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There are so many cut songs from Hamilton and I love them all, there I go into another Hamilton rabbit hole. help.

Wait, what WHAT? I am a (semi) omniscient Wall – how did I not know about these? Many thanks – and I know what my weekend plans are, now. With you down the rabbit hole. There’s no way to say no to this. bit.ly/CutsOfHam

There’s even more! This list has almost all cut songs (there are some cut verses too!), but as to what I remember, there was also One Last Ride and One Last Ride [Reprise]. (Also, I might see Hamilton in a few months (ehem, almost all dates are already booked), I can hardly stay calm! I can’t believe my definition of the perfect day is to watch Hamilton in real life (with the original cast, as well as to meet them after the show and to have a nice long chat with Lin The Great himself). It has really consumed by entire being, but I don’t think I mind anymore.)

To see Hamilton live, what an exciting possibility! We are unlikely to achieve perfection, we can’t just rewind… or do you think the original cast would ever reunite for a performance, and if so, could any mortal human or wall afford the tickets? But seeing the show live with the current cast would surely make you satisfied and feeling lucky to be alive right now.

You are killing me with these Hamilton puns, haha! I wish Hamilton merch was cheaper, I want to buy it all! Is it cheating if I just get a custom t-shirt company to print the Hamilton logo instead of buying it from the official store? But how can I say no to the merch, I want the world to know that I love Hamilton.

I do enjoy allusions. You could do worse than to put this on a shirt: “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
spot in the Caribbean by Providence impoverished in squalor
grow up to be a hero and a scholar?”

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First of all let me just say I love the wall! I stumbled onto it while searching a completely silly question..how many licks to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop..

from a childhood commercial.. I was gonna guess the answer to be 3..but in reading the outcome of so many tests.i have to ask… Did any of the licking machines have actual saliva in them? I believe our salive has a ph and bacteria that promote digestion and decomposition..seems like that’s a pretty good reason why the actual licks took less time ?? I would love to hear the answer

Much of the published literature is kinda lacking in discussion of details like that. But this 2013 study determined that ph was not as much of a factor as where on the pop the licking happens. https://bit.ly/bc-tp

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Why are there so many pedophiles everywhere?!

Unfortunately, child sexual abuse is a thing which seems to happen almost everywhere adults are in positions of authority or influence over children. Big organizations like the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church can have very big problems with it, particularly if they try to conceal it. Here’s a study that takes a look at what we know and talks about how hard it is to know exactly how frequent it is: https://bit.ly/bc-csa

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When will our current course and grade be available again on AGORA? Just curious cause it’s been under maintenance for a while…

Are you using the new EagleApps version? I’ll check with my friends over in IT, but you can also call the help desk (tel: 617-552-4357) and they’ll let you know if there are system problems.

Update: Actually Student Services is who you want to talk to about this: 617-552-3300 or 1-800-294-0294 over the phone, and studentservices@bc.edu

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You know the question “If God is all good, why is there suffering in the world?” BC loves to discuss that question! I was just thinking that maybe BC should reframe the question to “If BC is a Catholic institution that loves God, why does it establish structure that creates and perpetuates suffering?” Maybe BC should think about whether the suffering comes from God, or the very institution itself that states it cares for social justice and works to alleviate suffering. Maybe they are actively creating endless suffering and injustice in this world while also calling its students, who suffer from these injustice, to then deal with the consequent suffering of what it creates

Hmm. More of a comment than a question. Large organizations of all kinds do tend to throw off some level of suffering, and you’re right that it’s a moral question for a Catholic university. You might be interested in reading some things about how universities came to be as they are after World War II. Geiger’s history of US higher ed (https://bit.ly/bc-he) is one take, while Dorn explores how different universities in different places have defined “the common good” (https://bit.ly/bc-he2). There’s lots more in the library catalog (https://bit.ly/bc-he3).

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Holiday Where is the best, secluded location in nature for a

For a…? Well, there are plenty of secluded places in nature, especially in less populous states. Thankfully, a few of those are nearby, and state parks and forests are a great mainstay for getaways. Maine (maine.gov/dacf/parks/about/state_parks.shtml), Vermont (vtstateparks.com) , and New Hampshire (nhstateparks.org/). Even Massachusetts has some pretty wild areas: mass.gov/visit-massachusetts-state-parks. One of my assistants says the Mohawk Trail State Forest out in Western Mass is under-visited. Of course, if it’s a boat ride you’re looking for, there’s a whole ocean a few miles to the east.