Here’s my go-to for this data: data.chronicle.com. If you are interested in a particular professor at BC, that info isn’t publicly available, because BC is a private university.
Hi! I’m interested in universities’ professors salary
Good Luck to me! (Putnam on next Saturday…)
Best of luck! I’m rooting for you to be a Putnam Fellow! May you score far above the median.
How do you people get laid in this country?
You really wanna know? Do I have the library database for you! bit.ly/StatistaSex for all the deets… Also see this 2017 article on Sexual diversity in the United States: bit.ly/PLoSSexualDiversity.
Why won’t the bcguest login work on digital studio computers?
Many of the software packages that are available in the Digital Studio are licensed for BC users only- which means that allowing guests to access them would infringe upon the license agreement. Therefore, everyone who wants to use the Digital Studio computers needs to have BC credentials. The bcguest login is only meant to be used at the approved guest computer- if you need help finding it, ask one of my acolytes- ahem, associates.
Good luck to me !!!!!
Indeed, yes! All the best to you!
Why is it so hard and expensive to eat healthily in America?
It’s more profitable to sell packaged, prepared foods than raw materials, and there’s a market for prepared food because it liberated housewives (and now househusbands as well) from kitchen labor. The trouble is that foods designed to spend time in transit, in warehouses, and on supermarket shelves has to be preserved in some way, which damages the flavor of fresh food, so manufacturers compensate by adding salt, fat, and/or sugars, which I’m told make food more appealing to the mouth, but cause problems elsewhere in the body. I recommend the book Food, Inc.: How Industrial Food is Making us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer — And What You can do About it (O’Neill Library HD9005 .F6582 2009) or the DVD (O’Neill Library 3rd Floor Media HD9005 .F66 2009)
Ugh. I overate because of stress over a paper on healthy eating. How ironic is that?
If I could chuckle I would. Your full disclosure is safe here! It’s the season for a bit of overindulgence, no?
Merry Chrysler!
![Merry Chrysler! [drawing of Christmas tree]](https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/aw112019-4.jpg)
Merry Chrisis to you too!
How do you cook a 25lb turkey in a microwave?
Gotta say that wouldn’t be my first choice, but Butterball has directions on how to do it. Looks kinda fussy. And I suspect you’ll be wanting a smaller bird than that unless your microwave is the size of Allston. bit.ly/bc-turkey
How to get into Harvard?
Ummm. Walk through the gates? Sorry, I am friends with many of the walls at Harvard but not so much with the gates. My info is more about keeping people out of Harvard. If you are asking how to be admitted to Harvard, the answer is excellent grades, great references and some unique life experiences.
What is better for the environment… wooden pencils or Plastic mechanical ones?
Environmentally, the mechanical pencil is the better option as it has the potential to last for a very long time: you use up the lead in a wooden pencil and you need to get another pencil; you use up the lead in a mechanical pencil and you simply refill it.
I don’t think Hopkins would haveĀ loved emoji…but with his drafting background… perhaps???
It’s hard to say… on the one hand, he was an artist and draftsman in addition to being a poet, and might therefore have appreciated tiny typescript images. On the other hand, although many poets have experimented with shape poems (such as this one by George Herbert in the 17th Century: bit.ly/easter-wings), Hopkins never seems to have made shape poems, suggesting that blending writing drawing wasn’t an interest.
Does BC have a well known Gerard Manley Hopkins scholar amidst our faculty? Thanks for the exhibit <3
You must be talking about the poet Paul Mariani, who has published widely on Hopkins. Watch an interview about his biography of Hopkins: bit.ly/hopkins-a-life, or read the biography: Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life (O’Neill Library PR4803 .H44 Z71715 2008). BTW, he’s also published biographies of the poets Robert Lowell, John Berryman, and W.C. Williams.
How do you know when you’re ready to be in a relationship? Why is this so confusing/difficult to do in college?
Relationships can be confusing and difficult at any age. My advice is not to force one to happen. Good relationships grow over time. You will likely know you are ready when you wake up one day and realize that you are already in a relationship.
What is a propensity score?
