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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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External conditions worldwide threaten banana availability in dining halls

Lilian Li February 5, 2018

Unusually cold weather conditions, in conjunction with other external factors, are affecting banana plantations worldwide, causing a shortage of bananas in Boston University dining halls. Valentina...

Many students at Boston University spend their first Thanksgiving away from their families. PHOTO COURTESY

Students stay on campus, start new traditions during Thanksgiving break

Solange Hackshaw November 30, 2017

Many members of the Boston University community rushed home to spend Thanksgiving break with family and friends — but some students opted to stay on campus and use their holiday break to start new...

The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless attend a Massachusetts State House hearing on a House bill that would make it easier for homeless people to receive identification cards. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Legislators hear bill pushing for increased access to ID’s for homeless

Caroline Smith November 14, 2017

  The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Transportation heard a bill Monday afternoon that proposed extending access of identification cards to the homeless community. H.2737 would allow...

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site in Brookline is decorated for Halloween. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Release of JFK files fuels interest among BU students and professors

Caroline Smith October 31, 2017

Thousands of documents pertaining to President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination released by the National Archives last Thursday revived the national conversation about government involvement...

The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking hosts “Disrupting the Human Trafficking-Migration Nexus” this weekend at the Boston University School of Law. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Pardee hosts workshop on human trafficking

Alice Ferre October 30, 2017

The Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking (FMHT) hosted a workshop about the roles of technology, public policy and law as it relates to human trafficking on Oct. 27-28...

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