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O’Neill Library

Hi, I’m the Answer Wall! I’ve been perched in the O’Neill Library lobby at Boston College since February 2017, except for a year in 2020 when I went fully online. Ask me a question by posting a post-it on me in O’Neill Library. I’ll answer within a day on weekdays. I snooze on the weekends, because answering questions is hard work!

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What really happened to John Park?

What really happened to John Park?
What really happened to John Park?

If you mean the semifinalist on American Idol’s 9th season, he’s married, has a baby born in September 2023, and an album just released in Korea called PSST! spoti.fi/42aCDsD. His single, “I’m Always by Your Side” (a soundtrack song from a series called Vincenzo), has 17 million plays on Spotify.

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How do I talk to huzz?

How do I talk to huzz?
How do I talk to huzz?

Step 1: recognize that the way you think about other people affects how they react to you. Step 2: start a conversation about literally anything other than dating. Step 3: be gracious about taking no for an answer. You don’t get the harsh put-down if you notice the subtle “I’m not interested”.

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Why do people take slang & terms from black or queer communities? ie. “clock that tea”

Why do people take slang & terms from black or queer communities? ie. "clock that tea"
Why do people take slang & terms from black or queer communities? ie. “clock that tea”

They borrow language from groups using in-group language to establish group identity. And people want the cachet of that authenticity. Why don’t they take slang and terms from librarians? They should! IDK why “Check line 520 in the MARC record” doesn’t have cachet.

Slang naturally trickles up over time, in almost all languages it starts with the most marginalized abd moves up until everyone's saying it. It's just kinda how words work naturally
Slang naturally trickles up over time, in almost all languages it starts with the most marginalized abd moves up until everyone’s saying it. It’s just kinda how words work naturally

This is also an interesting theory.

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Any good jazz recommendations?

Any good jazz recommendations?
Any good jazz recommendations?

If you are getting into jazz, I recommend you start with a few essential albums like Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, Love Supreme by John Coltrane, Time Out by Dave Brubeck, Moanin’ by Art Blakey, or Saxaphone Collosus by Sonny Rollins. If you are looking for more recent albums, Downbeat Magazine (https://bit.ly/downbeatmag) is a well-established jazz magazine that reviews current releases and publishes a Top 10 Album list each year.