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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

At seven years old, I desired nothing more than a Marilyn Monroe doll. It was a scaled-down Monroe in the evening gown she wore for Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, which was made from shocking pink...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is confronting the fact that some families cannot afford to enrich their children, and responding in a positive and inclusive way. A new electronics benefits transfer...

In the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has maintained that New York needs to reconsider the way it develops its coastlines. He has proposed that instead of rebuilding...

“Will ‘Punxsutawney Phil’ see his shadow?” So read the headline on ABC News’ (and everywhere else’s) Homepage Saturday afternoon. This is a groundhog we’re talking about. Think about that...

I have a daughter who is in her second year at BU and is terrified by the recent string of attacks in and around the campus. Whatever you are doing to prevent these attacks is obviously not working and...