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OOMMEN: Singing in the rain

By Daily Free Press Admin November 1, 2012

I spent Monday evening alone in my room listening to music, watching movies and thinking how much I preferred the stormy weather outside to the sandstorm that was going on back in the United Arab Emirates,...

EGAN: Caffeine cure

By Daily Free Press Admin November 1, 2012

Lately I’ve been feeling heavy, like a fish made of felt sluggishly navigating my way through a waterway of assignments and to-do lists. I’m pretty certain I’ve hit that mid-semester lag where whenever...

INTERROBANG

By Daily Free Press Admin November 1, 2012

This week Hurricane Sandy ripped through the East Coast. So we here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering how each school reacted to the storm. COM students were probably freaking out that their...

LETTER: PAS revisited

By Daily Free Press Admin November 1, 2012

To the Editor: I am writing in regards to Dr. Ashur’s letter published in the Oct. 22 issue of The Daily Free Press distributed at Boston University. In response to her opposition to Question 2, I counter...

EDIT: Ban alcohol ads?

By Daily Free Press Admin November 1, 2012

A bill that would ban alcohol companies from advertising on state property should not pass for many reasons. While alcohol can negatively affect one’s health, it is legal for someone who is 21 years...

EDIT: Robot authors

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2012

Robots can write books and have been for several years, according to an article in BBC Tuesday. Unbeknownst to most people, a professor at Insead Business School, Philip Parker has “created software...

EDIT: Photoshopping Hurricane Sandy

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2012

Doctored photographs of Hurricane Sandy circulated on social media websites Monday. One of the most widely circulated images was of a dark, Halloween-esque, storm cloud encroaching on the Statue of Liberty....

CHISTYAKOV: California Dreaming

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2012

Every region has its own slang. In New England, one slang term is “wicked.” In California, slang is part of the daily vocabulary. A number of people would argue that most of the slang words used around...

LETTER: On Obama’s presidency

By Daily Free Press Admin October 29, 2012

To the Editor: I graduated from Boston University’s College of Communication in 2009. My classmates and I transitioned out of undergraduate life just after experiencing the energy and excitement...

FONTANA: Hurricane Sandy: Day One

By Daily Free Press Admin October 29, 2012

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”) to bring you this special National Weather Advisory: Hurricane Sandy is coming. Stop. Run for your lives. Stop. Don’t...

EDIT: No cameras here

By Daily Free Press Admin October 29, 2012

The Custom and Border Protection Agency has been receiving heat for its policy that prohibits the public from taking photos near U.S. ports of entry. The American Civil Liberties Union recently sued the...

EDIT: BU’s Hurricane Sandy preparation

By Daily Free Press Admin October 29, 2012

On Sunday evening Boston University students received a flurry of emails and text messages from BU Alert and BU Housing and Dining about the university’s preparations for Hurricane Sandy. Many of the...

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