About Us
Whenever I envisioned myself living in New York, I usually imagined some combination of this:
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this:
Gossip Girl, I'll always love you.
and this:
Best show ever.
Unfortunately for me, I have neither Cee Lo’s swag, Blair Waldorf’s wardrobe, nor the unrealistically large apartment in Friends. Instead, I am a lowly intern, sharing a studio apartment, and the only shopping I’ve done so far has been of the window variety. I walk and ride the subway instead of taking cabs (or even better, limos), I cringe every time I see that extremely high New York sales tax at the bottom of my receipt, and I have yet to discover my version of McClaren’s or Central Perk.
Despite my overall lack of everything the entertainment industry associates with New York City, I have still managed to have a fabulous first week living here. I love my internship, my studio is small but functional, and I’ve got my subway commute down to a science. I even went grocery shopping and was almost able to forget about the sales tax I paid when I cooked the first meal for my roommate and I in our apartment.
And while I may not have found the perfect bar or café to become a “regular” at, I’ve discovered a bagel place right near my apartment, located the nearest Starbucks, and tried out a handful of bars in different neighborhoods. That’s not so bad for only one week.
The best thing about New York is that, even though I might not be living quite the “lifestyle” I always imagined, everything I ever thought about this city has so far turned out to be true.Is it a clean city? Hardly. Are the people nice? Rarely. Is it unbearably hot in the summer? Without a doubt. But is it one of the most interesting places to live and work in the world? Absolutely.
New York City attracts people from all different walks of life, with different backgrounds and different goals. There are restaurants for every different type of international cuisine you could imagine, and I hear three or four different languages just riding the subway to work everyday. And yet the greatest thing about New York is that, despite all the different types of people, everyone is there for the same reason: they love New York. They love the New Yorker attitude, and can dish it as good as it's dished to them. They love the hustle and rhythm of the city. They love the flashing lights and the music pouring out of theaters and restaurants and bars every night. They love living in a place where everyone loves living there as much as they do.
And if I ever do start to feel left out of the glamorous New York lifestyle of my dreams, all I have to do is go up on the roof of my building, and take in the view.
I see you Empire State Building.
It’s certainly a better view then the one from my boyfriend and his friend’s apartment, with their own real-life Ugly Naked Guy across the straight.
He's back.
Friends might be a more realistic TV show then I thought...
Screenshots and photos by Jillian Timko/Gavel Media. 
Name: Jillian Timko
School, major and year: Arts and Sciences, International Studies, 2014
Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ
What makes the Gavel so BANGin’? I love the Gavel because it’s so new. We are still figuring out who we are as an organization and how far we can go. While this presents us with a clear set of challenges, it’s really fun to try different things and build our own identity.
You have 24 hours to give prospective students a tour of BC and convince them to enroll. How do you spend the day?
First, I would take them on an actual tour of the campus—it’s beautiful and deserves to be shown off. Then I would take them to a football tailgate, a hockey game, and to Marathon Monday. And we would eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at Hillside – after an egg sandwich, a Panini, and a cheeseburger, who wouldn’t want to go to BC?
If you could go back in time and give yourself a pep talk the night before you moved into BC as a freshman, what is the most important piece of advice that you would give to your former self?
I would tell myself to keep pushing to meet new people and try new things. It’s easy to get stuck in a groove you’re comfortable with, but you should never limit yourself like that—the people at BC and the school itself have so much to offer.
What is your favorite study spot on campus?
A classroom in Gasson, or the booths on the first floor of O’Neill.
What is your go-to meal at Late Night?
Usually mozzarella sticks, sometimes pizza…
What is the #1 most played song on your iTunes?
Love and Memories by OAR
What is the best Halloween costume that you have ever worn?
I was a gumball machine, along with our lovely editor-in-chief, and we rocked it.
If you could only eat at one restaurant for the rest of your life, which would you choose?
There’s this Italian restaurant called Bolu in my hometown. It’s always absolutely delicious, and it has enough variety on its menu to get me through the rest of my life.
If you could befriend the main characters from any TV show or movie, who would you choose and why?
The characters on How I Met Your Mother. Mainly so I could experience the joy of high-fiving Barney Stinson all the time.
