{"id":4795,"date":"2023-01-26T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=4795"},"modified":"2024-07-26T20:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T20:38:43","slug":"welcome-back-from-the-senior-editors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/welcome-back-from-the-senior-editors\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back from the Senior Editors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Chloe Moore &#8217;24 and Patrick Coy-Bjork &#8217;24<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/68549230160__51DA424F-4C24-488D-891B-9079FE847DDF-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Chloe Moore '24 and Patrick Coy-Bjork '24\" class=\"wp-image-4797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/68549230160__51DA424F-4C24-488D-891B-9079FE847DDF-300x225.jpeg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/68549230160__51DA424F-4C24-488D-891B-9079FE847DDF-1024x768.jpeg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/68549230160__51DA424F-4C24-488D-891B-9079FE847DDF-768x576.jpeg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/68549230160__51DA424F-4C24-488D-891B-9079FE847DDF-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/68549230160__51DA424F-4C24-488D-891B-9079FE847DDF-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Readers,<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome back and happy spring, even if it doesn&#8217;t feel like it! We&#8217;re your Senior Newsletter Editors: Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24 (she\/they) and Patrick Coy-Bjork &#8217;24 (he\/they). I (Chlo\u00eb) was a Senior Editor last semester, and Patrick is moving up to join me for the spring! Last semester, they were an associate editor, and are joining me at this lofty echelon now that our former co-Senior Editor Zo\u00eb is off on grand adventures in Germany! We of course miss her terribly, but know she is having a blast in Europe! In terms of other changes, we are delighted to welcome Sydney Ellison &#8217;24 and Lydia Schmelzer &#8217;23 to the Associate Editor team! You can read about them in their own <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (hehe) later in this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we look towards this semester, we continue to be excited about bringing you the best of English department news. We&#8217;ll be highlighting cool events, neat classes, and the wonderful cast of characters\u2013 students, faculty, staff, and alumns\u2013 that bring life to the haunted and hallowed halls of Old Main. To that end: if you do anything cool (go to an event! have something published! read a really awesome book! see an awesome Mac production!) please let us know! We would love nothing more than to sing your praises to our wonderful readers. Feel free to email either <\/span><a href=\"mailto:englishdepartment@macalester.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">englishdepartment@macalester.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or the editors directly: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:cmoore3@macalester.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cmoore3@macalester.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"mailto:pcoybjor@macalester.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pcoybjor@macalester.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking of the editors, who are we, exactly? For starters, we are both English majors (of course); Chlo\u00eb is a Spanish minor and Patrick is also part of the Psychology and Theater departments. We are both long-time English Department student workers; we started as humble office assistants, became the first leaders of our semi-viral social media empire, and now come to you as the leaders of Macalester&#8217;s most prestigious publication (please do not fact-check that statement). Some other fun tidbits: we&#8217;re actually roommates! We live together on campus in the Palace of Air-Conditioned Dreams (GDD) where we enjoy playing our matching guitars, listening to vinyls (Patrick likes musical theater, Chlo\u00eb enjoys classic rock), and generally being sooooo cool and fun to hang out with. Our biggest shared bond, however, is our deep love for all things Old Main 2 and our undying devotion to Jan Beebe.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hopefully we&#8217;ve gotten you hooked for another semester of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and haven&#8217;t talked too much about ourselves. We are so excited to see what everyone in our community accomplishes this semester, and to continue bringing you exciting stories from our wonderful student team as the weeks go on. Remember to catch us on the first Thursday of every month going forward, delivered at 8:30 am sharp to your inbox!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With love,<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chlo\u00eb and Patrick<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chloe Moore &#8217;24 and Patrick Coy-Bjork &#8217;24 Dear Words Readers, Welcome back and happy spring, even if it doesn&#8217;t feel like it! We&#8217;re your Senior Newsletter Editors: Chlo\u00eb Moore &#8217;24 (she\/they) and Patrick Coy-Bjork &#8217;24 (he\/they). 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