What are your thoughts on the recent flier vandalism on campus?

If you or anyone you know has witnessed vandalism, I recommend reporting it. I’m not always the first to know about things like this. My librarian assistants are often more attuned to the latest developments in libraries, and not as connected to campus news. I do hope it’s not more racist graffiti. Those incidents always make me sad.

It's the "Lies feminists tell" posters — It’s the “Lies feminists tell” posters

I have heard that the BC Heights covered this yesterday. Whenever controversial comments are made on either side of an argument, passions flair and in this case led to students ripping down the fliers advertising the Lies Feminists Tell event. I can never condone vandalism of any kind and would instead encourage engaging in productive conversations with people who have opposing viewspoints. If anyone is going to the talk tonight in protest, please don’t interrupt and cause a disruption as you may face disciplinary action. Instead, listen to these views and engage in the question and answer section.

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.