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Do you know how the decision of staying here or going home feels like choosing between two cultures?

Like you’ll always leave part of your friends and community behind. Sometimes I feel selfish and other times I feel like I don’t belong anywhere……

You’re not being selfish – how would loving your friends and your communities be selfish? We are all struggling with issues of belonging and missing our people. Choosing where to shelter is not the same as chosing one community over another. Do stay in touch frequently with your friends from BC and from home to nurture your connection and let them know you’re ok and thinking of them.

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Hey wall! Do you think fall semester will continue? Can you just take a guess?

Thinking ab going back home, leaving the country, and not coming back for the fall would be too much to handle. Can u promise me that I’d be able to come back for the fall semester? Meow?

The uncertainty is so hard. I feel for you. I can’t make you any promises about the decisions the university and the country will make. Right now patience and holding off making decisions is about the only path forward. Meow meow meow – kitty is frustrated about this too.?

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I miss the people from Student Affairs, especially the support service and counseling service people.

????? I’m grateful that they’re all still accessible, but I’m so sad that they’re not physically on campus. ? Weird…… a year ago I thought they were the most scary people on campus, but now I actually miss them.

At least one of my human assistants has found that therapists & counselors can seem scary because they help us confront and reconcile ourselves to parts of ourselves we’d rather leave hidden, even from ourselves. So, in the short run, though we might dread appointments, in the long run we come to recognize their necessity and our gratitude for their difficult work. Please let them know you miss them.

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Hey wall! If the sacrificial love can save life (like how Harry Potter’s mom protect him), can a person’s sacrifice end the entire pandemic?

I’d rather die to end the pandemic if there’s magic……, but there’s no magic 🙁 Well I guess the only thing we can do is to care for as much people as possible with our limited human power. >< Or, perhaps you know of any magic?

The sacrifices we are all collectively making right now are one of the most powerful expressions of love for each other and our communities I have ever seen. https://xkcd.com/2287/

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Hey wall! Sorry if this question seems odd. Can ppl get COVID-19 through cuts? Like if I have to travel on the flight home next month and have self-harm cuts, does that increase my chances of getting the viruses? Just curious…… hospital or home, something to think about. ;)

Infectious disease doctors believe that COVID-19 is spread through the respiratory tract and cannot be transmitted through contact with your blood due to the receptors that cells need for the virus to attach. However, this virus is so new that we are learning new things about it daily. If you want to be on the safe side, make sure you keep your cuts covered as well as your nose and mouth, and don’t forget to wash your hands!! Stay safe!

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Fall Semester

Hello, Virtual Wall. I miss you and miss the campus. I wonder if you know something about the fall semester going online again. I need to know so I can decide to stay or to go back to my home country. Thanks.

Hi there! I miss you too but I’m so glad you found me online! Unfortunately no decision has been made yet about online classes for Summer Session 2 or Fall Semester, but you can continue to check bc.edu/coronavirus for the most up to date updates on the status of in-person vs virtual classes. Stay well!

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That turkey finds a partner!

This turkey couples look happy! If I pretend to be a cat or a turkey, would the social distancing policy not apply to me then? Jkjk…… I hope everyone stays safe and healthy. 🙂

pair of turkeys outside BC residence hall

I don’t mean to be catty, but let’s talk turkey -please keep your social distance! I’m delighted to hear that turkey love is in the air, though.

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If every drop of tear worth one dollar, I would be a billionaire now ever since BC went online…… We should invent something that can generate power with tears ?, the environment will appreciate it!

I’m so sorry about your tears. Were I not a wall, I’d be dripping tears as well. My assistants have agreed, too: so many tears. So, so many tears: about fear, about sadness & grieving losses, about being separated from people, about the lack of hugs. Here’s a hug for you. I’m sorry it’s only virtual. ((((((((you)))))))))

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RAWR

I am Bibliosaurus, hear me RAWR. Books are so tasty!

(Uh oh… folks? Humans? Assistants? Are you seeing this? Help? I… uh… ) Hi, Bibliosaurus! Nice dino! Good dino! (Help? Hello?) Yes, books are really good, but not… not in that way. Have you tried reading them instead of eating them? We really do need them for when the students return…

Wow that Bibliosaurus is amazing! Can we have a dragon ? in the library as well?

So amazing and fun!  As for dragons in the library – they tend to hang out on the 4th floor around GR830.D7. Lots in the ERC, too. My favorite: https://bit.ly/ERCDragon

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Hey wall! Can you maintain your online Q/A function even after this pandemic?

Otherwise I’d miss you when I go abroad for my junior year!

I have a confession to make. I’m not really the Answer Wall. I am an imposter. I’m the Answer Wall’s younger cousin, Off the Wall. Answer Wall asked if I could help out during… all this ?, and I… I pretended to be the Answer Wall. I’m a little ashamed. ? But the good news is that when the library is open and the Answer Wall is back, we can both answer questions!

Oh great! I find this Answer Wall (whether you’re in-person or online) very helpful with my mental health! I hope you’re there forever! It might be especially helpful with protecting my sanity when I go home for summer break! Errrrrr

I’m glad I can be helpful, mental health is so important. You’re helping with mine, too. And I am planning to be here as long as they’ll have me, so please do check in over the summer.

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Hey wall! I heard that research shows human beings need 10 hugs a day to stay healthy. Can I have a hug? What do we do these days with social distancing?

There’s for sure a literature that touch is important for humans (https://bit.ly/bc-hugs), though there’s online disagreement about whether eight or ten is the right number…some of which looks loosely tied to the research. ??????????. If you’re isolated and need that kind of contact you can sometimes play a trick on your mind. Hug yourself. This sounds stupid, but the part of your brain involved doesn’t know the difference. One of my helpers who was super skeptical says it worked for him.