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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Anjola Odukoya’s father Folafumi Odukoya and mother Abena Odukoya on a beach in Miami in the early 2000s. Her Ghanaian mother draped a detailed sarong around her waist, and her father somehow managed the Miami heat in his button-up. COURTESY OF FARIDAH IBRAHIM

Americans simply aren’t doing it like Nigerians | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya April 23, 2025
But let’s just say it — Americans love to be comfortable. So much so that in the 1980s, tech professionals in Silicon Valley drove the final nail into the coffin of formality in a rebellion against traditional work attire, leading to the emergence of business casual style.
Fulbright Scholar Gabriel Calistro. Thousands of students were left uncertain about receiving Fulbright scholarship funding after the Trump administration announced it would cut state department funding for abroad programs. COURTESY OF GABRIEL CALISTRO

Fulbright funding suspension raises uncertainty for scholars abroad

By Sam Mandala March 21, 2025
Federal cuts to scholarships like the Fulbright Program have left students currently abroad and future grantees, uncertain.
Gianna Horcher | Graphic Artist

‘A Complete Unknown’ keeps Bob Dylan a mystery

By Ruby Voge, Opinion Co-Editor February 7, 2025
The film’s title, “A Complete Unknown,” serves as a guide for how it approaches its subject material. Mangold’s script works to uphold the mythology of Dylan as an unknowable artist — who, from the beginning, was reluctant to be defined by others and by himself. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Presidential election generates anxiety over aftermath

By Sara Creato November 8, 2024
For many Americans, presidential elections are immensely stress-inducing, but this year it’s gotten worse, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association.
Iris Ren | Graphic Artist

Massachusetts deploys volunteers, sends supplies after Hurricane Helene

By Lindsay Gould October 11, 2024
Massachusetts-based organizations sent hurricane-relief volunteers for physical and emotional support, supplies such as meals and water and professional aid.
Shakespeare plays in Mugar Library’s fiction section. Boston University Libraries administration are looking to change how students view libraries and make them a place where they can connect and find a community. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston University libraries shift stereotypes, create ‘third place’ for students

By Eliza Lamont March 20, 2024
Boston University Libraries are looking to change how students view the library and prove that they are not a purely academic space, Kristina Bush, BU’s library experience manager said. Supporting students’ wellbeing and curiosity entails facilitating access to research tools, scholarly experts and citation guides, Bush said. The libraries strive to create a “holistic student experience” that connects students’ academic life with recreational life, she said.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

We’ve all been sleeping on Marianne Williamson | Not to Get Political But

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief November 8, 2023
Even though there's no way Marianne Williamson edges out Biden to become the Democratic nominee, we could all still learn from her platform's progressive break with the status quo.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

OP-ED: A monolingual country can’t lead the world

By Editors October 28, 2022
The world is globalizing fast, instead of adapting to the integration of foreign language and culture, the United States is waiting for the rest of the world to assimilate to us or to kindly keep out.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Minority Report: Americans win big with bipartisan infrastructure bill

By Lincoln Son Currie November 10, 2021
The latest bill Congress passed should be commended for bucking partisanship and improving the lives of so many Americans.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Seen on TV: Hurricane Ida reporting exposes media’s climate blindspot

By Brian Foisy September 12, 2021
Extreme weather has always been big business for news networks, but oftentimes missing is the discussion of climate change.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Let them eat meat

By Lincoln Son Currie April 22, 2021
Meat destroys our planet, but meat “makes life worth living.”
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Let’s be blunt. It’s high time we accept marijuana dispensaries, destigmatize cannabis

By Editors April 21, 2021
The poorly concealed elitism in our own backyards show we sorely need to change our attitudes.
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