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the GAVESpring 2018 / Vol. L IX Issue I PRINT IS BACK. bang. STAFF LETTER MANAGERIAL BOARD FROM THE MEG LOUGHMAN / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JILL CUSICK / MANAGING EDITOR MADISON POLKOWITZ / CREATIVE MANAGER EDITOR JACKSON SLAUGHTER / GENERAL MANAGER ERIN MCNAMARA / HEAD COPY EDITOR When I was an eager Who Are We? MARIAM AHMED / DIGITAL EDITOR little freshman, wide- 04 EDITORIAL BOARD eyed and meandering MOLLY TUCKER / FEATURES EDITOR through the chaos ELLEN GERST / SPORTS EDITOR that is the Fall A Year in Review MAURA DONNELLY / NEWS EDITOR Student Involvement 06 SHAE HEITZ / OPINIONS EDITOR Fair, I had only JINOO SONG / CULTURE EDITOR two objectives as NICOLE RODGER / AUTHENTIC EAGLES EDITOR Sexual Health Wrapped CAROLINE BLESSING / ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR I embarked on my 10 AUDREY MORRIS / ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR club search: I wanted 06 in Red Tape HENRY PAWELCZYK / ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR to find a fun group IZZY CATANZARO / ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR of people, and I wanted to write. I needed to write. Women’s Hockey is FRANCESCA VON KRAULAND / ASSOCIATE OPINIONS And, somehow, I got lucky enough to find both in No. 2 in the Nation. So EDITOR one publication: The Gavel. Drawn in by the bang 12 SAM REAGAN / ASSOCIATE OPINIONS EDITOR stickers and the energy, I spent hours perfecting my Where Are the Fans? ELIZABETH COUGHLIN / ASSOCIATE CULTURE EDITOR application before joining the organization as an DOROTHY CUCCI / ASSOCIATE CULTURE EDITOR Editorial Assistant—and the rest is history. EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Through working my way up to Associate and Ann Wolbert Burgess: NICO BORBOLLA / FEATURES EA then head Features Editor, I’ve learned that one of my MADDIE BOCKUS / FEATURES EA favorite things about The Gavel as a publication is the CSON’s Own Living PATRICK CARPENTER / SPORTS EA freedom we have to do more than just cover breaking 14 NICK WILSON / NEWS EA news on campus through a so-called objective lens. Legend LIAM HAFFEY / OPINIONS EA 12 JASMINE SCHMIDT / OPINIONS EA Instead, I believe that our progressive bias gives us MIRANDA BROWN / CULTURE EA a particular advantage to see Boston College both “Your Problematic Fav” ANNA COSTANTINI / COPY EA as it is and how it should be—it allows us to infuse COPY TEAM our stories with voice and meaning and pushes for Emphasizes the Need for KELLY MAHONEY JEFF SHELL change, pushes toward a better BC for us all. 18 SHERTY HUANG JULIA SANDQUIST The Gavel has been my home here. I feel so Conversation ANTON AGUILA JENNY HUANG incredibly proud to have watched it grow, and so HANNAH FAGAN KATE BADE honored to be serving as its 2018 Editor-in-Chief CREATIVE TEAM with an incredible board to back me up. Thank you to We Need to Talk About ELIZABETH UNTAMA / ASSISTANT CREATIVE MANAGER my lifeline and Managing Editor, Jill Cusick—you’ve 20 KK BENT TIFFANY OLUOCH seen the best and the worst of me and love me anyway. 20 Vaginas MATT HAN YOUNG KIM Thank you to the entire M-Board, for every late night ALEX KIM NICOLE MAILHOIT at 10 Stone and for loving this publication as much as 5-Hour Itinerary: A BUSINESS TEAM I do. And, of course, thank you to YOU, for picking up Night out in Coolidge WOOJAE CHUNG / GENERAL COORDINATOR this tangible Gavel magazine and taking the time to 22 DAN HOFFEND / MARKETING COORDINATOR read it. It means the world to all of our hard-working board and staff, and we can’t wait to get to work on Corner the next one. Cover art by: BANG, 24 Spotlight: Creative Team Madison Polkowitz / Meg Loughman Gavel Media 26 Word Search & Playlists 22 02 03 OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Gavel Media grew from a need to re-energize campus WHO ARE WE? dialogue, especially on issues that are not being talked about. WE’RE GLAD YOU ASKED. Progress is our aim—politically, technologically, and to better Boston College and beyond. ABOVE: Some of our Editorial Board members pose with some ancient artifacts (i.e. old Gavel mags) in our meeting We stand for the concerns of room at 10 Stone Ave. students and all those who are BELOW: The views from the stairwell on the way down to The Gavel’s Sunday night meeting spot on the 2nd floor of a part of the BC community. O’Neill Library. Back in 2009, The have the chance to share we couldn’t quite help graphic designers, and Gavel was founded by Tue stories of vulnerability—a but feel like something diehard Oxford comma Tori Fisher / Gavel Media Tran, A&S ‘11, as a small- series designed to mimic was missing. A huge part enthusiasts. You may WHY ‘THE GAVEL’, ANYWAY? staffed newspaper—andthe genuine versions of of The Gavel’s mission recognize us by our Gavel we’ve been around and ourselves that tend to be is our commitment swag or our signature bang