GIRL, 20: NOTA BENE
I once had a relationship that existed exclusively in notes. It was during my seventh grade French class, in which I’d exchange tiny epistles made up of ripped-off notebook paper with the boy who sat directly in front of me to make third period just a little more interesting. They were hardly romantic elegies equal [...]
GUEST PERSPECTIVE: Islamic [Women] Awareness Month
When I was seventeen, a local journalist asked to interview me after I had been selected to attend a prestigious leadership program. During the interview, the journalist asked me questions regarding my college and career aspirations as well as my service work in the local community, but the tone of the conversation quickly changed as [...]
FONTANA: B.O.M.E.s Away
Let’s start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy, that things are all wrong: The Catholic community has no Pope, Venezuela no longer has Hugo Chávez, Kanye West was only ranked No. 7 on the “Hottest MC” list! It’s getting pretty scary out there. But, luckily for us, there is always one good old [...]
INTERROBANG:
This week, The New York Times reported that Washington State University started selling its own brand of meat. So we here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering what each school at BU would brand… CGS: Would brand themselves because they didn’t understand the assignment. COM: Would brand themselves because they did understand the [...]
EDIT: Arkansas adopts strict abortion law
Abortion will forever be a touchy subject, and the verdict on its legality seems ever-changing. On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Arkansas has circumvented a U.S. Supreme Court decision and passed the country’s most restrictive ban on abortion, one that makes the procedure illegal at just 12 weeks into pregnancy — when a [...]
