{"id":4559,"date":"2022-09-07T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=4559"},"modified":"2024-08-07T17:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T17:16:04","slug":"the-words-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home-2\/the-words-september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Words: September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/9812B5AF-01A1-4DA2-833F-9756BA0B26C0-300x112.jpeg\" alt=\"The Words\" class=\"wp-image-3602\" style=\"width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/9812B5AF-01A1-4DA2-833F-9756BA0B26C0-300x112.jpeg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/9812B5AF-01A1-4DA2-833F-9756BA0B26C0-768x288.jpeg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/9812B5AF-01A1-4DA2-833F-9756BA0B26C0.jpeg 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Letter from the Editors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Zoe Roos Scheuerman &#8217;24 and Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello, wonderful readers! We&#8217;re so excited to welcome you back to another year of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. We&#8217;re your senior newsletter editors, Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24 (she\/they), and Zoe Scheuerman &#8217;24 (she\/her). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home\/the-words-september-2022\/letter-from-the-editors\/\">Read more about them here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing the Staff of The Words<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are so excited to introduce ourselves to you, and we hope that you enjoy reading this year&#8217;s issues as much as we enjoy bringing them to you. A reminder: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">you<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, readers, are what make <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> exciting, so please, keep us updated on your going-ons! Drop us a line if you start a project, go to a great event, get something published, or want to share any words of wisdom with our readers. We always want to hype you up in our monthly issues. And now, without further ado, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home\/the-words-september-2022\/introducing-the-staff-of-the-words\/\">read our introductions here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing Our 2022-23 Student Workers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We at <i>The Words<\/i> are so excited to introduce our readers to this year&#8217;s crop of student workers! We have some old-timers as well as five wonderful new hires, and we wanted to give them the opportunity to introduce themselves on their own terms. So, please peruse the following syllabi, created by our students about themselves, in case anyone is searching for readings lists or new class ideas. Don&#8217;t worry, there won&#8217;t be a test! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home\/the-words-september-2022\/introducing-our-2022-23-student-workers\/\">Read our syllabi here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcoming Faculty Back to the English Department!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zo\u00eb Roos Scheuerman &#8217;24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Much like students are returning to the hallways and classrooms of Old Main, so are faculty members returning to Old Main 2! Several professors spent the past year away on sabbatical or writer\u2019s leave. 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