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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Informational handouts and forms from Boston University’s International Students and Scholars office. Multiple student organizations at Boston University are calling for BU to declare itself a sanctuary campus in light of the Trump administration’s stricter immigration policies.

International students’ status remain uncertain amidst Trump administration efforts, calls for sanctuary campus continue

Elizabeth Mehler May 2, 2025
International student status at universities nationwide remain uncertain, amidst increasing federal oversight on immigration.
Boston University International Students and Scholars Office. Multiple Boston University students have had their visas terminated. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Wave of student visa revocations alarm Massachusetts universities, international students

Alina Fairlie April 10, 2025
The Trump administration revoked the visas of several international students at universities across Massachusetts this week, including Boston University, Tufts University, Harvard University, Emerson College, Berklee College of Music, Northeastern University and multiple campuses of the University of Massachusetts.
Nathan Philips, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Earth and Environment, and Alice Arena hold signs at Philips’ demonstration at Marsh Plaza March 5. Philips regularly uses his office window on the fourth floor of BU’s College of Arts and Sciences to display political messages to passersby along Commonwealth Avenue. PHOTO BY PHOEBE MILLER

‘Say his name’: BU faculty, graduate workers reflect on University responses to political speech

Lauren Albano March 30, 2025
With the recent executive crackdown on universities for pro-Palestine activism, the incident with Phillips’ signage sparked dialogue among BU faculty and students over administrative responses to free speech on campus.
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