{"id":4124,"date":"2022-02-03T01:03:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T01:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=4124"},"modified":"2024-07-30T17:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:24:53","slug":"welcome-marley-craine-25-and-lydia-schmelzer-23","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/the-words-february-2022\/welcome-marley-craine-25-and-lydia-schmelzer-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Marley Craine &#8217;25 and Lydia Schmelzer &#8217;23!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This semester, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is delighted to introduce our readers to our two newest student workers, Marley Craine &#8217;25 and Lydia Schmelzer &#8217;23. We&#8217;re excited to give you the inside scoop on how cool they both are!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marley Craine &#8217;25 is an intended English major on the Creative Writing track, joining us as an Office Assistant. Of her arrival to the team, she said, &#8220;I was drawn to the English department because it seemed like a kind, cozy, welcoming environment. I\u2019m excited about majoring in English and I wanted to get to know the department more!&#8221; She also mentioned Introduction to Poetry as her favorite class so far, and looks forward to writing fiction and making memories in Old Main. Outside of class, Marley told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that she enjoys &#8220;reading and writing (of course!), baking, hiking, and jogging. I am also in Macalester\u2019s sketch comedy group, Bad Comedy!&#8221; Asked for book recommendations, she named <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These Precious Days<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Ann Patchett and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conversations With Friends<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Sally Rooney.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lydia Schmelzer &#8217;23 is an English Literature major with a sociology minor, and will also be joining the team as an Office Assistant. While initially undecided, after lots of great classes and professors, including Zadie Smith and Ali Smith with Professor Elkins, as well as plenty of Old Main Floor 2 homework sessions, Lydia declared her English major. Though she&#8217;s on the literature track, she&#8217;s looking forward to Creative Nonfiction with Professor Franson this semester. Asked about her favorite books, she recommends <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Slow Days, Fast Company<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Eve Babitz and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Should A Person Be?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Sheila Heti. And much like the author of this article, she&#8217;s lactose intolerant!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other news, we&#8217;re also proud of student workers Birdie Keller &#8217;25 and Charley Eatchel &#8217;24, who are both ramping up their roles in the department by becoming social media apprentices this semester! Additionally, resident icon Patrick Coy-Bjork &#8217;23 is taking on the role of Communications Liaison, and Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24 will be learning about the role of senior newsletter editor here at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. We&#8217;re so excited to have such a great team as we kick off Spring 2022!<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-4125\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/lydia-schmelzer-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Lydia Schmelzer\" class=\"wp-image-4125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/lydia-schmelzer-225x300.jpeg 225w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/lydia-schmelzer-768x1024.jpeg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/lydia-schmelzer-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/lydia-schmelzer.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lydia Schmelzer &#8217;23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-4126\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/IMG_7384-300x246.jpeg\" alt=\"Marley Craine\" class=\"wp-image-4126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/IMG_7384-300x246.jpeg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/IMG_7384-1024x838.jpeg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/IMG_7384-768x629.jpeg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/IMG_7384-1536x1258.jpeg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2022\/02\/IMG_7384-2048x1677.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marley Craine &#8217;25<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24 This semester, The Words is delighted to introduce our readers to our two newest student workers, Marley Craine &#8217;25 and Lydia Schmelzer &#8217;23. We&#8217;re excited to give you the inside scoop on how cool they both are! Marley Craine &#8217;25 is an intended English major on the Creative Writing track, joining [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":4119,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7097,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4124\/revisions\/7097"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}