I feel disconnected from BC and my surroundings here. There’s pressure – senior year! I love my friends here but I also feel like I’ve outgrown BC. Advice?

There’s a word that sums up how you’re feeling…ennui. So you’re not alone. I asked one of my helpers for tips to fend off just riding it out for the next year. They suggested: 1) Plug into one new campus activity or community. 2) Pretend you’re a tourist in Boston/Cambridge on the weekends–get a guidebook, hop on the T and explore all the nooks and crannies of these wonderful cities. 3) Take mindful breaks from the socials. Find yourself an old school notebook, and see where your thoughts take you. Wishing you the best for senior year!

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.