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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Melissa Park | Associate Graphics Editor

Triple-A gaming companies can learn something from indie games | Full Inventory

By Chloe Cramutola, Investigative Editor March 27, 2025
The budget for triple-A games keeps climbing, and developers can’t keep up.
Melissa Park | Associate Graphics Editor

The skinny drug that wasn’t — the truth about Ozempic | Fact Check

By Sarah Ahuja March 26, 2025
There’s a new currency in the beauty economy, and it isn’t discipline or deprivation — it’s a prescription. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Rejoice! Luxury brands are finally giving us the ick | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath March 26, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook and football player Odell Beckham Jr. might not be your typical source of fashion news, but last week, their outfits were the center of an internet debate. It started when they both showed up to a New Orleans restaurant dressed drastically differently. Cook, a billionaire, wore an understated pants and shirt with an Apple Watch, while Beckham Jr. sported a flashy watch that retails for $490,000.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Is spring break breaking local culture? | Eco-logically Speaking

By Rebecca Good March 25, 2025
For those who decide to go on vacations, it's exciting to travel with new friends and explore new destinations on a college student's budget. This “budget” often includes cheap flights to affordable locations. Unfortunately, our itineraries have lasting effects that we as tourists often don’t take into consideration—ones that are not plain and simple.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Florals for spring? Groundbreaking | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya March 24, 2025
Spring has just begun, symbolizing growth, renewal and a ritual shedding of winter’s heavy layers. If history has a way of repeating itself — which it always does — this spring promises shorter hemlines, lighter fabrics and a predictable resurgence of floral prints.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Boredom amidst endless entertainment | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom March 24, 2025
We have entered a new age and we need to face its reality — we cannot and will not live without our phones. They are the ultimate source of our entertainment, whether through texts, social media or more traditional entertainment like streaming platforms. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

The economics of the Aaron Rodgers debacle | Irrational Expectations

By Faizaan Ayub March 24, 2025
Even if you’re not an NFL fan, chances are you’ve heard of Aaron Rodgers. Whether it’s his 2011 Super Bowl victory or infamous ayahuasca retreats, he’s one of the most influential figures in modern NFL history. 
Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

Flying, fear and the front page | The Loop

By Daria Romaniuk March 23, 2025
Recent media coverage of aviation has raised concerns about whether flying is still safe. Is the whole aviation system at a point of crisis or has it simply become a highly viewed field, igniting excessive news coverage? 
Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

What we’re still getting wrong about sexism | Data Driven

By Sarah Datta March 23, 2025
It’s a shallow interpretation of the data to see higher numbers of women in certain professions and make the claim that women just prefer it. No, we have to think about why they prefer it. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

When material leftism acts as a shield against racial accountability | The Dissenting Opinion

By Lucio Maffei March 21, 2025
True liberation begins by confronting the ways oppression shapes our own thinking, breaking the chains in our minds so we may have the strength and self awareness to unbind others.
Liza Berdykulova | Senior Graphic Artist

An apple a day keeps the one percent at bay | Mad Women

By Hailey Pitcher March 19, 2025
It’s hard to reconcile the fact that food — quite literally the bottom of the hierarchy of needs — would become political. The prices of basic pantry and fridge essentials, such as eggs, are being jacked up to record highs.
Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

Skirts over pants and the subversive genius of unsexy clothing | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath March 18, 2025

The internet still remembers when Ashley Tisdale showed up to the 2005 premiere of the Disney flick “Ice Princess.”  Wearing a gold-sequined miniskirt over blue jeans and carrying a clutch resembling...

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