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EDIT: Where there was poetry

By Daily Free Press Admin April 15, 2013

We get it. Rap music is full of explicit lyrics. If you listen to any modern rap song on the radio, chances are the song has been heavily censored. Nowadays, much of rap is consistently misogynistic, glorifies...

EDIT: An airline’s racial dress code

By Daily Free Press Admin April 15, 2013

Flying used to be classy. Ask anyone over 50. They’ll tell you about how their mothers slicked down their hair, tucked their shirts in and shined their shoes before boarding Pan Am. Everyone aboard the...

SMITH: Bieber’s Biggest Fan

By Daily Free Press Admin April 15, 2013

Belieber is not a real word. It’s a made up term for describing fans of Canadian … artist … and serial cultural arsonist Justin Bieber. But despite being made up the term was everywhere on...

INTERROBANG

By Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2013

A scientist at Iran’s Centre for Strategic Inventions claims he has built a time machine. So we here at the ol’ Free Press decided to see when each college would go if BU got their hands on the schematics.  COM:...

EDIT: Accidental Discrimination

By Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2013

The U.S. Army is taking criticism for a slideshow presentation to U.S. Army Reserve recruits. A dozen lawmakers have signed a letter demanding the Army to apologize for a statement listing religious extremist...

FONTANA: A technological day in the neighborhood

By Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2013

Gentle folk of the greater Boston area, a rather urgent issue has been brought to my attention, one that I fear we cannot continue to ignore. No, the zombie apocalypse is not suddenly upon us. No, “winter...

GIRL, 20: Quae mentem insania mutat

By Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2013

Have you ever been mounted by Paul Revere? In one of those dreams where you think you have woken up, but are in fact still sleeping, our Boston’s very own “Midnight riding” hometown hero was on...

EDIT: Got to start budget cuts somewhere

By Daily Free Press Admin April 10, 2013

While Americans brace themselves for the impact of sequester budget cuts, the capital is seeing slight cuts of its own. The budget for White House tours has been slashed and the Blue Angels have been grounded...

EDIT: No trespassing in a public domain

By Daily Free Press Admin April 10, 2013

A new report has revealed that the Internal Revenue Service will be checking into individual Twitter and Facebook accounts to check for improprieties. By checking social media, the IRS will be able to...

MARK: Join me on my Soap Box

By Daily Free Press Admin April 10, 2013

It seems like a requirement for being a celebrity is to skirt the line of sanity and to do so in the most public of ways. Sad to say, Amanda Bynes is the latest case of celebrity meltdowns. Over the weekend...

LETTER: On the fair and balanced Israel-Palestine Discourse

By Daily Free Press Admin April 9, 2013

Boston, a city replete with college students, should, in response, be replete with political discourse. This discourse is healthy. At a time when students are not only discovering their independence but...

SMITH: Hipsters and why we hate them

By Daily Free Press Admin April 9, 2013

Maybe it’s a little close to the fact to be so definite. However, as we sit here on a generously warm evening in April, the facts seem increasingly clear to me. We are the Hipster Generation, and there’s...

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