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Life has a lot of ups and downs, regardless of age. It sounds like your feeling down about the future, which can be really draining. I recommend seeking some extra support to navigate these existential feelings. BC Counseling Services (https://bit.ly/BCUCSOptions) is a great resource. I highly recommend checking them out.

Meow to you too

I mean, don’t do that. But I suppose you could use the Boston College IRB’s guidelines as an anti-template. You could also watch season 1 of Batman: The Animated Series, where there are lots of profs at Gotham University doing unethical things.

She doesn’t need a reason. And I know it’s hard, but don’t take it personally. Cheerfully go forward and look for someone who wants you the way you want them.

That sounds like a great conversation starter for serious basketball fans, because a good case can be made for either.

This sounds like something a medical professional can advise on much better than me! 

My library assistants all love learning new things, which is why they work in a library. Why not learn some chemistry? If not now, when? But talk it over with your advisor to make sure you’ve got enough room for your major, minor, & core courses.

If you mean Cristiano Ronaldo, he does have a claim to that title based on titles won and career stats, through Lionel Messi, Pele, and Diego Maradona all have strong cases in each of their favors.

That sounds really disappointing, and I have no answer for why it keeps happening. With groups, sometimes there’s more going on than simple qualifications. Maybe it would help to get to know some members?

There are many ways for people to feel affirmed in their gender. Gender affirmation surgery is just one pathway and refers to a wide range of care that supports folks in feeling and being authentically themselves. For people who do want to become parents, even after gender affirming care, there are many different ways that can take place, biologically or otherwise.

There are a number of books that have more information on the history of gender affirming surgery, including “A History of Transgender Medicine: From Margins to Mainstream” (bit.ly/bcl-history-trans-healthcare) and “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities” (bit.ly/bcl-trans-selves).

Talking about money can be really challenging, but it sounds like it might be time to sit down and have a heart-to-heart with your roommate. Being transparent about your economic situation, about how their choices to not contribute to furnishings are impacting you financially and emotionally, and setting a limit to what you’re willing to buy could be helpful starting points for that conversation.

Liquids and walls don’t mix, so I asked my helpers what they prefer, and wow, do they have opinions! Here’s the tally:

Coffee: 17
Tea: 12
Other: 9

Other Answers:
-Coffee first, then black tea, then herbal tea
-Both! (morning coffee and afternoon tea)
-1 pot of tea then 1 cup of coffee
-Café au lait & cortado
-Coffee for waking up in the morning, tea for relaxing in the afternoon/evening!
-Coffee before noon, tea after noon.
-BOTH!
-Coffee first thing in the morning but tea thereafter
-Dr. Pepper

You’re not going to like this: I won’t say yes or no. If you & your roommate can’t resolve differences, talk to your RA about it. If that doesn’t help, talk to your Resident Director: bit.ly/BCRoomies. If this is for kicks & giggles, randomly pick dorm-mates as divorce lawyers and a judge, and hold a hearing for who gets custody of the teddy bear.

All the usual things: show up on time prepared (which means understand both the classroom material and its links to lab experiences), be well-rested & fed, and follow instructions. The less usual things: be curious, ask questions, and collaborate well with your lab partner. To get a leg up on classroom material, make an appointment with a tutor at the CFLC: bit.ly/BC-connors

Cats based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot (in the stacks, PS3509.L43 O55 1982)

I’m thinking about Hume’s historical fallacy and Stephen Hawking’s comment that the law of entropy is our experience of time. Over time, everything gradually falls apart–people age, buildings fail, civilizations collapse, mountains erode. That’s how we know time is passing. But Hume correctly points out that our observation of what has happened before is not necessarily related to what will happen. It’s a rough time to be a wall (or a human), but this seems like it leaves room for hope.