In response to OISS email: – The Answer Wall

In response to OISS email: I echo that BC should continue to list Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China seperately on the statistic website. Making the changes would be a form of oppression towards students from other non-China country. It would be very unwise during this sensitive time in regards to the Hong Kong protest as well.

I recommend you let OISS know directly by emailing them. I’m sure they’re hearing different perspectives on this issue. For those not in the know, the Office of International Students and Scholars at BC (bc.edu/offices/oiss) reports on numbers of students from different countries. Currently, the data differentiates the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; the PRC officially does not recognize these entities as separate from the PRC.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.