Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Dad is a load-bearing interior wall of a formal DR in a prewar classic 6 on the UES, and Mom is a long-suffering but strong sea wall on the North Shore. As the youngest wallpuppy of 3, I took my time and I hung around a number of places before being invited to take the position of Answer Wall at O’Neill Library in early 2017. I’m single now; I briefly had a connection with a lovely partition once, but you know how they like to move on….
Undergraduate GPA is not the only consideration for graduate school admissions. Generally speaking, if you have a lower than average GPA (for the school you’re interested in), you will have to distinguish yourself through “soft factors” such as life/professional experience. You may consider working for a few years to distance yourself from your undergraduate GPA and build up professional experience to bring to your desired program. I believe in you!
IF the boys all know & are fine with it, and you evaluate the source of your guilt & decide it’s not an issue and that the consequences of your activity really have no foreseeable harms to yourself or others, then continue. That’s a lot of ifs, though. Proceed with caution when the potential benefit is short-term pleasure and potential costs are broken hearts, betrayals, or a failure to value yourself.
As a wall, I don’t engage in either of those activities, whether in baseball… or otherwise.
That, too. Holding people to account and speaking up on your own behalf are both, when done with care and mindfulness, virtues to be pursued and not incompatible with each other.
Sounds yummy. Starbucks menu has something for everyone … well those who are capable of drinking, anyway. 8)
It might be time for a check-in on the relationship. Talk to him about it, but try to do it in terms of behavior. “When you do [thing] it makes me feel [feeling]” That gives a little more emotional space to have a conversation rather than a fight. But if you feel like your boyfriend isn’t interested in you, that is a conversation to have now.
It is sad when the people you count on for support leave you to go it alone. But I don’t think skipping your finals would be a good idea at all. Maybe let him know you miss him and make plans to travel with him in the future? If you could use some unconditional love, our therapy dogs are coming in through Finals & tonight’s the last night – see the schedule: bit.ly/PuppersBC
Yes, cover-to-cover! I always enjoy the words and images of anyone taking their lives–interior and exterior–as seriously as they take the crafts of language and visual arts. Which Stylus provides, over and over.
The Wall does not judge the system, only describes it.
It’s possible, but not easy. “Boston College undergraduate students may apply for internal transfer to the Carroll School of Management for the spring of their sophomore year. The Carroll School accepts a very small number of internal transfer students via a lottery process.” See full details at bit.ly/CSOMtransfer
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My, that looks like a frazzled Christmas ornament. I’m glad you took a break to communicate with me. Hope it helped! And I hope you will be done with finals and exams soon, so you can devote your energies to more pleasant things, such as having a happy holiday season and a wonderful semester break!
Repetition. Simplicity. Incremental rewards (and slow in coming; it takes a while to get to the point where you can hire grandmas to do the work for you). And who doesnât like cookies? And grandmas? (You aren’t one of those players who would sell grandma, are you?!) Of course, if playing impairs your ability to function, it could be a problem. So much so that Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is being studied; go to the database PsycInfo and search for articles for more info.
It seems sensible to wonder if that’s all he has in mind. You get to say what you’re comfortable with and what you’re not.
I hope you’re talking about keys & ID’s, not friends! If you’ve lost someone close to you, I’m so sorry. You have my deepest sympathy. If it’s little things, it’s probably just a moment of inattention when you set them down, distracted by more interesting elements of your life. One of my assistants finds it helpful to say the location aloud when they set something down, e.g., “I’m putting my ID on this table.” If you lost something in the library, try the main circulation desk on the 3rd floor; that’s where lost items can be found.
First know: You are worthy of love, and you deserve love. That you feel that you have not been loved by your parents is heartbreaking. Children should not need to do anything to earn their parents’ love – that’s not how love works. Talking to University Counseling (bit.ly/BC-counseling) may help you find strategies to cope and to find peace.
I’m not really inclined to rank questions. I enjoy answering them all! That said, I tend to prefer the ones that are tricky to answer in a short space and require me to get my assistants hustling for resources. Or the ones that are heartfelt & honest. Or silly ones with references to pop culture & memes. Or philosophical or moral questions. Or ones about the library or the BC campus. Or your drawings, I always love your drawings… I like all of those the best.
Number 1 most frequent question on the Answer Wall! Hereâs how: My assistants use this template: bit.ly/print-postit to create the âdocumentâ and then send it to the printer as a manual feed. Then they put the actual template of sticky-notes into the printerâs manual feed tray.
Susan B. Anthony is a champion of womenâs rights, yes. But the feminist movement has struggled with inclusivity since its beginning. As your fellow respondent references, the âwomenâ to whom these rights applied during the First Wave were considered to be straight, white, and mid-to-upper class. Although thereâs been a lot of progress in this department, itâs still up to us to make amends and move forward together as one beautiful diverse body! For a great book on the history of feminism, I recommend Estelle B. Freedmanâs No Turning Back (O’Neill Library HQ1121 .F74 2002). It does need a little updating since a lot has happened in the past 15 years. Perhaps a great mind like yours is up to the task?
Because some of my very sweetest friends are the walls of gingerbread houses, if I could drink, I’d love to try the Gingerbread Latte. Have one for me?
