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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Students explore constitutional arguments in health care debate

By Daily Free Press Admin February 1, 2012

Juliana Schilling, a College of General Studies sophomore, will be voting for the first time this November, but she may not be in the best position to do so. She said she knows little about certain...

Student organization advocates against proposed MBTA fare increases, service cuts

By Daily Free Press Admin January 31, 2012

Boston University Against T Cuts and other students around the city are joining the fight against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s proposed fare hikes. The MBTA’s debt is at its...

‘Homeland’ star, Emmy winner Claire Danes named Hasty Pudding Woman of Year

By Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2012

Actress Claire Danes paraded alongside rainbow-clad men in drag and spanked a costumed cow as part of Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year award celebration. Danes, a “Homeland”...

Delta Lambda Phi colony aims to become frat before year’s end

By Daily Free Press Admin January 25, 2012

Chas Manning was rejected from five other fraternities before being accepted to Delta Lambda Phi, a national social fraternity geared towards gay, bisexual and progressive men at Boston University. “I...

More than 700,000 Mass. residents going hungry, study says

By Daily Free Press Admin December 8, 2011

Food assistance program Project Bread is working to find new approaches to dealing with hunger in Massachusetts after studies suggested more than 700,000 people in the state are struggling to put food...

Kennedy a loyal friend, intellectual, Matthews says

By Daily Free Press Admin December 1, 2011

Chris Matthews, of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” discussed his new book  about John F. Kennedy on Wednesday night, saying he admired the former president’s intellectualism, loyalty and values in both...

Students don scarlet, white for first Spirit Day

By Daily Free Press Admin October 30, 2011

We’ve got to take “some time to celebrate,” said Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore, quoting musical artist Madonna to explain Friday’s Scarlet Fever Spirit Day at Boston University. In an invitation...

Police take aim at underage purchase of alcohol with new scanners, undercover cops

By Daily Free Press Admin October 13, 2011

This article is part three of a three-part series about underage drinking. New programs are making it harder for minors to fake out police, bartenders and liquor-store employees with false IDs. Police...

Nearly 100 employers to attend career day

By Daily Free Press Admin October 12, 2011

The Center for Career Development signed up 93 companies and employers to participate in the Fall Career Expo, which will run in the Metcalf Ballroom on Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Associate...

Fever over fakes: Students say fake IDs ‘necessary’

By Daily Free Press Admin September 29, 2011

This article is part one of a three-part series about underage drinking. While it is getting easier for underage college students to obtain fake IDs, bars and liquor stores are finding new ways to crack...

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