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Who We Are

We are the Jugulars, Northwestern’s official juggling club. We’re a group of medical students and jugglers from the Chicago area who meet twice a week to learn new tricks, practice old ones, and generally have a good time. In addition to juggling, we rola bola, unicycle, and spin poi. We perform for local hospitals, schools and shelters, and hope to brighten everyone’s day with a bit of fun!

What We Do

We meet twice a week throughout the year to practice juggling, rola bola, stilts, unicycle, and poi. We also perform at local hospitals, schools, and shelters, as well as in the medical school’s annual comedy revue In Vivo. We’ve been known to juggle knives on stage, torches at the beach, and rubber chickens and eggs in the park.

Milestones

Fall, 1998: The Jugulars are founded by Beth Villavicencio (MD/PhD Class of 2002) and Dean of Students, Jack Snarr.

Jan, 1999: The Jugulars perform in the annual medical school variety show - In Vivo - for the first time as a club.

Spring, 1999: The Student Senate officially recognizes the Jugulars as a student organization

Spring, 1999: The Jugulars begin performing regularly at local hospitals and charity organizations including the: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Children's Memorial Ronald McDonald House, and local women's shelters.

Spring, 2000: The juggling club makes its first trip to the house of staunch juggling club supporters Lou & Diane Piskur where together they construct 5 pairs of stilts.

Winter, 2002: Lou provides more woodworking expertise by crafting Rola Bolas for the club.

Spring, 2002: The Jugulars make their first appearance on television as NBC Channel 5 and health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites do a story on the club. (Click here to go to NBC5's website)

Summer, 2002: The Jugulars' official logo is created and designed by Alex Thomas - cartoonist for the Daily Northwestern.

updated 11-15-03