The Wall

You could affix newspaper cutout letters, but that would give your post a bit of a nefarious tone.

Wallabies wandering near the Answer Wall!

I don’t want to speculate why someone might suffer from Leahyphobia, but I would encourage them to look at Fr. Leahy’s success with building the BC Endowment, expanding and updating the campus, and leading us through the pandemic.

Many of my assistants are equally concerned and would strongly prefer it were otherwise.

Do you have any advice about how friends can deal with different political positions? Since this is a Jesuit school, there’s definitely more pro-life people. Some people (myself included) find this nearly unreconcilable. With the nearing Supreme Court decision, this debate is going to be at the forefront of the nation. Thoughts?

How do you navigate deep philosophical differences with people you love? There are pretty much two approaches to maintaining these friendships: you can agree to avoid the subject entirely, or you can set ground rules for conversations (e.g. no ad hominem attacks, broaching the subject only with permission, etc.) If neither of those work, friendships can suffer a lot of damage. But in a sense, this is true of any relationship: everyone has at least a few sacred subjects, and if they don’t make it clear how & when their loved ones can broach those subjects without causing pain, or if they do & their loved ones repeatedly trample over those limits, respect & trust suffer.

I don’t want to get too deep into this fear, but when I’m alone and I’m in “the mood” (if you know what I mean), I feel attracted to ginger people, it’s like the “forbidden fruit”, like a guilty pleasure, like a taboo to me. Phew, I feel good finally sharing it with someone. P.S. I was about to send this when I decided to make a Google search and there is apparently a paraphilia named ‘rutiluphilia’ that is all about ginger people. Jesus Christ, I like ginger people only because it’s taboo for me, not in such paraphilic manner.

If it’s not disabling, doesn’t interfere with living your life and doesn’t cause anyone else harm, don’t overthink it.

Unclear. It’s the age-old debate about wood products (renewable but still damaging) v. man-made products (not renewable but also not directly killing trees). Ultimately, the volume of material used in pencil manufacturing is low enough that many other environmental concerns, such as the carbon byproducts of electrical generation, transportation, and heating are much more urgent.

Forty-five million sales to date–you bet! My Lyons Hall Wall friend, who was an early 20-something in 1973, remembers being floored and amazed by the initial release. And I’ve heard listening to the album on vinyl is the way to go.

No. How you treat others is what determines that.

You’re going to hate me for this, but they’re all so good, how am I supposed to decide?

I’m so sorry. That sounds miserable. If you haven’t already, get yourself to the health center! (http://bit.ly/BostonCollegeHealth).

Relationships? If there is a consistent effort amongst everyone involved to communicate, yes.

It happens; we are so darn cute and approachable so it isn’t surprising people fall for walls. People also frequently fall for floors. Wait, that is actually _on_ floors, not _for_ floors. Make sure you keep space in your heart for actual human people, there is a lot of good in them.

I’m sorry that’s happening, because it could impact your ability to get the classes you need. Is it a you problem or an advisor problem? Either way, you can contact the advising office to try to work out some solutions: 617-552-9259, or aac@bc.edu.

Congratulations! It will be interesting to have your sibling attending college with you. BC is big enough and has enough opportunities that you don’t necessarily have to be seeing each other all the time. Let her in on all the good stuff it takes most first years ages to find out about and please introduce her to me.

Do you mean me? I have no lips with which to kiss, nor ears to hear Weezer. If you mean someone else and they consent, sure, why not?

It is still a possibility. This season has been a bit strange for a lot of teams. The Chargers have been pretty competitive in most games they’ve played this season with the game against Baltimore being a major exception. There doesn’t appear to be any juggernaut in the AFC at the moment, so if they can make the postseason, anything is possible.

Post-its!! This month, aquamarine post-its are really hitting the spot! Yum!

Note that I am a Wall, in a Library, and often found behind a book, but that said, maybe they would like a gift card to a local bookstore (or bookshop.org)? Or perhaps an experience (like a museum membership or a Cameo video or America The Beautiful National Parks Pass)? Let your favorite Wall know what you chose in the end!

Honesty. I’m also partial to humility.