
and is a prodigious
l e a r n e r. ( S h e w a s
probably named after
someone Roman, right?
She is a Dean, after all…)
• Well-liked at the beginning of his
reign, although it remains to be
seen how history will remember
him.
1st VP Julia Cardinal: Trajan
• Increasing membership left and
right, expanding the influence of
the OJCL with every outreach.
2nd VP Joseph Delamerced: Tiberius
Gracchus
Central Gubernator Aquila
Simmons: Cicero
Commodus
• Concerned for the less fortunate,
always willing to fully sacrifice
himself for what he believes in.
Northern Gubernator Blake
Himes: Verres
Secretary Vishnu Kasturi: Eutropius
Cicero
• Only remembered for the
misgover nment of his province and extreme
embarrassment of Rome.
• Loosely records the daily
happenings within the OJCL;
some, however, question his depth
and accuracy.
Historian Caroline Klette: Pliny the Younger
• Detailing life as she sees it, although via the slightly
more advanced medium of photography.
Treasurer Kelly Thaxton: Marius
• Who knows just how many times
she’ll be treasurer?
Parliamentarian Tullus Dean: Tullus Hostilius
• Passionate about the
language and the upkeep
of civilization. Always on
the side of what’s right.
Marius
• Just cuz the name… I’m sure they share something.
Editor Lynn Ahrens: Horace
• Writing things people want to read, hopefully with some
witty banter included.
Blake Himes, OJCL Norther Gubernator, Shaker Heights
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