Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Look, I truly know what it’s like to not be as tall as you wish you were. I’m hardly The Great Wall of China, myself. But saying you’re taller than you are is only going to make people doubt your credibility on other issues. Stand tall and show the world what five-foot-ten-and-a-half can accomplish.
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The walls in Gasson aren’t sure. You can report an issue with a BC building by emailing Facilities <facilities@bc.edu> or calling them at 617-552-3048.
As of March 2017, about $160. There’s a terrific graph “Price and Purity of Domestic Cocaine Purchases, January 2012 – March 2017” on page 42 of this report from the DEA: bit.ly/2018DrugReport
You’ve heard of fence-sitting, right? I’m the fence itself. This is not a decision a Wall needs to make, because walls don’t procreate or give birth. Being a Wall in a library, I can guide you to many, many resources. For a bioethics perspective, try an article in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Pregnancy, Birth, and Medicine: bit.ly/sep-pregnancy. To get a sense of the many different perspectives on this thorny moral issue, do a subject search on abortion in the library catalog, and scan all the subjects that are related: law, religion, moral & ethical aspects, pro-life movement, government policy, pro-choice movements, political aspects, Catholic Church, medical ethics… it’s a long list, which means deciding is potentially a very complex struggle.
If you mean how do you complete the work in order to graduate, it’s simple but not easy: work hard, maintain focus, complete all the requirements. Talk to your advisor & professors often. If you mean what are the practical details of graduation, aka commencement, they are here: bit.ly/bc-commencement. Good luck, and hope to see you in your cap & gown!
I’ll make sure my assistants get the message to him! Good luck, Kofi Kingston! Go Eagles!
If I have read your question right (“What is failure?”), you need to read Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott. It’s all about what failure teaches, and how to be receptive to it. It takes a certain amount of humor, which she readily provides. (O’Neill & Social Work Libraries, PN147 .L315 1995) Writers seem to write about failure a lot. Here’s another one: The promise of failure: one writer’s perspective on not succeeding, by John McNally. (O’Neill Library PS3563. C38813 Z46 2018). The key takeaway: failure happens, learn from it, move on.
I bet lots of students would go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs @ Lower. Suggest it to them! bit.ly/BCDiningComment
Does not strike me as a good idea at all!
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I love a friendly invitation! But this Wall has a strict rule about sharing personal information. I can’t know whether a phone number is shared in earnest or as a cruel joke, so in an excess of caution, I remove all personally identifying information.
Somebody got sick, no more word since last night on who. http://bit.ly/bc-rhiannon
Dogs! Brain Break! Next Wednesday, April 10, O’Neill 3rd Floor Reading Room, 7-11pm. Dogs, chair massage, desk yoga, origami, button-maker, games, puzzles, coffee, snacks… .
While you wait for the Brain Break dogs to appear, why not vote on cute dogs and help a student philosophy project? Visit the Cute Dog Project, an online experiment in democratic theory, social choice theory, value theory, critical theory, philosophy of science, and information ethics. And cute dogs! bit.ly/neu-cute-dog
Lots of schools do that. Catholic ones don’t. bit.ly/bc-bc
I suggest meeting with someone at the Career Center; perhaps they can suggest certain types of internships, have knowledge of particular companies suited to you, or provide pointers about your resume: bit.ly/BC-career. Good luck! Job searches are often a slog, but I have faith that persistence will pay off.
Hm, being who I am, I don’t often have much of an appetite for anything but post-its. For post-its, I will gladly stand in this location indefinitely.
It’s a matter of doing the “work” necessary to keep in touch – and today, it’s easier than ever. Social media can really help you to at least have an idea what they’re up to and where they are. And let them know maintaining the friendship is important to you. Maybe set up a meeting at a not too distant time in the future, for starters?
Do you mean reductionism? (without the “al”?) Yes. It’s a thing, and and appears mostly in the context of philosophical treatments of empiricism and positivism. Here’s a helpful entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP): http://bit.ly/sep-reduction. “Reductionalism” appears once in error in the SEP in the title of an article by Richard Rorty in a bibliographic entry. It should be “Reductionism.”
If we are reading time on a clock, then 6 hours after 5 is 11, but 7 hours after 6 is 1. Or if we are counting months of the year, 6 months after the 5th month is the 11th month, but 7 months after the 6th month is the 1st month.
Very effectively, based on the evidence… but did you know Aristotle wrote about this? bit.ly/AristotePigeonSex For a more modern take, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology bit.ly/CornellPigeonSex.
