The Daily Free Press

BU students hopeful for change with new LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center

By Kaninika Dey • March 15, 2023

A new, professionally staffed LGBTQIA+ Resource Center for is opening at 808 Commonwealth Avenue after years of advocacy from BU students.

After years of COVID disruption, Alternative Service Breaks return

By Devan Colby • March 2, 2023

Students look forward to their spring break break travels with ASB — a program designed for volunteers to participate in a week of community service.

BU clubs show support for Casa Myrna, a Boston-based domestic violence support organization

By Zenobia Lloyd • February 21, 2023

6 BU groups are hosting fundraising initiatives for Casa Myrna which will be ongoing until the end of the semester.

BU students work for midterm election campaigns across the country

By James Buckser • November 9, 2022

Students participate in campaigns from Boston to Michigan to New York

Candidates run unopposed in Suffolk County

By Jessie O’Leary • November 9, 2022

2 Boston are candidates discuss their campaigns as they run unopposed in their general elections

First-gen students offer perspective on Newbury Center and President Brown’s legacy

By Zenobia Lloyd • November 1, 2022

With an increase of first-gen students, students voice concern on slim resources

Storybook Channel hopes to bring diverse narratives to children’s literature

By Sophia Hebert • October 31, 2022

The BU chapter of the nonprofit organization Storybook Channel led a book swap last week to raise awareness about their club and its mission to support independent bookstores, donate children’s books to low-income schools and share diverse stories.

Students raise concerns about ‘costume culture’s’ impact on the environment

By Yoko Zhu • October 27, 2022

During Halloweekend some turn to alternative methods of buying costumes for cost-effectiveness and sustainability

Non-profit Massachusetts-based comic expo held on BU’s campus for first time

By Sydney Kodama • October 25, 2022

MICE holds event to celebrate the art of comic making

Students found new club to assist displaced people through longlasting efforts

By Eden Mor • October 17, 2022

ARISE (Assisting Refugees through Initiative, Service, and Education) aims to help people affected by forced displacement on a local level.

Student groups collaborate to raise funds for Hurricane Fiona relief efforts

By Mara Mellits, Editor-in-Chief • October 17, 2022

Questrom Student Government and BU PRSA join forces to send necessities to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona

CGSA celebrates the ‘joy’ of coming out with a queer art exhibition

By Riley Pavelek • October 12, 2022

In a virtual presentation and discussion students discovered the complexity of National Coming Out Day.