{"id":4739,"date":"2026-01-01T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/?p=4739"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:52:54","slug":"january-editors-note-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/4739\/showcase\/january-editors-note-2\/","title":{"rendered":"January Editor’s Note"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year Spartans! This is Jamie, your Sports Editor for Sword and Shield, and I hope everyone has had a nice and relaxing winter break, filled with holiday cheer and just the right amount of desserts (I went overboard). To start out 2026, we have a whole bunch of spectacular stories, as always written by our own passionate student writers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Arts & Entertainment, we have a whopping four movie reviews for all of 2025\u2019s final big hits, and our beloved monthly crochet pattern.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Student Life, we have a preview of everyone\u2019s favorite, DOLs, as well as key disease updates that have an impact on the student body. Finally, we have a piece on VPM\u2019s own forensics team, which starts competition this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

In News, we have updates on some of the nation\u2019s biggest stories, from Trump\u2019s arguments with reporters to the New York Times suing the Pentagon.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Sports, we have pieces on ice fishing and the latest on winter olympic qualifiers.<\/span><\/p>\n

And finally, in Opinions, we have three articles covering a variety of topics, from why New Year’s should be in spring instead of winter, the impact of sororities, and a Bubbl\u2019r Flavor Ranking.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in joining Sword and Shield and writing an article for our February issue, come to room 1716 on Thursday, January 8th, where we\u2019ll have our planning meeting. There, we\u2019ll plan the month ahead\u2019s articles and have a ton of fun. Thanks for reading our January issue Spartans! This might just be one of Sword and Shield\u2019s best months yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Solutions for this month\u2019s game (Crossword):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Crossword Solutions<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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