Austin speaking:

What a sad week this has been. Our staff was forced to say goodbye to our ads manager, Austin Gude, and one of our reporters, Kate Schau. Gude decided to become a part-time student and Kate left staff because she needed to attain a health credit. As bummed as I am to have lost two great staffers, I do feel they both had understandable reasons. Gude, if you are reading this, Jack (Lopez, our opinion editor) misses you dearly. And Kate, my dear, I do think it’s important for you to know all about the STIs floating around this planet.

Kristina speaking:

We are sad to say that we’ve lost two of our staff members this semester. As Austin and Hanna have said, we lost Austin Gude to the part-time cult and we lost Kate Schau to Health class (have fun watching babies being born!). We’re sad to see our staff get smaller, however this just means we have to up our game and take on a few extra assignments. I hope Kate joins the staff again in the fall; we will miss her talent and enthusiasm. We love you both and please come back to visit us on worknights.

Hanna speaking:

Getting back into the swing of things after break has been little bit difficult, but we have noticed definitely the absence of a few of our staff members. One of our writers left staff at semester (hope you’re enjoying health class, Kate), and Gude, our ads manager left because he changed his schedule to part-time. We obviously mourned our missing staff members when they announced that they were leaving, but we are just now realizing that we are missing a part of our newspaper family. So this blog is in memory of Kate and Gude. As much as we complained about you both (a lot, especially behind your backs) we really miss you. Come back and visit us. And Gude, don’t forget to finish your ad pages.