Well, we're actually named bangin’ ever since. We are limited to retreats or within to bettering the BC stickers. Maybe you’re a committed to our role as small, intimate groups. community—which loyal follower, or maybe for the gavel that Tip O'Neill, the progressive student Progress is our means that extending our this is your very first '36, used as Speaker of the voice of Boston College, aim, so we’re always set reach to more students encounter with The Gavel posting daily content on pushing boundaries. and faculty should be (lucky you!). Either way, House under the Reagan across a spectrum of Starting in 2012, we became of critical importance. we’re happy to have you media platforms.Our team BC’s first-ever campus Our board has been and hope you enjoy this administration. Speaker O'Neill produces incredible articles magazine, and in 2016 we working hard to make this print edition half as much was a champion of progressive for our News, Features, retired our magazine and new-and-improved print as we’ve enjoyed making Opinions, Culture, and fully transitioned over edition a reality, and we it come to life. So, from issues, and his gavel serves as a Sports sections, and to the beautiful, state- can’t wait for you to finally our Gavel family to yours: we created Authentic of-the-art website that get your hands on us. Have a bangin’ summer! symbol and a beacon for those Eagles back in 2014 as a The Gavel’s readers know We are writers, copy BC students concerned with space where BC students and love today. However, editors, photographers, making the world a better place. 04 05 OCTOBER 2017 A YEAR IN REVIEW Thousands Participate in 'Silence is STILL Violence' The past academic year has been of critical importance for the Boston College community, as we’ve had Solidarity March to collectively address & confront administrative silence, racist incidents, and greater injustices on our —Jill Cusick & campus & beyond. The Gavel’s news writers are committed not only to covering such events & more at BC, but also to doing so through a progressive lens, providing a fresh & necessary perspective, and Ileana Lobkowicz amplifying the voices of the most marginalized communities on campus. “We call on our students and SEPTEMBER 2017 administration to stand with Students Protest BC's Fossil Fuel Investment Outside of Pops the marginalized members of our on the Heights community, and —Maura Donnelly to engage in the eradication of all “The demonstrators carried hatred, bigotry, and signs with messages including, violence.” ‘We can’t set the world aflame —Silence is STILL when it’s underwater’ and Violence March ‘How can we be men and Eamon Keane / Gavel Media women for others if our Jesuit university is silent on one of the most important issues of DECEMBER 2017 our time?’” —Maura Donnelly Maura Donnelly / Gavel Media Students Silently Protest Leahy OCTOBER 2017 at Christmas Tree Lighting Vandalized Signs and Racist Ceremony Snapchat Spark Outrage —Maura Donnelly —Liam Madden “We rise in solidarity with our Black community on campus, and affirm that Madison Polkowitz / Gavel Media Black lives matter at Boston College and everywhere else. Racist acts like these, FEBRUARY 2018 on campus and beyond, are not new. Responses to past incidents have been BREAKING: Piercey and Fletcher Elected UGBC President inadequate; institutional and cultural change are necessary at BC.” and Executive VP —Rafael Torres & María Guerra Craniotis Photo courtesy of the Reed —Maura Donnelly & Ignacio campaign 06 07 FEBRUARY 2018 MARCH 2018 Students Vote Yes on Referendum From Students for Graduate Union Announces National Effort to Push for Sexual Health Bargaining Rights —Maura Donnelly —Maura Donnelly “On behalf of the growing movement “Students had the opportunity of graduate workers, national graduate to answer the question, worker unions and our 4.4 million ‘Should Students for Sexual members, we urge you to honor the Health be permitted to critical work of research and teaching distribute contraceptives to assistants at your university and to their peers and hold meetings respect their democratic decision to on campus, without receiving unionize.” official university recognition —Letter delivered to University or funding?’” administrators, signed by grad unions from BC, other universities, and four Madison Polkowitz / Gavel Media —Maura Donnelly major national unions Alex Krowiak / Gavel Media MARCH 2018 MARCH 2018 BC Students Join National School Walkout for Gun Reform Chalk Messages Around Campus Criticize —Maura Donnelly University Policies “The fact that two students were detained by BCPD for —Maura Donnelly writing on the ground with sidewalk chalk, something little “I think it’s important children do for fun, in and of itself illustrates how absurd and for students to be restrictive the policies around free speech on campus are.” involved because —Anonymous BC student this issue is directly affecting us.