issue 12: hall of fame, is our last issue of the year! if you were hesitant/procrastonating about pitching, now is your last chance ever!! (it is that serious.) what legacy did you leave behind this year? are there new things you started and others you abandoned? does graduation bring a sense of respite, or nothing even close to closure? what about yourself do you want memorialized? how do you make meaning out of endings? or does nothing mean anything, and anything means nothing? induct whatever you please into the 2025-2026 gargoyle canon.
send all proposals or initial drafts to ucgargoyle@gmail.com by march 20th at 5 pm with “issue 12 proposal for section x, [y/n]” as the subject line. include a sample paragraph (about 200 words) with your proposal. final drafts are due wednesday, march 25th at 11:59 pm. pieces can be anywhere from 1 to 1000 words. production night is to be decided. we’re trying to cook up something special for this one, and we’ll let you know if it works out ❤
it’s been lovely seeing you all around this year and reading your work. if you’re interested in continuing to be apart of the garg in a masthead role, pls keep eyes peeled for upcoming hiring!
hall of fame worthy prompts from everyone but uc (jk we love u nora and xarnah <3):
uc: this is our mini yearbook. give us the following information in the following order: a photo of yourself (can be silly), your year, a recap of your greatest achievements this year, and a quote. and just so you know, this is city wide! go crazy! woo!
arts & culture: tell us about your magnum opus of the year. narrate your life through the arts that you consume. what is your favourite course reading? write about songs of endings, writings of goodbyes (but also of growing up). are the coming-of-age movies/YA novels accurate? discuss classics and what makes them classic. what did you reread, replay, or revisit the most this year, and why did it keep pulling you back?
politics: tell us about the undercommons of education: the syllabi that felt like surveillance, the professors who defected, the TAs that felt like your friends. trace how OSAP changes, AI panic, Palestine encampments, or burnout culture braided themselves into the daily business of learning. in what ways do you carry your education outside of the classroom? how is procrastination a structural issue? make it intimate and unruly!
opinions: who earns a spot in your personal greatest hits? what does it mean to idolize? if your childhood had a hall of fame, what would be inducted first? which memory, lesson, or experience shaped you, or took a seminal role in leading your life? rank your greatest failures, favorite places, biggest fears, then justify why they matter. rank anything. favorite or least favorite trends, over- or underrated? what even is a trend, or a rating?
avant garg: highlights and lowlights: paint a self-portrait with your accomplishments. what did you never think you’d do? what are you surprised not to have done? it’s an end of an era, or a beginning of a new one — what will your next chapter be called? who will roam its pages?
comics: call-backs call-backs galore! Draw your fav garg covers in your style. Spoof your fav comics. Draw us the silliest trophies and awards you can think of. Show us a scrapbook of your favourite memories of the year.
stay greasy,
amareena saleh
communications editor
