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The Daily Free Press

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks to reporters in January. The City of Boston announced the receivers of the 2024-25 Youth Development Fund, an initiative that supports Boston youth organizations and programs. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City of Boston announces grantees for 2025 Youth Development Fund

By Tavishi Chattopadhyay December 3, 2024
The City of Boston announced the grantees for the 2025 Youth Development Fund on Nov. 25, aiming to provide positive outlets for Boston youth and increase a variety of free youth programming.
The MBTA Go app. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority released a new app to track the T on Nov. 20. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

MBTA launches first-party transit app to enhance rider experience

By Samantha Genzer, Managing Co-Editor December 2, 2024
MBTA Go, a first-party mobile transportation app, was released by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Nov. 20, offering real-time transit updates and accessibility features designed to improve commuting.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include larceny, an elevator entrapment and a panic alarm. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 24 – Dec. 1

By Megan Amato December 2, 2024
This week's crime logs include an elevator entrapment, larceny and well being check.
The calendar app on an iPhone displaying the month of November. Many Boston University students have expressed their frustrations in regards to the amount of time the University allotted for students’ Thanksgiving break. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students discontented with only 3 days off for Thanksgiving break

By Mary Goetz November 25, 2024
Some BU students have said the short Thanksgiving break time has prevented them from traveling home due to costs and time spent home.
A student walks into the Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in April. Boston University announced that it would not accept applications for multiple doctoral degree programs for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for the 2025-26 academic year. ZOE KU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Graduate students express ‘shock,’ ‘outrage’ over doctoral program cancellations

By Karyna Cheung November 25, 2024
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will not be accepting applications for the 2025-26 academic year for multiple doctoral programs
Dilce Oliveira (center), one of the organizers of the Tom Holland look-alike contest, raises Nick Anderson’s (left) hand, announcing him the winner of the contest. Oliveira and Katherine Gehring hosted the Tom Holland look-alike contest Sunday at Boston Common. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Tom Holland look-alike contest isn’t far from home

By Lauren Albano, Kayla Baltazar, and Kate Kotlyar November 24, 2024
Nick Anderson was once stopped by someone in Boston’s Theater District and told to “pull up your Snapchat right now and tell me you’re not Spider-Man.”
COM Associate Professor of the Practice of Sports Journalism, Sherrod Blakely. Blakely will now teach JO 502 C1: Sports Media Then and Now after Tony Massaroti, the original professor, decided to pull out of teaching it after racially insensitive comments he made resurfaced. COURTESY OF SHERROD BLAKELY

BU sports journalism professor to teach new course after Tony Massarotti drops out following insensitive remark

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief November 24, 2024
Sherrod Blakely will teach a new sports journalism course at Boston University’s College of Communication after the original instructor, Tony Massarotti, pulled out of the position after a racially insensitive remark he made on his radio show resurfaced.
A Trump-Vance sign displayed in Brookline. Boston-based organizations, schools and government officials prepare to preserve the city’s immigrant and international student populations following President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to launch a mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston braces for Trump’s immigration crackdown

By Leia Green November 21, 2024
Community leaders are preparing to preserve Boston’s immigrant and international student populations as the incoming Trump administration warns of a national immigration crackdown.
People enter the Boston Public Schools headquarters in the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury. Following the Question 2 ballot initiative’s passing, Massachusetts public schools will remove the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as a graduation requirement for the state’s public school students. SEAN YOUNG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Massachusetts removes MCAS graduation requirement, Boston discusses path forward

By Liam Dunne November 21, 2024
On Election Day, Massachusetts voters passed the Question 2 ballot initiative, which removed the MCAS standardized test as a graduation requirement for public school students.
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine members participating in a “study-in” at the Center for Computing and Data Sciences on Nov. 6. Following SJP’s study-ins, the Student Activities Office issued a formal warning to SJP stating it violated the university’s Interim Events and Demonstrations policy. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU issues formal warning to Students for Justice in Palestine for CDS ‘study-ins’

By Isabelle Zhang November 21, 2024
BU SJP received a formal warning from SAO following a series of "study-in" protests at the BU Center for Computing and Data Sciences.
Boston University Student Government’s open letter Instagram post. In late September, Student Government President Akwasi Antwi attempted to send a broadcast email condemning the drop in Black student enrollment, but he was blocked by the BU Marketing and Communications team. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

StuGov Open Letter struck down several times by BU administration

By Isabelle Zhang November 21, 2024
Boston University Student Government President Akwasi Antwi attempted to publish an Open Letter to the entire University about the drop in Black student admissions, but his attempts were rejected multiple times.
A maintenance notice in the Warren Towers dormitory. Renovations to improve Warren Towers will begin over winter break and be completed by 2028. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Warren Towers renovations to occur over next 3 years

By Tavishi Chattopadhyay November 21, 2024
Renovations to Warren Towers will begin to take place over the upcoming winter break, with the project expected to be completed by 2028.
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