{"id":4811,"date":"2023-01-26T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=4811"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:30:06","slug":"introduction-from-sydney-ellison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/introduction-from-sydney-ellison\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction from Sydney Ellison"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/syd-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/syd-300x202.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/01\/syd.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dearest Gentle Readers,<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am so glad to have the opportunity to introduce myself in this January micro-issue of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. My name is Sydney Ellison, and I will be the newest addition to our esteemed editorial team. I am so pleased to be able to come along with all of you for all the great publications to come. A little about myself, I am a Junior English Literature major from Birmingham, Alabama. I complement my English major with a minor in Political Science, and a concentration in Legal Studies. As well as being an avid reader, as my choice in subjects might suggest, I am also a member of the Macalester Varsity Women\u2019s Tennis Team and a regular at Macalester\u2019s Swing Dance Club.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I am not re-reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (my favorite book), I can be found painting, writing short-stories, listening to one of my extensive Spotify playlists, or baking. My favorite genre of books is science fiction or contemporary romance novels, and my favorite author is Octavia Butler.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is my first semester back since last year, as I was abroad in London during the Fall semester. I am so glad to be back on-campus, as well as being able to share my love for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with all of you. I cannot wait to share all of the latest work and achievements coming out of our lovely English Department.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep an eye out for my name in the next coming issues, as always, we have many great things coming your way.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you so much, and I see you all in our next issue,<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sydney<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dearest Gentle Readers, I am so glad to have the opportunity to introduce myself in this January micro-issue of The Words. My name is Sydney Ellison, and I will be the newest addition to our esteemed editorial team. I am so pleased to be able to come along with all of you for all the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":532,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4811","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4811","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\/532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4811"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8277,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4811\/revisions\/8277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}