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LETTER: On guns

By Daily Free Press Admin February 12, 2013

After reading the recently published article concerning the legality of weapons on Boston University’s campus, I was worried when I saw that only the people that thought that guns should be outright...

EDIT: Pope resigns, raises questions

By Daily Free Press Admin February 12, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation Monday. He is the first Pope in 598 years to do so — the last Pope did so in the midst of a papal leadership crisis known as the Great Western Schism, according...

EDIT: Navy SEAL suffers lack of benefits

By Daily Free Press Admin February 11, 2013

The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden back in 2011 is reportedly struggling to reintegrate himself back into normal life. In a recent article in Esquire magazine, the shooter broke his silence about...

MARASCO: Ignoring the Model

By Daily Free Press Admin February 10, 2013

A sea of bodies all cramming in and out of a single door, guarded by an archaic, hunk of junk that doesn’t even accept debit — that’s the B, C, D and E lines of the MBTA. It’s dreadful. It’s...

MAHDI: Lights, Camera, Action?

By Daily Free Press Admin February 10, 2013

As I fumbled with one of the office’s iPads while a scholar waited patiently for me to angle the shot, I felt pretty ridiculous. My duties were no longer solely comprised of proofreading and formatting...

LETTER: Protecting the Protection Bureau

By Daily Free Press Admin February 10, 2013

Some days ago, the Daily Free Press reported on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s plans to look into the financial products being promoted on BU’s campus. This campaign is one of many that the...

EDIT: Increased tuition, increased debt

By Daily Free Press Admin February 10, 2013

The nation’s collective student loan balance has reached $1 trillion and it continues to rise, The New York Times reported Saturday in a feature about the increasing amount of students who work their...

INTERROBANG:

By Daily Free Press Admin February 7, 2013

Hasbro, maker of the game Monopoly, has announced that it plans to nix the iron player token in favor of a cat. We here at the Ol’ Free Press wondered what the schools of BU would be if they were a Monopoly...

FONTANA: That’s my middle name

By Daily Free Press Admin February 7, 2013

They call me David Hilarious Fontana. Hilarious — that’s my middle name. Isn’t that such a weird phrase: “That’s my middle name.” We say it with big grins and a sort of humorous pride plastered...

EDIT: US Postal Service halting service Saturday deliver service

By Daily Free Press Admin February 7, 2013

The debt-ridden U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week, according to the Washington Post. The halt will...

EDIT: Sandberg says women should let employers know if pregnancy is on horizon

By Daily Free Press Admin February 6, 2013

Last week, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg held that companies should be able to ask women about their plans for starting a family, according...

MARK: Fat at the FitRec

By Daily Free Press Admin February 6, 2013

The great thing about going to a big school like Boston University is that we have great recreational facilities. Nickerson Field, the Case Center, the Track and Tennis Center, the fourth floor bathrooms...

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