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A Maturing Smith Westerns

By Daily Free Press Admin February 1, 2012

After playing The Great Scott and BU Central in 2011, Smith Westerns returned to Boston to headline their own gig at Commonwealth Avenue’s finest establishment, The Paradise Rock Club, this past Sunday. On...

“The Lion’s Roar” Roars

By Daily Free Press Admin February 1, 2012

You would never guess that the country-twanged harmonies that make First Aid Kit unique come from the mouths of two Swedish sisters. Their articulation is unmistakably Nashville, and each song is partly...

Lucien’s List: The Best (And Worst) Tracks of 2011

By Daily Free Press Admin February 1, 2012

By Lucien Flores, Muse Music editor Today may be the start of February, but let’s face it, these songs were so good (and terrible) that we still can’t get them out of our heads. 1) “Vomit” –...

Super Bowl XLVI: A Tale of Two Cities

By Daily Free Press Admin January 31, 2012
With so many Giants’ fans in Boston, tension is rising for the Super Bowl game this upcoming Sunday. How are Boston University students going to spend their Sunday and how is social media a factor in the way audiences watch football?

Super Bowl XLVI survival guide

By Daily Free Press Admin January 31, 2012

By Frankie Barbato, Spotlight Editor Super Bowl is XLVI is less than a week away. For a football game that has turned into more of a national holiday, many spectators forget that the purpose of this Sunday...

The Future Is Crystal Clear

By Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2012

Scientists defy the laws of nature by creating quasicrystals, an innovation that won a Nobel Prize in 2011. In 1982, Dan Shechtman, a materials scientist at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa,...

Super Science Tuesday: website edition

By Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2012

By Divya Shankar, Science Tuesday Editor If you enjoyed the science videos we posted last week, skip your hourly Facebook break for once and check out these awesome websites.  They range from mesmerizing...

Song of the Week: “Bad Girls” – M.I.A.

By Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2012

By Sydney Moyer, Muse Editor After 2010's left-field, slightly puzzling album, // / Y /, British sensation M.I.A. is back with new single entitled "Bad Girls". The song embodies the famous line from...

Starbucks’ spread around the globe

By Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2012

By Yazhou Sun Tata Coffee LTD. is looking to finalize a deal with Starbucks Corp. by the end of January, allowing the international coffee chain to finally enter into India, a largely untapped market,...

The Flowers of War: a biased depiction of gruesome history

By Daily Free Press Admin January 25, 2012

By Alex Smallridge, Muse staff Yimou Zhang’s recent period epic, The Flowers of War, has gained international recognition with a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Foreign Film” and as the Chinese...

Extremely Worthy and Incredibly Underrated

By Daily Free Press Admin January 25, 2012

By Mel Papalcure, Muse staff Across the board, critics have lampooned Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as Hollywood finally cashing in on the 9/11 attacks. An artistic homage to the devastation of...

From College to Paradise

By Daily Free Press Admin January 25, 2012

By Lucien Flores   Unless you’re on the Bill Gates level of hyper-genius, dropping out of college is generally considered a poor decision. However, don’t tell Cults that. The two-piece band...

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