EDITOR’S NOTE
Spring 2014 LEAVING HOME is a strange feeling to say the least. In 2010 many of us left home to move to Boston, where we endured the highest highs and the lowest lows—wearing sandals in the Sleeper showers and sharing what felt like a five-foot wide room with a stranger. All the while, being away from family, friends and anything familiar or safe. I don’t know when exactly that feeling faded, and friends became family, and family became those people who keep calling you when you’re in the middle of your actual life. In 2014 we are leaving home again. Boston is now home to memories of dining hall gossip and Tuesday night lines at T’s, and it’s strange to leave yet again.
NEW FOCUS The Buzz is committed to evolving. After a surface revamp, we focused this issue on creating content that enriched and provoked our readers.
For the past two years, I have spent my time at BU doing exactly the thing I love—making magazines, sharing stories and working with every pocket of talent and ambition this school offers. I feel fortunate to have come across the Buzz, and even more so to have participated in its progression. Creating a publication to showcase your school, your city and the community at large takes blood, sweat, tears and many paper cuts. What keeps me and my staff going is the pride in knowing that we are doing what we love in the best way we possibly can. Our spring issue is a showcase of just that—everything we as students and hopeful professionals are capable of producing. We focused on the issues and stories that concern not only our audience, but ourselves. This year marks the magazine’s fifth anniversary—five years highlighting the writers, editors, photographers, designers and creative producers of Boston University. As Editor-in-Chief, I am proud to leave this magazine, this brand and everything it holds in the hands of a group of highly talented and motivated students who intend to take the Buzz to a level beyond what I ever imagined. I feel confident in our new Editor-in-Chief, Meredith Hoobler, who has the vision and motivation required to lead this group. It’s a bittersweet feeling to leave something you love, but the students at this university continue to prove that their creative ambition will prosper, and revisiting the Buzz, Boston and BU will always feel like home.
-Leora Yashari
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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