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WHITING: Status update

By Daily Free Press Admin December 11, 2012

I left Facebook this weekend in the name of Finals Week self-improvement. And I was overjoyedy to learn that the same day I dyeactivated, The New York Times’ Roger Cohen (my future employer) posted...

EDIT: MOOCs growing in popularity

By Daily Free Press Admin December 11, 2012

Georgetown University joined the list of elite universities offering massive open online courses, according to an article in The Washington Post Sunday. In comparison to regular college courses and traditional...

EDIT: Gender-neutral housing on hold

By Daily Free Press Admin December 11, 2012

For years, Student Government has advocated for gender-neutral housing options at Boston University. Just when it seemed as though BU would implement initiative at some point in the near future, as SG...

OOMMEN: Happy Holidays?

By Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2012

December is a month of festivity. Streets are lit, everything is peppermint or pumpkin flavored, bodies of water turn into ice rinks and stores try to out do each other with creative gift baskets and bargains. However,...

INTERROBANG

By Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2012

The world’s oldest person, Besse Cooper, died Tuesday at the age of 116. So, we here at the ol’ Free Press are wondering what each school would like 116 years from now. COM wouldn’t be a building...

EGAN: The Great Perhaps

By Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2012

French Renaissance writer Francois Rabelais’ last words were, “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” Now maybe I am reflecting on an end while I am still wading waist deep, through my senior year, but I...

EDIT: Should BU divest?

By Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2012

One hundred and fifty three. This is the number of college campuses across the United States that have started “fossil free” campaigns, according to 350.org, whose mission is to “build a global...

CHISTYAKOV: Rodeo Drive of the East Coast

By Daily Free Press Admin December 5, 2012

Pick up any tourist guidebook about Los Angeles and one of the first spots it will tell you to visit is Rodeo Drive. Lined with designer shops, Rodeo is the perfect place to either go spend your parents’...

EDIT: Mugar arrest raises concerns

By Daily Free Press Admin December 5, 2012

The Boston University Police Department arrested a 37-year-old male non-affiliate in Mugar Memorial Monday night for allegedly photographing female students. It is frightening to hear that a non-affiliate...

EDIT: Ethics and photography

By Daily Free Press Admin December 5, 2012

The New York Post received backlash for the cover photo of its Tuesday edition, which showed a man clinging to the side of a subway platform as a subway train comes rushing toward him. The man, 58-year-old...

FONTANA: ‘Inpolitically Uncorrect”

By Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2012

Politically correct! Doesn’t it just make your skin crawl? Why are we so focused on emphasizing what’s “politically” correct? Since when are politicians the people that we want to model our lives...

EDIT: A royal announcement

By Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2012

After months of rumors, it was announced on Monday that the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, is expecting a child. Americans reacted on social media networks and in the comment sections of major...

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