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The Daily Free Press

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How to beat the freshman fashion crisis | Geek Chic

How to beat the freshman fashion crisis | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya June 6, 2025

I would be lying if I said the first day of school wasn’t something I secretly look forward to every year. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been addicted to the electric energy the first day brings...

The opinion section isn’t fluff — it’s a frontline for student speech | Editorial

The opinion section isn’t fluff — it’s a frontline for student speech | Editorial

By Editors June 6, 2025

As students, we’re often told the future is in our hands. As student journalists, we’re constantly reminded about the necessity of our emerging voices in holding truth to power. But you might also...

What’s left if we can’t ask 'what if'? | Editorial

What’s left if we can’t ask ‘what if’? | Editorial

By Editors May 2, 2025
At their best, colleges and universities should serve as a safe haven for freedom of expression, liberty of thought and diversity of ideas. Research is a key component of this lofty, but worthwhile, goal.
'Pizzagate' and how social media has created a pandemic of misinformation | Terms and Conditions

‘Pizzagate’ and how social media has created a pandemic of misinformation | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom May 2, 2025

“Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party elites are harboring a child sex trafficking ring under Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C. pizza shop.”  Or so said the internet. Emerging during the...

Editor-in-Chief Brendan Galvin.

Letter from the Editor: Crossing the finish line

By Brendan Galvin, Editor-in-Chief May 2, 2025

The 1992 USA “Dream Team.” The 2016-2017 Golden State Warriors. The 2025 spring semester Daily Free Press Editorial Board. When I think of the best teams ever to exist, these are the first three...

Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 30, 2025
The draft is functionally a chance for NFL teams to add eligible players to their rosters, but it also allows athletes to broadcast their personal brand.
OP-ED: Family first, or America last

OP-ED: Family first, or America last

By Guest Writer April 30, 2025
The nuclear family is under siege — cultural upheaval, economic stress and the erosion of traditional values have all contributed to its decline.
Democracy dies in brightness | Con-Current Events

Democracy dies in brightness | Con-Current Events

By Frank Yang April 29, 2025

On the morning of April 17, a gunman opened fire on campus at Florida State University. As usual, the shooting terrorist — who killed two and injured six — was a white supremacist with a right-wing...

Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya April 29, 2025

On the first Monday of every May, millions of citizens who are otherwise unconcerned with fashion become the biggest couch critics, dissecting Met Gala looks with the same scrutiny as seasoned pros.  This...

Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom April 24, 2025
When former President Joe Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy held office, he made a daring proposal: Social media should be the next product slapped with a compulsory warning. “The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor,” Murthy wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times in June.
Beyond AAPI Heritage Month | Identity Unveiled

Beyond AAPI Heritage Month | Identity Unveiled

By Rebecca Peng April 24, 2025

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is just around the corner.  Each May celebrates the AAPI community — a term which encompasses people from the entire Asian continent as well as...

Anjola Odukoya’s father Folafumi Odukoya and mother Abena Odukoya on a beach in Miami in the early 2000s. Her Ghanaian mother draped a detailed sarong around her waist, and her father somehow managed the Miami heat in his button-up. COURTESY OF FARIDAH IBRAHIM

Americans simply aren’t doing it like Nigerians | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya April 23, 2025
But let’s just say it — Americans love to be comfortable. So much so that in the 1980s, tech professionals in Silicon Valley drove the final nail into the coffin of formality in a rebellion against traditional work attire, leading to the emergence of business casual style.
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