{"id":25298,"date":"2024-02-26T09:09:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T14:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=25298"},"modified":"2024-02-29T18:57:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T23:57:14","slug":"does-boston-college-actually-uphold-its-jesuit-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/02\/26\/does-boston-college-actually-uphold-its-jesuit-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Boston College actually uphold its &#8220;Jesuit Values&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aw02262024-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aw02262024-02.jpg\" alt=\"Does Boston College actually uphold its &quot;Jesuit Values&quot;?\" class=\"wp-image-25297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aw02262024-02.jpg 297w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aw02262024-02-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Does Boston College actually uphold its &#8220;Jesuit Values&#8221;?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The writer\/journalist\/podcaster Daniel Alarc\u00f3n in his talk last night at Gasson told the fable of the library that collapsed because the architect didn&#8217;t account for the weight of the books, which is what happens when you lose sight of your mission. Any mission or set of values is something to strive for, and BC does in general strive to uphold its values. But BC is also composed of humans, and humans are bound to fail sometimes. You&#8217;re part of BC. If you think BC is failing to uphold a value, hold your community to account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The writer\/journalist\/podcaster Daniel Alarc\u00f3n in his talk last night at Gasson told the fable of the library that collapsed because the architect didn&#8217;t account for the weight of the books, which is what happens when you lose sight of your mission. Any mission or set of values is something to strive for, and BC does &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/02\/26\/does-boston-college-actually-uphold-its-jesuit-values\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Does Boston College actually uphold its &#8220;Jesuit Values&#8221;?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25384,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25298\/revisions\/25384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}