The Gavel

“The goal is to reframe what an elite education is supposed to be.” A unicycle is impressive. It’s balanced, efficient, and—if you’re good at it—it can take you exactly where you want to go.Yet it’s also completely impractical, because no matter how well it works, you’re still only relying on one wheel. At Boston College, there are many paths a student can take. It’s just that most of them lead to the same place. I’ve always wondered what draws so many BC students to finance. Is it job security?

For decades, liberal internationalism has functioned as the main ideological framework for global politics. Rooted in democratic governance, multilateral institutions, and a prioritization of cooperation over coercion, this ideology produces global stability through increased transparency. While in theory, liberalism works to promote open markets and collective security, in practice its application has been far less consistent.

I just started college, and I feel like I’m already ten steps behind all of my peers. The second you get to school, you’re told the same thing: build your resume and get experience early. You want to be competitive in the job market, don’t you? Everyone starts by setting up their LinkedIn profiles and realizing CSOM majors already have their 500+ connections.

When my mom first visited me at Boston College, the first thing she noticed was the running culture. Wherever we’d look, someone would be running. I didn’t think much of running until this past year, when I moved in with my roommates, many of whom are frequent runners. I was especially confronted with this running craze when my friends decided to sign up for the Newport Half and Full Marathon. As an avid non-runner, I decided to stick to the 5K.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded in a parliamentary election on April 12, ending a 16-year run as a champion of right-wing populism and Christian nationalism. His defeat came at the hands of a former Orbán loyalist and the leader of the main opposition party, Péter Magyar. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in Hungary, Viktor Orbán called for the withdrawal of Soviet troops and the establishment of free Hungarian elections in the late 1980s.

https://bcgavel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Christian-Uva-Multimedia.mp3 NOTE: This piece was produced and finished on May 8. Nothing can stop the Brighton Allston Congregational Church from helping people. Even when it’s closed. The church’s roof was damaged during the Jan. 26 snowstorm that dropped over 16 inches of snow on Boston. The 104-year-old Colonial Revival-style building shut its doors to the public four days later. Services paused, and then moved online.

The doors of Baby Café seemed weightless as they swung open, almost begging passersby in this restaurant-rich neighborhood of Allston to step through them. The smell of peppery popcorn chicken and sweet-and-sour pork filled the space. But only the idled employees were eating. There weren’t any customers in the leather seats of the booths,  wrinkled and ripped by two years of wear and tear. It was oddly quiet for noon on a Friday, the light jazz music filling what would have otherwise been silence.

As the days start to get sunnier and we return from our Spring Break trips around the world, the topic of tanning inevitably rears its head. The quads and benches fill up, and there seems to be an increase in the amount of chatter surrounding the tone of everyone’s skin. Words such as being “glowy,” “bronzed,” and “darker” are tossed around as freely as volleyballs and frisbees when the sun starts to come out of hiding. Now let’s be honest: I prefer being tan, and you probably do too.

The NBA playoffs are underway, but the 65-game rule for end-of-season award eligibility has overshadowed their arrival. Before the 2023-24 season, the NBA decided that the best way to combat load management (resting star players when they are not injured) was to set a 65-game minimum for players to be considered for major awards, including MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and All-NBA teams.

As Donald Trump’s authoritarianism continues, so does America’s outrage, the latest nationwide example being the “No Kings” protest held on March 28, 2026. In Massachusetts, the protest was held in Boston Common and drew a crowd of over 100,000 people. But as these protests continue to emerge, I pose the question: Do they even work? And even more importantly, what’s the point of No Kings?