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Authentic Eagles: Maimouna Sarr on Embracing Change
As Boston College students, it can be tempting to hide our true selves. Embracing our individuality can help us to understand ourselves and experience the world around us as genuinely ...Lovesick: To All the Senior Boys I've Loved Before
The Gavel's Diatribe acts as the satirical medium for short rants over topics ranging from complete triviality to utmost importance. Girls like me are always in love. This isn’t as ...Oksana Markarova Set to Speak at Commencement 2023
Each year around mid-April, the campus buzzes with predictions as to who will be coming to speak to the graduating students at Commencement. Amy Poehler? Bruce Springsteen? Boston College has ...Comparing COVID-19: Then and Now
I had almost thought that I escaped the dreaded 617 call. I was wrong. Flashback almost exactly two years, I was a senior in high school a few days away ...Diatribe: Sophomores Are Sad To See You Go '22!
The Gavel's Diatribe acts as the satirical medium for short rants over topics ranging from complete triviality to utmost importance. One of the worst things COVID took away from the ...Reflections on a Year of Gained Perspective
Writing something like this really isn’t easy. A major reason is that, by nature, it’s impossible to look back and forward at the same time. Especially when the last year, ...The Quarantined Life: A Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior
By removing campus life, personal interactions, social events, and in-person classes, college is arguably stripped of its most vital appendages. This is the well-documented reality for students studying at Boston ...Authentic Eagles: Caroline Rooney on Mountains
Caroline Rooney, MCAS '19, discusses mountain climbing, post-graduation anxieties, and the importance of facing your fears.
