Archive for February, 2010
Column: Immersion trip calls BC students to action
By Lauren Costello, Gavel Writer – Imagine living under a roof occupied by a soldier 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This soldier stands idly by as your house is attacked, as the steel rods over your windows are hit with large rocks, trash is thrown into your yard, and even when your house
‘Threepenny’ to examine dark side
By Lea Freeman, Asst. Culture Editor – The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht, will debut in Robsham Theater at the end of April. Directed by Boston College Theater Professor Stuart Hecht and with set design by fellow Professor Crystal Tiala, The Threepenny Opera examines the darker side of civilization. Set in a world where corruption
Book targets those disenchanted by Harry Potter
By Daniel Monan, Culture Editor – The Magicians, by Lev Grossman, is many things. It is a blatant parody of the Harry Potter and Narnia series. Yet, while other books have attempted to hop on the boy-wizard-bandwagon (to say nothing of the growing hoard of teen vampire rip-offs) it uses its associations with the previously mentioned
Editorial: Implications of the meaning of ‘progressive’
The Gavel presents itself as “the progressive news source of Boston College.” What do we mean by “progressive news source?” How does our definition of “progressive” shape the presence and role of our publication? These are some of the questions we hope to answer for readers and in so doing assert ourselves as a new,
Jobseekers use ‘twesumes’ to highlight experiences
By Lauren Viola, Asst. Features Editor – (Photo courtesy of hrch.files.wordpress.com) Santa, ZUP BC UR J2G hrs 2 tkts 2 Aruba 4U n ms Claus 4t mth of dec O n mayB Rudy n d boyz cn join U TTYL d Grinch A quick translation: Santa, What’s up? Because you are just too good, here’s
Arrupe trip shocks, inspires
By Stafford Oliver, Gavel Writer – Over winter break, I, like many other Boston College students, participated in a service trip. I know how many students partake in the “service culture” and that you may be thinking, “Yeah, I know. You’re going to talk about how your trip was so great and so special and
Pop&Circumstance Blog: Flavors of the Week
By Blair Thill, Gavel Blogger – (Photo courtesy of deceiver.com) If pop culture were made of ice cream, here are the three flavors I’d be ordering this week: Favorite Song I Want to Hate: Heartbreak Warfare by John Mayer Last week John Mayer made waves in a Playboy interview in which he called Jessica Simpson
Opinion: The parallel between language and agriculture
Karen Kovaka – Words and gardens: two things which, perhaps, you would never have thought to put together. But, suppose they have a lot in common. Suppose that words and gardens, speaking and farming, land and language, are connected to each other and to humans in strange and powerful ways. What difference would it make?
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