When we think of denim, of course blue jeans come to mind, but denim refers to the weaving of different strands of cotton. Generally, denim is woven with indigo-dyed cotton and standard white cotton — that’s why you see speckled white dots in your jeans.
By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief
• February 28, 2025
Donations made by the Musk Foundation to a BU rocketry team uncovered by The Daily Free Press are igniting debates over private donorship and revealing intra-University tensions over the funding it receives.
By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor
• November 5, 2024
Somewhere along the way, fiery dinner table debates became fires in ballot drop boxes. Lines of eager voters stretching around corners became the buzz of busy phone lines. The visuals of voting have changed in recent elections.
Question 5, a ballot measure seeking to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, has sparked statewide discourse as voters prepare to cast their ballots on Nov. 5.
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the Boston University School of Law, said she saw generational trauma firsthand. Akram started teaching at BU in 1993, where she now supervises students representing international non-governmental organizations at the International Human Rights Clinic, IHRC.
Last week, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres kicked off the 2024 MLB season with the annual Seoul Series, a two-game series that should have been a time to celebrate a new season. Instead, the series was overtaken by the news of the firing of Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
Canvassers from across the country headed to New Hampshire for this year’s first-in-the-nation primary to make a stand for their chosen candidates on Tuesday.
Oftentimes, in an MLB offseason, there are multiple “winners” and “losers.”
Usually, whether your team “won” or “lost,” its offseason is based on the front office's activity or lack thereof. Teams make noteworthy trades or sign big-name players to bolster their lineup or pitching rotation — or they don’t.
“The Woman in Me” was released on Oct. 24, and after starting the book the minute I was able to get a copy, I finished the memoir two days later. I just couldn’t put it down.
As the fall semester approaches, Ciara Kennedy will be one of the roughly 3,100 new faces that will make up the Class of 2027 at Boston University. She's preparing not just for life on Commonwealth Avenue, but for joining a women's soccer team that finished third in the Patriot League last season.
The women's tennis team cracked the top 75 in the International Tennis Association's Rankings for the first time in over a decade. Mark Fraenkel has the highlights of the team's season so far.
