Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
See a doctor, especially if you lost consciousness at all when you got it. Every case and every brain is different, but it will probably help to limit your exposure to things that make your brain work hard (light, noise, complex problem solving) for at least a few days. Here’s some detailed advice from the Mayo Clinic: https://mayocl.in/3Z83oxP. Hope you feel better soon.
Spend more time with people generally. Go new places, do things you enjoy. Worry less about what kinds of friends you’re making, and make more friends.
I know that these are times full of questions for many people. I am just a Wall and have no answers but I do know that no matter what, or how each person is feeling right now, being there for each other, taking time to listen and be kind, can help in the midst of any confusion. There will be numerous articles and publications analyzing the election, and that might provide you more information as well.
The will of the people is a concept that autocrats of all ages have clothed themselves in. My Roman historian helper also wants me to point out that the “order” Augustus established was based on killing most of the people who still remembered how the old Republic ran and outliving the rest.
Yes of course. Sometimes it’s just hard. If you need to talk to someone remember Counseling Services are here. bit.ly/BC-counseling
I understand why you don’t understand! Though it’s the basis of a lot of computer-based composition sounds it isn’t well documented. Its development seems to be attributed primarily to Trevor Wishart, and here’s his own explanation: bit.ly/wishart-wavesets, full of references to other texts you might find helpful.
I’m partial to themes: they give a group a way to select films that are related in some way. Example: films based on classic books, like Les Miserables, Little Women, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Being There, etc. Other themes: monsters, Christmas, the ocean, baseball… Agree on a theme and everyone picks one or two. Lots of films on movies.bc.edu!
You can check out an external DVD or BluRay drive and watch it on your laptop: bit.ly/bcl-technology-loans
That’s a great idea! I’ll tell my assistants to get on the pet program.
There are no perfect answers to this question. The Career Center (bit.ly/BC-career) has a bookable space. You could try booking a study room in O’Neill (bit.ly/ONeillStudyRoom) though they’re often booked days in advance & really intended for group study. I wonder if your dorm room during the day is quiet enough. Otherwise, perhaps try finding an empty classroom. Good luck!
Hm, with me and the front door, I just hung out here long enough that eventually they noticed me. Maybe just be around him a bunch? And be kind? And be yourself?
I don’t know but I’ll try to find out.
If you’re tired enough, anywhere works. But! There are some comfy chairs in Gasson on the lower level, and of course O’Neill is chock-ful of comfy chairs. May I recommend the ones in the hallway to the 5th floor study area? We also have some older chairs here and there in nooks on the upper floors. I’ve seen many napping head-down on tables or even in the stacks, but those floors are hard, and you might prevent someone from retrieving a book located 6 feet above your sternum.
Restaurants and businesses think about that kind of thing as a cost of doing business when they set prices. So no, in the sense that there isn’t a separate punitive line item for it. But yes.
That is very kind! I will need to read up on this topic but 5’s do sound very cool… “The Investigator” is something I can get on board with. Pun intended!
I asked my archivist friends and they said that in the Burns collections they’d have to choose a few becuase there are so many to love! Check out the VHS of a Tampa reunion, 1988 June, which includes a lively sing-along of “Charlie on the MTA” and other classics (https://bit.ly/burnstampa); the Rubricator for Pontifical Solemn Mass at the Throne, 1956 (https://bit.ly/burnsrubricator); A Gasson Hall plaster model (https://bit.ly/burnsgasson) . You can visit Burns to see these and more as well!
I tend to prefer subtlety to raw power, so I’m in general an Odyssesus fan, but there is something to be said for Ajax’s reliability. Also, don’t sleep on Diomedes as a second-tier Greek hero. Check out my friend the Oxford Classical Dictionary for a quick summary of what each of them get up to in the myths that grew up around the Iliad.
I am very content! You all give my existence meaning and joy.
I don’t really understand this term “friendzone.” From my perspective more friendship is always positive.
It’s a moving, powerful account of the holocaust. I wonder if “like” is the right word. Deep, deep respect. I’m glad I’ve read it.
Boston: fall leaves, snow, spring, picture-postcard towns, Dunk’s, occasional Nor’easters and hurricanes, and colonial & industrial history. LA: warm or hot all year, surfing in cold water, In-N-Out Burgers, potential earthquakes, wildfires, and floods, and show-biz. Shared: nearby skiing & nearby whales & sharks.
