If you didn't already know, then you know now: The Buzz Issue 3 is alive!! The issue, deemed The Music Issue, was released almost two weeks ago and the response has been incredible! For the first time, the magazine flew off the proverbial shelf and everyone I ran into that last week of classes told me they had not only read it (an accomplishment in itself), but also that they love it!
Thanks to our new highly talented and generally wonderful design director Alyssa Hoersten, this issue broke the mold of our school project-looking publication and pushed it miles closer to the style of a real magazine. With Alyssa at the helm of our design, the next issue is bound visually rival any professional publication. (Yay!!)
This issue contains our best fashion editorial yet, directed and styled by our fashion editor Natalee Ranii-Dropcho. The stunning BU student Sarah Miller, who graces our cover, is paired with BU student musicians of every genre, all wearing musically-influenced looks from Boston boutiques. The issue features four pages on Conscious Minds, an apparel, music and arts collective of four BU seniors, designer Bill Murray, filmmaker Ty Magnin, producer Mike Irish, and rapper Elijah "Soupa" Adamson of Green Street Records. We also cover Boston Fashion Week, profile local designer and BU alum Sam Mendoza, interview Boston-based bands Chester French and Takara Larson of Prince Rama, and offer up a plethora of suggestions for melodically-inspired ways to occupy your time in Boston (karaoke! jazz bars! indie rock venues!).
Issue #3 is not only our best thus far, but is also Allie's and my last as editors-in-chief. Fall 2010 marked Allie's final semester as a student, and thus, we deemed it in our best interest to hand it down for Spring 2010. We concluded that this is the right move, knowing that I'll still be around next semester to oversee the transition and lend a helping hand as an advisor and visionary director of sorts. We are so excited for the reign of The Buzz's second pair of editors, Michelle Gattenio and Rachael Cortellessa, to commence and have much confidence that they have the skills and passion to take The Buzz to a whole new level.
On the horizon for next semster: a re-configuration of the magazine's layout; solidifying our look, feel and content; employing a business manager to get our finances in order and recruit advertisers; and finally, TheBUBuzz.com!
When I was accepted to Boston University for magazine journalism and discovered there was no student magazine, I simply declared that I would just have to be the one to start it. Four years and three issues later, I am baffled that I (and Allie, of course!) made it happen, though I too often let myself forget what an accomplishment the magazine is. My only hope now is that The Buzz will continue publication for semesters to come and become a beloved resource for all Boston University students.
If you're based in Boston and didn't get a change to pick up a copy of Issue 3, we'll be selling again when we get back to school, so look out for more info!
Peace, Love and Buzz,
Marisa
