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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Smaran Ramidi / Layout Editor

EDITORIAL: Canceling Spotify doesn’t solve anything

By Editors February 4, 2022
As it stands, this current Spotify controversy is likely to be the next battleground of our culture wars. But the actual resolution to the problem can come without everyone having to divide into pro and anti-Spotify factions. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Roe v. Wade could soon be overturned — regardless, medical schools must recognize the important role of abortion in healthcare

By Editors February 3, 2022
In a setting like medical school, where the purpose is to give students the information they need to care for patients, an individual's morals may not be the higher priority. 
Monet Ota / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Court challenge to affirmative action reignites debate over the imperfect but necessary policy

By Editors January 28, 2022
If Edward Blum and his anti-affirmative action activists get their wish — and race is negated from the admissions process — universities may once again start to resemble the days of varsity jackets and old boys clubs, as representation dwindles to abysmal levels. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Student deaths at WPI spark renewed concern about mental health on college campuses

By Editors January 27, 2022
While they fight off the pandemic of COVID-19, colleges and universities need to take major steps to help fend off the epidemic of mental health issues on their campuses.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: After one year of Biden, missed opportunities and failures overshadow inauguration anniversary

By Editors January 21, 2022
It’s hard to imagine that this is the situation Biden had believed he’d be in at this point, and it definitely isn’t the one that he had sold to American voters. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: BU’s latest COVID-19 policy tries to create a new normal, but ignores existing fears

By Editors January 20, 2022
Now, more than ever, it seems BU has chosen to doggedly pursue in-person learning, even if that means creating new policies that inspire more unease than confidence.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: No revolution to be found in BU’s updated Work from Home policies

By Editors December 9, 2021
A recent BU Today piece praising BU’s remote work policy ignores the ways BU's work population remains unprotected.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: The BUPD promised us the perception of safety — not its reality

By Editors December 8, 2021
If we are ever to achieve true public safety, we can no longer rely on the BUPD — a violent institution with an egregious history and present of violence and racism.
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EDITORIAL: Abrupt end to Boston eviction moratorium paves the way for more comprehensive, long-term pandemic-affected housing relief

By Editors December 2, 2021
Boston’s housing crisis, combined with the looming threat of Omicron, means that many people will still need city protection from eviction.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Rittenhouse acquittal indicative of racist nature of criminal justice system

By Editors December 1, 2021
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse is based on a system that protects and perpetuates white supremacy.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Egg donation system is dangerously unregulated

By Editors November 16, 2021

As a college student with a uterus, it may seem like a good idea to donate your eggs. You may get paid an exorbitant amount of money and help out a family in the process.  You may have even seen an...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift

By Editors November 15, 2021
The release of Taylor Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 album “Red” reminds of the complicated, often circular conversations that surround the mega-star.
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