Name: Adam Safadi

Hometown: Westminster, CO

Grade: XII

Years in JCL: IV

Role on the NJCL Board:  Technology Coordinator

Favorite aspect of JCL: Meeting and working with other people who also love the Classics!

Best Part of Convention: Definitely Certamen

Favorite aspect of Latin: The spoken language (and mythology!)

Favorite Latin Poem: The Aeneid, or maybe Catullus 2 and 3

Classical idol: Cicero

Mythological favorite: Bellerophon and Pegasus

Favorite classical quote: "Stat sua cuique dies; breve et inreparabile tempus omnibus est vitae; sed famam extendere factis, hoc virtutis opus." --Vergil

Hobbies: Playing violin, debate, making websites

Pets: Too many: I have a cat (Dusty), a dog (Bullet), an African Grey (Valentine), a Sun Conure (Eddie), an Indian Ring Neck (Tango), about 7 Lovebirds, 3 Finches, 6 Budgies, 5 Canaries...and...I think that's it.

Favorite Composers: Anything classical, baroque, pre-baroque, or romantic periods plus a few modern composers like Philip Glass. My top three favourite composers of all time are Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Sergei Prokofiev

Favorite Movie: Either The Terminal or The Godfather

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough all the way! (Cheesecake is also good)

Dream Vacation Destination: Rome! Or maybe New Zealand.

Childhood Dream Job: I really wanted to be a magician or a neurologist

Nobody knows that I can... read a 21 page debate case aloud in 8 minutes!