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With finals wrapping up and summer quickly approaching, a lot of schedules will soon be shifting and new things will be coming our way, buzz being no exception. One of the more hilarious parts of the magazine is the ridiculous turnover rate. Every year we are forced to leg go of some of our best workers as they graduate from college. I’d like to take some space to thank our graduates and introduce the new summer staff of buzz so you can get to know us better for the calm CU summer months.

Matt Harlan, buzz’s valued Art Director will be leaving us next week for a summer long bike trek across the United States with Illini 4000. Matt has been responsible for much of buzz’s clean and snazzy design and he’ll be missed. We can’t wait to see his jacked thighs and ingrown wheels upon his return to Champaign.

Of course, buzz won’t turn ugly with Tanya Boonroueng replacing Matt as our summer Art Director. With a great track record of stunning cover and page designs, buzz will come out of the summer looking better than ever. Promise.

Rebekah Nelson will be taking over as Photo Editor for the summer season. Serving buzz as a photographer for just a few months now, she’s done a wonderful job. Just take a look at the awesome cover photo illustration this week. There will be more where that came from.

Keith Hollenkamp, former Movies Editor, will be graduating, thus also having to leave our staff. I’ve never met anyone that’s known so much about film and it’s been a great pleasure working with Keith for Ebertfest coverage. Hopefully he’ll be sticking around helping the217.com with video so look for him at the local theaters. Keith and I are excited to see what Matt Carey, our new Movies Editor will be able to do with the section.

Lastly, buzz is also forced to part ways with Kerry Doyle, outgoing Community Editor, as she will also be a college graduate by the end of the week. Kerry has done wonders with the section leaving Michell Eloy, our incoming Community Editor with a well prepared staff.

The summer buzz staff is looking forward to the summer in CU and are planning on making some significant changes to the magazine. Keep reading and get to know us a little better.