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Fall Forum, and Why You
Should Go!
By Jimmy Fraley
Every year, the OJCL
hosts a Fall Forum at
Columbus Academy.
Since its inaugural year
in 2016, Fall Forum has
attracted JCLers from
around the state to
participate in
numerous classic and
exciting activities. But
even still— why
should you go to Fall
Forum?
Testing
Testing doesn’t seem like
a reason to get hyped for
Fall Forum. However, it
doesn’t hurt to try your
luck with a short test and
possibly win something.
Certamen
This competition
involving the classic
buzzer game gives you
the opportunity to test
your skills against
competitors from all
around the state with less
of the pressure that
competitive certamen
brings.
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Colloquia
The colloquia at Fall
Forum cover a variety of
topics, ranging from the
fun and educational ones
like weaving, to the more
practical, including how
to run for state office.
during these games,
especially if their team
wins.
Creative Arts
There are many creative
arts competitions. As far
as creative arts are
concerned, there are
Graphic Arts
different kinds of sight
At convention, there are
passages where delegates
many different types of
are given a passage
graphic arts competitions. they've never seen before
Similarly, at Fall Forum,
of Latin or English and are
there are still graphic arts, asked to perform it in
but on a much smaller
front of judges with little
scale. Delegates at Fall
time to prepare. These
Forum can compete in
passages vary in difficulty
impromptu art, in which
based on your experience,
teams work to create a
and are one of the most
masterpiece involving a
underrated and hidden
classical theme, a short
parts of Fall Forum.
list of materials, and a
generous time limit.
Service
A service project is hosted
every year at Fall Forum.
One of the most common
Olympika
projects is making cards to
At National Convention,
delegates can compete in deliver to hospitalized
children. This is one of the
Olympika, which cover
sports from volleyball to most rewarding parts of
Fall Forum, as not only do
ultimate frisbee. At Fall
you get an opportunity to
Forum, there are usually
spend time with fellow
two main activities:
JCLers, but you also are
capture the flag and
making a difference.
ultimate frisbee. All
delegates have a blast