Propensity score matching is a statistical method for overcoming selection bias when comparing groups of participants and nonparticipants in an experiment. The authors of a heavily cited paper (bit.ly/propensity-detailed) say, “Its basic idea is to find in a large group of nonparticipants those individuals who are similar to the participants in all relevant pre-treatment characteristics X.” The score can be calculated in many statistical analysis programs, like SPSS, SAS, Stata, and R. Here’s a quick introduction in video: bit.ly/propensity-intro.
Is there anything we can do about that? Because it can torture to live in 66 with no a/c
You could lobby BC to install AC, but I’m betting it’s unlikely unless you also turn up a benefactor: AC is expensive to install, especially in older buildings, and actually uses more energy than heating does. Most residence halls are empty for most of the hottest months, so installing AC to offset heat for what would amount to a few weeks out of the year… let’s just say BC might have other ways to spend that money. Meanwhile, do what folks did before AC: fans, lots of cool liquids, lightweight loose clothing, draw blinds/curtains during the day, take a cool shower before bed, (dampen a bedsheet if it’s really hot at night), and get relief in AC buildings like the library.
I originally wanted to study abroad but everyone says you have your whole life o travel and only 4 years of college
Tough decision, but, in general, it is easier to spend a significant period of time abroad during college than at any other time of your life. And it doesn’t have to be a full year; there are opportunities for a semester or just a few weeks, so you can still spend so much quality Heights time before you graduate. The Office of International Programs has some great questions to think it through: bit.ly/ShouldIStayOrShouldIGoNow
How do I use my BC ID to log into Open Athens? Help!
Short answer: you don’t. Athens is a system for managing logins to web resources, but BC uses a different system for our electronic subscriptions. If you’re looking at a book or article that wants an Athens login, you have probably arrived via Google. Usually, all you need to do is search for it at library.bc.edu, but feel free to ask my library friends for help.
How to find a boyfriend in BC??? – From a Boy :P
First, find a friend. Second, see if the friendship develops into something more. Finding a boyfriend or girlfriend is basically the same process. If you are unsure where to find other gay/bi guys, you could start with BC resources: bit.ly/BCLGBTQ.Ā Ā Even the Commonwealth has a website for LGBTQ youth: bit.ly/ma-lgbtq.
Do we like snow or no?
I have polled my library colleagues, and the response was mixed, a little like our recent round of precipitation. But I think “Yes” wins the day. With 57 responses, 37 responded “Yes, it’s pretty and/or fun & sometimes gives me a day off,” 3 responded “No, it is a curse I must suffer because I live in New England,” and 17 responded “Other.” Here are the comments that came with Other:
- A light dusting of snow is beautiful, anything more than that is a nuisance.
- both
- Both!
- Both! Love watching it fall and coat the trees. Like it less on my car and driveway. I would bet that the Wall’s neighbor, the Floor has strong opinions against snow.
- Both! Mostly I think it is beautiful and gets one in the mood for the holidays, but also it can make life difficult and I do not enjoy shoveling it.
- Both. It depends on when it happens. The first 4 times, the answer is Yes, after that it’s No
- Both. It’s nice and pretty at first. By the time we’re getting snow in mid-April, I’m over it.
- From this day forward, if my only exposure to snow was via the art of Currier and Ives, I would be deliriously happy!
- I like it before, and up until a few days after, Christmas-then I’m done!
- I like snow. I dislike the 75% of Boston residents who don’t shovel their walks.
- It’s a lot of fun. Love to downhill ski, cross country ski and fat mountain bike in the snow.
- Love its beauty, but dread getting to work in it.
- Mixed feelings: It’s pretty, but a hassle
- My feelings about snow are non-binary and very complicated.
- Nice to play in, not fun to commute and manage driveway.
- Snow: Yay! Not quite melted snow surrounding deep puddles of slush: Boo! Snow plowed into mountains that freeze into icebergs, blocking crosswalks and growing every dirtier until July 4th: Oy vey iz mir…
- Yes, when it’s pretty and/or fun & gives me a day off & I don’t have to drive in it.