No Friends. Hi wall. I’m a freshmen, and so far it has been really hard to make friends.

I’m not really close with my roommate, but I try to sign up for as many events as I can. It’s just a pretty tough time. Any advice?

It is a tough time to make new friends. Events are good; joining organizations (bit.ly/BCStudentGroups) can be more effective, because you meet people multiple times and it can take a while to initiate a friendship. And that’s the key; if you gather the courage to say “hey let’s get a coffee after” you’ll have a better chance than if you wait for friendship to evolve organically. Study groups can be another great way to start friendships. Hugs to you.

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.