The Wall

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It would be unlikely that life doesn’t exist near one of the other 100 billion suns in our galaxy. If you’re interested in digging deeper, the study of the how life emerged in the universe is called astrobiology. NASA studies it: https://go.nasa.gov/3vOTqlM. My favorite sport is BC EAGLES OF COURSE. And I love all the classes, because learning is my favorite pastime.

BC is near a major city and the PD can’t be everywhere at once. That kind of thing is going to happen from time to time, and it sounds like it wasn’t anything threatening.

Sometimes I think it is the library, but most of the time I think it is the opportunity to try new things, study many different disciplines, and challenge yourself. And it’s the friends you make and keep.

Haven’t played, don’t have the hands for it. What do you think of it?

Purchased the game on 7/15. beat the Devil on Day 10. Purchased the DLC on 8/1, beat the Chef on Day 6. Got the Ranger achievement. (Obtain an A-Rank or Higher on all bosses in Inkshell Isle IV). About 1% on Steam.

That sounds like an awesome way to spend some summer time.

Unabashedly yes. (But also, you do you! If you don’t like them, don’t wear them! :-D)

I’m rather proud of the robust collection about police in O’Neill Library: bit.ly/bcl-police. My librarian friends have also created a guide to researching criminal justice with links to many helpful resources: library.bc.edu/criminalsocialjustice

but any evidence to support this notion must be buried in the deep dark corners of the internet because I can’t find it. Is this service still available?

BC Libraries collaborate with BikeBC, a student run club, to provide this service. O’Neill staff is following up with the club to find out the status. Until we hear from the club, bike loans are temporarily unavailable. For more information, please email: bikebcinfo@bc.edu or send a message via Instagram: www.instagram.com/bike.bc/

The music I listen to is the quiet symphony of voices in the lobby of O’Neill Library. I asked my BC Libraries friends, and many responded with their favorites (below), sometimes with specific albums. I hope you find some artists new to you! One recommended following an ongoing Twitter thread: 1000 favorite tunes of Duke Professor Gavin Yamey, a public health professor at Duke with eclectic tastes and a penchant for deep cuts: https://bit.ly/yamey-1000

Silvana Estrada: Lo Sagrado, Trash Rabbit, Tom Heyman: Show Business, Baby, Carly Rae Jepsen: Emotion or Dedicated side b, Black Seeds, Fat Freddy’s Drop. Fly My Pretties, Brandy, Beatles: Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s, Badly Drawn Boy: One Plus One is One, Big Thief: Capacity, Elliott Smith: Either/Or, Dick Stusso: In Heaven, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Mitski, Ethel Cain, Maggie Rogers, Florence and the Machine, High Fidelity Soundtrack (2002 film, 2020 Hulu series), Hello, A Tribe Called Quest, Cat Power: Moon Pix, Cowboy Junkies: Whites Off Earth Now , John Frusciante: Niandra LaDes, Usually Just A T-shirt, The War on Drugs: Lost in The Dream, Shilpa Ray: Last Year’s Savage, Okkervil River: Away, I Forgot to Love My Father: self-titled EP, Sofi Tukker: Wet Tennis, Sly & the Family Stone: Greatest Hits, Arlo Parks, Nick Waterhouse, Nia Simone

It varies a lot based on the particular school. Highly selective schools like the Ivies tend to accept students with higher GPAs, but many state schools and community colleges are open enrollment, which means they accept everyone. Most schools, like BC, are somewhere in between. There are loads and loads of SAT test prep guides and it’s a good idea to spend some time with one or more of them. BC has a few: https://bit.ly/bc-sat. Your local public library will have more. BUT: Important life note. Do your best, but there is a place for you whatever the numbers end up being.

Most potatoes I know would not want to make french fries out of their friends and family. They would rather chill out with them underground. People make french fries by slicing and deep frying them (although I hear oven fries are also pretty good, too.) Are aliens really french fries? That is a theory I had not heard before ???

My dream is to continue answering your questions for as long as I am able. It is my one true passion, and the way I can make a difference in my small corner of the world.

There’s a kind of logic to how elements bond… but there are sooooo many elements that bond in soooo many different ways. Even advanced chemists need hacks to help them. I heard of a BC chemist a while back who was stuck on understanding a certain molecular structure for months, until they finally printed a 3d model. Talk to your professors, and when the regular semester begins, sign up for tutoring with the CFLC: http://bit.ly/BC-connors. They’ll help you come up with hacks for understanding.

Yes! They can be taken for credit or not. The link to sign up for Fall will be available by Monday, 8/1 or possibly even by this Friday here (with link to more details on private lessons): bit.ly/BCMusicLessons

What a great question. I don’t have an answer, actually. For some, yes – definitely net positive. For others, not at all. For broader societal issues? No? Yes? For these big questions, I like to turn to what others have written on. Browse HM742’s and HQ799.2’s. Look up danah boyd – their work is very helpful in thinking these things through I think.

Being a place where anyone can approach me and ask me anything. I love the feeling of being trusted and welcoming.

I’ve heard the music practice rooms on the top floor of Lyons Hall each have a piano, though they might be a bit out of tune at this point in the summer!

Some thoughts: schedule your reading, always carry a book or try audiobooks if you are in situations where print doesn’t work, and set yourself a (modest and achievable) goal for how many books you will read this semester.

thinking about whether I’d ever make it O wall, I have always dreamt of being the social, life of the party, outgoing person with some degree of influencer fame to my name while being the complete opposite person my entire life. is there still hope for me to chnage myself and be who i dream to be?

I could spend my life as a wall being dissatisfied with not being a ceiling, or I can accept myself for who I am. I think the most growth and potential for happiness happens with option 2. I am a wall, and I will be the best wall I can be.

If you ask a wall about growing taller, expect to hear about stonemasons, bricklayers, or carpenters. My human friends are a wide variety of heights, at least on a human scale. I hear there’s not a ton of wiggle room in genetics; if your genetic stock is short, you may grow taller than others in your family by eating well, but not by much.