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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

So what’d I miss? | Con-Current Events

By Frank Yang September 10, 2024
But what has made the last four months so unique? Without a doubt, the past few years could go down in American history as their own era — and let it be on the record that I think these years should be named the “Unprecedented Era.”
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (or Analise): Can we ever really be friends with our exes?

By Analise Bruno September 3, 2024

Dear Abby: My ex and I just split and in her last text to me she asked if we could still be friends. I’m still really hurt, but I really do love and miss her — but how can I settle for just being a...

Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Is University preparing us for the real world of finance? | At What Cost?

By Lavanya Menon June 2, 2024
By making personal finance courses mandatory, institutions can ensure their students encounter fewer financial risks after graduating. Providing classes on topics such as borrowing, budgeting, student debt, credit scores and investing will help build crucial skill sets for adults entering the corporate world. 
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

The rebrand nobody asked for | Stop Scrolling

By Madison Forrest April 24, 2024
Style or opinions can evolve alongside a person, but should not be flaunted as a means to draw attention to the idea that someone has changed. 
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Tortured poets or tortured critics? | On the Record

By Addison Schmidt April 24, 2024
When criticism is forced into being praise, we lose both those guiding voices and the determination to do better, be better and find music that fits our sound.  
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Are ‘college friends’ the situational friendships that last? | Is It Just Me Or?

By Grace Donahue April 24, 2024
Casual friendships are just as, if not more important than, close platonic relationships. These low-commitment interactions help the days go by, and add color and joy to our everyday lives.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic  Artist

SCOTUS should be protecting protesters’ rights | Not to Get Political But

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief April 24, 2024
The Supreme Court, if possible, needs to reconsider its choice not to hear the case of Mckesson v. Doe. They must put a foot down and protect the First Amendment right to protest, especially for peaceful organizers.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

The summer I turned white | Identity Unveiled

By Rebecca Peng April 23, 2024
In ways that teenage me couldn’t have comprehended, I can now articulate why I felt and continue to feel disconnected from Jenny Han’s work as an Asian woman.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

The demonization of welfare | Con-Current Events

By Frank Yang April 22, 2024
Constituents not speaking up for welfare programs that millions of Americans rely on not only allows the government to take actions to remove these programs but also signals that further actions to cut other programs could be taken.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Our nation devalues essential immigrant labor | Price of Existence

By Karyna Cheung April 19, 2024
America is currently at war with itself trying to claim that the labor undocumented workers provide shouldn’t be validated, despite its heavy reliance on that very labor becoming completely exposed just four years ago.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Third-party, independent candidates can’t win but can impact | Not to Get Political But

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief April 18, 2024
This year — given our current political climate that’s growing more polarized by the second, and given my festering fear of a second Trump term — it seems undeniably clear the impact third-party and independent candidates will have on Biden’s reelection bid.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Can there ever be another Carrie Bradshaw? | Is It Just Me Or?

By Grace Donahue April 18, 2024
We have diluted the importance of voices to help guide us because almost anyone with an internet connection can share their own thoughts and opinions. It is harder to decide who to listen to when there are dozens of voices with contrasting views.
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