My friends been having this debate on “if there’s a definite front of Gasson”

In the 1930s, Gasson was oriented towards Linden Lane. At that time, the only other major buildings were Bapst Library, St. Mary’s, and Devlin Hall (View: bit.ly/bc-campus-1930). With the two grand staircases facing towards St. Mary’s, Linden Lane, Bapst, and the main entrance, that was likely thought of as the front. Since then, the campus has expanded to the point that one side faces O’Neill and lower campus, another faces Fulton and the Stokes Quad, and the other faces the College St. entrance and upper campus. It’s central! A front for each part of campus.

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.