Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
The circle may give a better sense of what the electrons are actually doing, but the lines may help when you’re trying to relate specific things going on with the bonds. Both are generally recognized and understood.
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I believe the answer is an envelope. Coincidentally, Caroline Cox of the NYT wrote a column this weekend about how recipients still value a card more than an email. So, despite the convenience of texts and emails, keep stuffing those envelopes.
Yes – surprisingly many! See: bit.ly/NotaryBC
Thank you! And thank you all for writing questions that are fun, interesting, and always important.
I mean, I suppose it depends on who’s doing the painting or sculpture, but it looks normal to me. http://bit.ly/bc-jason
I need to keep my personal opinion on that private because it’s my job to be welcoming to all. But I do have some suggested reading for you (ask a library Wall, get a library answer). We have an array of books on the history of impeachment in the US and UK, here’s a sampling: http://bit.ly/bc-impeach1. Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote a book on 19th century impeachments in the early 90’s, before presiding over the trial of President Clinton. http://bit.ly/bc-impeach2. The Congressional Research Service has an article-length non-partisan overview of how impeachment works and what the Constitution says about what’s impeachable and what’s not. http://bit.ly/bc-impeach3. And there’s a really interesting collection of documents on Presidential impeachment in our Hein Online database. http://bit.ly/bc-impeach4
You can certainly ask, but you should have a solid reason. I would lay out the reasons in a logical and calm manner. Professors are very used to students asking for a better grade for unreasonable reasons, so having a good case to make should help you. Also, if necessary, you can appeal the grade: bit.ly/BCGradeAppeal
I will get the message to them – here’s hoping!
Academic calendars are horribly complicated, but basically it’s a balancing act where you try to fit the number of instruction days required by accreditors into the space between or around Labor Day and Christmas, while accounting for holidays in between. Lots of schools start before Labor Day….
Yes. I aim to provide the best available information in answer to your questions, including ones critical of the University, or on topics that people might be critical of. Occasionally my helpers and I have a chat about how to answer a question, but not whether to answer one. I also redact personal names to protect anonymity and remove hurtful language in the rare instance it has appeared.
Many people visit family during the holidays, so if I could travel anywhere, I would visit my wall cousins in China and Berlin. However, if I could only walk somewhere, I’d visit a hero of mine–the Green Monster at Fenway Park.
Dogs! Hedgehogs! What a great idea! I think UCS may be too busy arranging human care to spare time to arrange cuddle animals, and that’s why O’Neill Library steps in. Keep your eyes on the doggo schedule in the lobby (and on Insta, FB, and Twitter) and come for doggo love in the new 5th floor study space. (I wish we could bring kitties and hedgehogs, too, but for now we’re limited to pups.) Meanwhile, enjoy these cute animal pics!
This is an interesting idea! I will pass it on to the Library Administration for further analysis.
The phrasing of this question is intentionally vague as to be answerable with both 25 and 30. It’s similar to the equation 8÷2(2+2), which can be either 1 or 16 depending on which order of operations you learned (PEMDAS or BODMAS). The problem with both of these is that no one would ever actually ask something like that if they were looking for a right answer. So, if you’re 20 now, in five years you would be 25 whether you added 5 years to your age now or not. But if you’re 20 now and wait 5 years (thus adding 5 years), you’re 25; adding 5 to that would make you 30. You don’t want to be 30, trust me.
PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) could help you examine your hypothesis. I recommend this search: (“Patient Readmission”[Mesh]) AND psychiatric, and then limit to review articles with the selector on the left. There seem to be several recent reviews (most recently 2017) about pre- or post-discharge predictors for readmission to psychiatric hospitals that you may find informative. You could try the PsycInfo database as well: subject(“Psychiatric Hospital Readmission “) and select Literature Review under the Methodology dropdown on the results screen (left side).
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Interesting idea! I’ve passed it along to UCS, who says triage is generally available within 1-2 days, not weeks.
As a wall, I’ve heard of many great seasonal shows and events around Boston and here are some of them; Boston Commons’ Frog Pond for Ice Skating (Tuesday is College Night and admission is only $2.00), Boston Ballet:The Nutcracker, Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity, Skii at Blue Hills or Max Brenners Chocolate Bar or Top of the Hub. Enjoy!
