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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES: FIRST VP PAGE 7 Hope Judge, Madison West What do you do outside of Latin and school? When not doing Latin or schoolwork, you will likely find me in my room with my cat. I have always loved poetry and will pick up a pencil every now and then and get to writing. I practice yoga and theater in my free time, as well as spend a lot of time with my friends and family. What position are you running for? Why did you choose to run for it? Why are you the best candidate for your chosen position? I’m running for the 1st Vice President of the WJCL. Entering Latin my freshman year, I was already thrilled to see what my brothers had loved so much about it. Instantly, I grew the same attachment to the classics that I’d seen them express over the years. I take pride in my ability to talk to people and make friends, and I think that friendliness is one of the defining characteristics of this position. I am currently the 1st Vice President of Madison West and have doubled our club attendance as well as grown our recruitment for State. I was asked to run for historian when there was a vacancy, and while the outcome may be more predictable, I am running for 1st VP to be 1st VP. If elected, what changes would you implement? What would you keep the same? I have already written some emails to arrange publicity in the Isthmus newspaper. I understand that the requirements of this position include recruitment and publicity, and my teacher, the wonderful Mags, and I have arranged to talk to the Edgewood High Latin teacher to get them re-involved in the WJCL. Right now, I think it’s important to get some chapters from up north, such as Sister Bay and Green Bay, as this is the WJCL, more than Milwaukee Junior Classical League. If this means holding one board meeting a year up North, it would be worth growing our entire delegation to all of WI. You’ve been sent home at your parents’ expense. What did you do? My friend Parny and I accidentally shattered our hotel window after practicing our duet of the JCL creed so loudly and off-pitch. What was your favorite album of 2017? Flower Boy by Tyler, the Creator. I loved this album because while Tyler has had a history of obscene music in the past, he reinvented himself with this album that touched a lot of social and political issues seen today. Stranger Things or Riverdale? Riverdale. I really like both shows but I grew up reading the Archie comics. it’s so fun for me and my friend, Chelsea, to find all the changes and reinterpretations of the characters. Also, Stranger Things really confuses me.