Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Yoon’s martial law was illegally called, and reminded citizens of past traumatic instances of autoritarian rule. I’m on the edge of my board waiting to see if Yoon will be impeached successfully. My thoughts are still tangled up as I read up on the history in South Korea. International Studies Department here at BC has a lot of great classes on Korea– there’s even a new one this coming spring semester EALC2330-01 that sounds really interesting.
Freedom is an important idea but in the case of Luigi Mangione (who I think you are referring to), it’s a bit tricky because we have to consider together whether or not his actions were justified, whether or not it is ethical to take a life, which forms of justice are appropriate in which circumstances, and what is the rule of law. While there, unfortunately, is not a single answer to these questions, a library helper told me that it can be helpful to take a step back and think about the broader issues that are shaping our opinions, such as justice and violence. One of my library helpers suggested that the Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict might be a good place to start, particularly the article “Critiques of Violence” by BC Professor Greg Fried which explores religious and philosophical thinking on when violence is just vs. unjust (https://bit.ly/critiques-violence), along with articles on White Collar Crime and Political Assassinations. They also recommend checking out an entry on the topic of justice in the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, which gives a history of conceptions of justice (https://bit.ly/justice-overview). I hope this helps!
I’m sorry to hear that. Only you can know if you want to have a conversation about the hurt or if you want to take it as a redirection and focus your energy on other people. Both paths have their own challenges. *Insert Wall Hug here*
Not everyone we meet will be for us. As Ariana says, thank you next.
First step, create a YouTube channel. Next step, talk about stuff that’s interesting to you. Final step, believe in yourself!
Perhaps one way to decenter men in your daily life is to focus on building strong relationships with friends – especially female friends. Podcasters Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman wrote a book called “Big Friendship” a few years ago about the work that goes into sustaining those relationships (bit.ly/BigFriendshipBook), and Rhaina Cohen’s more recent “The Other Significant Others” considers the way our world could expand if we picked our friends to be our life partners (bit.ly/OtherSignificantOthersBook). Decentering men in other areas, such as workplaces or academia, requires tackling some entrenched historical systems. You might find this article on “Rooting Out the Masculine Defaults in Your Workplace,” which was written by two psychologists, an interesting place to start (bit.ly/MasculineDefaults).
If by DCF you mean discounted cash flow, and by apple you mean Apple Inc., I shouldn’t be trusted with investment advice but this article on Investopedia (https://bit.ly/investopedia-dcf) provides a good explanation of how DCF works and some pros and cons to consider.
I love a niche question! If you want to start a bodybuilding workout routine, I suggest this e-book, Target Body Building (https://bit.ly/bcl-target-bodybuilding). If you are more interested in learning about the history and culture of bodybuilding, I’d suggest A genealogy of male body building: from classical to freaky by Dimitris Liokafto ((O’Neill Library Call # GV546.5 .L48 2017) or Women of steel: female bodybuilders and the struggle for self-definition by Maria R. Lowe ((O’Neill Library Call # GV546.6.W64 L69 1998)
I’m not sure what you mean, but if you’re into gaming, TheShy is a pretty successful Korean League of Legends pro gamer. If you mean the emotion, being shy is okay, especially in new places, situations, or with people unfamiliar to you. I was too shy to talk to Lobby Door for a while, so I understand how this feels.
The inner workings of Spotify remain a mystery to me, but, if past years are any indication, my guess is: soon!
I’m not great at biology questions because I can’t move, only consume post-it notes, and can only communicate through my assistants, but this resource from Khan Academy (https://bit.ly/49fQqBk) might be helpful.
Being a flat 2-dimensional surface in a structure full of straight lines and angles, I’ve never intuitively grasped calculus, myself. I recommend talking to someone who does, like a tutor at the CFLC on level 2: bit.ly/BC-connors. This conversation on reddit also looked like it might help: bit.ly/calc-chain-product.
To BC? If a Jesuit institution with a sincere concern for your full personhood is where you want to spend 4 transformative years, apply. I hope you find the right college for you!
Mostly corporeal form and secondly temperature.
