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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Emma Clement | Graphics Editor, Josephine Kalbfleisch | DFP Photographer, Lauren Albano | Campus Co-Editor

Musk Foundation donations to BU rocketry club launch debate

Lauren Albano 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.
A banner in the Boston University Diversity and Inclusion office. According to a campaign video last year, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs from universities. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Trump education agenda to target DEI, affecting Boston-area universities

Megan Amato December 6, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to reform higher education are sparking concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion at Boston-area universities.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Should college rankings matter? | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung November 29, 2023
I might be in college, but I’m reliving the stress of college application season. One of my friends is a senior in high school and feels immense pressure to live up to their own expectations. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Extending the student loan freeze only delays the inevitable

Editors April 8, 2022
But this postponement amounts to a temporary band-aid on a much larger crisis. The looming student debt apocalypse still remains no matter how many times Biden kicks it further down the road.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Heartland: An ode to college towns

Maxwell Pociask March 29, 2022
Columnist Maxwell Pociask explains how college towns across America can serve as an inspiration for cities and towns without colleges.
Students on campus at Harvard University. Challenges to affirmative action at Harvard University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will be heard by the Supreme Court which could end the practice of affirmative action in college admissions. MADHAV KOHLI/DFP FILE

Supreme Court to hear Harvard and UNC affirmative action case

Cici Yu February 4, 2022
The Supreme Court agreed last Monday to review challenges to race-conscious admissions at Harvard and UNC.
CONOR KELLEY/ DFP STAFF

Letter from the Editor: A final word

Lily Kepner December 9, 2021
Editor-in-chief Lily Kepner says her goodbyes in a thoughtful farewell letter to the BU community, and to her home at the Daily Free Press.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: No revolution to be found in BU’s updated Work from Home policies

Editors December 9, 2021
A recent BU Today piece praising BU’s remote work policy ignores the ways BU's work population remains unprotected.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: Balancing enthusiasm with hate in inter-regional esports beef

Nick Speranza December 9, 2021
Inflammatory trash-talk in international video game chatrooms can create friendly competition — as well as a source of hate speech.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: The BUPD promised us the perception of safety — not its reality

Editors December 8, 2021
If we are ever to achieve true public safety, we can no longer rely on the BUPD — a violent institution with an egregious history and present of violence and racism.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Minority Report: The joy of giving

Lincoln Son Currie December 8, 2021
During this holiday season, it is important to acknowledge how much gifts can mean beyond their monetary value.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: U.S. healthcare system is sustaining the inequitable quality of care crisis

Bailey Salimes December 8, 2021
Millions of people in the United States are in medical debt crises, with many asking if they can afford to live.
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