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The perverted ideology of ‘political violence’ | The Dissenting Opinion

The perverted ideology of ‘political violence’ | The Dissenting Opinion

By Lucio Maffei September 12, 2025
We have constructed a political discourse so detached from historical reality that we cannot acknowledge what every serious student of social change knows: Significant transformation has rarely occurred through purely peaceful means. 
BU admin’s silencing of student protest isn’t rare — it’s routine | Editorial

BU admin’s silencing of student protest isn’t rare — it’s routine | Editorial

By Editors September 11, 2025

On March 27, Boston University students entered the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism to find it trashed and vandalized in what the organization called a hate crime. BU’s Police Department was...

Since when did less stop being more? | On the Record

Since when did less stop being more? | On the Record

By Addison Schmidt September 10, 2025
Albums are more interesting when listened to as the original release, without the changes and additions following its drop. Records are forever preserved in this form. They exist just as they were created. Finding a record in its original form on a streaming service today feels difficult, as if artists no longer feel the original album will satisfy their fans. 
Records are romantic | Terms and Conditions

Records are romantic | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom September 9, 2025

Type “record store near me” into your search engine of choice today, and you’ll probably find at least a few stores near you. If Google existed in the 1970s, the results may have looked almost identical....

Like Pitbull, I’m Mr. Worldwide | Con-Current Events

Like Pitbull, I’m Mr. Worldwide | Con-Current Events

By Frank Yang September 9, 2025

Spending over an entire month in East Asia really changes you.  I don’t mean in some deep, meaningful way. I think my English regressed a few levels, my pop culture knowledge has been replaced with...

OP-ED: You should skip class

OP-ED: You should skip class

By Guest Writer September 2, 2025

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. Max Pociask is a 2025 graduate of the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences and...

How to beat the freshman fashion crisis | Geek Chic

How to beat the freshman fashion crisis | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya June 6, 2025

I would be lying if I said the first day of school wasn’t something I secretly look forward to every year. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been addicted to the electric energy the first day brings...

The opinion section isn’t fluff — it’s a frontline for student speech | Editorial

The opinion section isn’t fluff — it’s a frontline for student speech | Editorial

By Editors June 6, 2025

As students, we’re often told the future is in our hands. As student journalists, we’re constantly reminded about the necessity of our emerging voices in holding truth to power. But you might also...

What’s left if we can’t ask 'what if'? | Editorial

What’s left if we can’t ask ‘what if’? | Editorial

By Editors May 2, 2025
At their best, colleges and universities should serve as a safe haven for freedom of expression, liberty of thought and diversity of ideas. Research is a key component of this lofty, but worthwhile, goal.
'Pizzagate' and how social media has created a pandemic of misinformation | Terms and Conditions

‘Pizzagate’ and how social media has created a pandemic of misinformation | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom May 2, 2025

“Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party elites are harboring a child sex trafficking ring under Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C. pizza shop.”  Or so said the internet. Emerging during the...

Editor-in-Chief Brendan Galvin.

Letter from the Editor: Crossing the finish line

By Brendan Galvin May 2, 2025

The 1992 USA “Dream Team.” The 2016-2017 Golden State Warriors. The 2025 spring semester Daily Free Press Editorial Board. When I think of the best teams ever to exist, these are the first three...

Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 30, 2025
The draft is functionally a chance for NFL teams to add eligible players to their rosters, but it also allows athletes to broadcast their personal brand.
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