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st at e conv
ent ion
St at e Convent ion has always
been
quit e t he experience. From t oilet s exploding
t o st range sounds in t he m iddle of t he night ,
t here?s always som et hing t hat goes down.
But t hat ?s t he t hing--St at e Convent ion is just
t he best event . Every JCLer in t he ent ire st at e
has t he opport unit y t o com e t oget her t o
spend one, sleep deprived, classically
jam -packed weekend as a m ass of
MassJCLers.
The 2017 MassJCL St at e Convent ion
was by far t he m ost exhilarat ing convent ion.
Aft er arriving at t he beaut iful St urbridge
Convent ion Cent er, a num ber of us
m eandered about , m aking new friends and
rem iniscing about past convent ions. Rachel
Bisson and Hugh Sanford, our st at e officers,
worked
behind
t he
scenes
during
Convent ion t o put on t he num erous event s
and act ivit ies for st udent s t o do. Finally,
aft er a wonderful dinner of sandwiches, we
headed t o General Assem bly (GA) One for
speeches and ot her announcem ent s.
The candidat es for st at e office t his
year were phenom enal. While t here were
few cont est ed cam paigns, a m ajorit y of t he
officer-hopefuls st ill poured t heir heart s out
int o t heir cam paigns, focusing on reform
and, m ore im port ant ly, m em es. Tim Liu, who
ran for t he office of First Vice President
(1VP), secured t he spot in a t ough-fought
cam paign.
Through
t he
use
of
cam paign-orient ed m em es, such as his
slogan ?Wot in TIMnat ion!? Tim picked up
speed t o becom e a fan-favorit e. The office of
3
Second Vice president (2VP), on t he ot her
hand, was a bat t le in which no candidat e
won. While t hree cont est ant s ent ered t he
arena, no one em erged wit h a m ajorit y vot e,
causing a St at e of Em ergency (which was
resolved
post -convent ion
when
t he
2017-2018 St at e Officers chose Tam sin
Edwards of Mass Academ y t o fulfill t he
dut ies of t he 2VP).
Besides helping m e wit h m y
cam paign for Publicat ions Edit or, st udent s
from Mount Greylock part icipat ed in a
plet hora of ot her act ivit ies.
Besides helping m e wit h m y cam paign for
Publicat ions Edit or, st udent s from Mount
Greylock part icipat ed in a plet hora of
ot her
act ivit ies.
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" Fr om t oil et s ex pl oding
t o st r ange sounds in t he
middl e of t he night ,
t her e?s al ways somet hing
t hat goes down. "
Pr esi den t : Jack LeBlanc
Fi r st VP: Sam Tr ybus
Secon d VP: Aver y Pow er s
Secr et ar y: Gr ace Kelley
Tr easu r er : Katr ina
Hotaling
MEET THE
BOARD
Par l i am en t ar i an : Evan
Sher idan
Hi st or i an : Colette Stapp
Pu bl i cat i on s Edi t or :
M or gan Nottke
Tech Coor di n at or : Ruth
Weaver