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The Daily Free Press

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“Pizzagate” and how social media has created a pandemic of misinformation | Terms and Conditions

“Pizzagate” and how social media has created a pandemic of misinformation | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom May 2, 2025

“Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party elites are harboring a child sex trafficking ring under Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C. pizza shop.”  Or so said the internet. Emerging during the...

Barstool BU’s Instagram post the day before Marathon Monday. Two student Instagram accounts, @slackerbu and @barstoolbu, have built followings as they chronicle the BU student experience, becoming unofficial storytellers of life as a Terrier.

Inside the student-run accounts that shape Comm Ave. campus culture

By Brendan Galvin, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2025

Marathon Monday is not just a day off at Boston University — it's a campus-defining ritual. While runners chase records down Beacon Street, students fill the streets of Allston, celebrating the city...

Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom April 24, 2025
When former President Joe Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy held office, he made a daring proposal: Social media should be the next product slapped with a compulsory warning. “The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor,” Murthy wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times in June.
The black screens that haunted our pages: social media and activism | Terms and Conditions

The black screens that haunted our pages: social media and activism | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom April 15, 2025

Darnella Frazier was 17 years old when she witnessed police officers brutally murder an innocent Black man on the streets of Minneapolis. Frazier and other witnesses could only stand by and watch as George...

Gianna Horcher | Senior Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Please stop asking for my Snapchat

By Analise Bruno April 8, 2025
Free yourself from the nonchalant, noncommittal shackles pushed on us by social media, and you’ll be on the right path to finding real love. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Digital footprints and the dangers of just being a kid | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom April 7, 2025
As the first generation growing up with access to social media, Gen Z kids are building a digital footprint both earlier and more expansively than any generation before. 
Grace Lodewick | Graphic Artist

BUPD has changed its image since 2005 — is that enough? | Editorial

By Editors April 4, 2025
Twenty years ago, The Daily Free Press published an editorial accusing the Boston University Police Department of “racial profiling” and a “lack of skill.” The piece outlined the 1984 killing of 19-year-old Christopher Dignan by a BUPD officer, detailing double-standards extended to University police and noting their routine targeting of minorities on BU’s campus.
Melissa Park | Associate Graphics Editor

The trying-my-best era: a gentle approach to self-improvement

By Obioma Eke April 3, 2025
When implementing these practices, keep in mind that you can start whenever you want to. As a matter of fact, start as soon as possible. You do not need to wait for Monday, the end of the month or Jan. 1 to make a difference in your life. 
Emma Hart | Graphic Artist

Pretty privilege isn’t rotting away | Mad Women

By Hailey Pitcher April 2, 2025
The “rotten girl” is a hot mess — she comes home at 5:00 a.m., she has Domino’s Pizza boxes scattered throughout her apartment and the indent of her body is creased into her mattress. She’s been wearing the same clothes for three straight days, but everyone around her just laughs and tells her she still looks fabulous. 
Melissa Park | Associate Graphics Editor

On the sinking ship of Gucci, Demna could be another disastrous leak | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 1, 2025
Over the past decade of internet rage-baiting, an unlikely perpetrator has risen to fame: world-famous fashion house Balenciaga. From stiletto crocs to packing-tape bracelets, Balenciaga — once associated with elegant couture gowns and sumptuous fabric — has repeatedly taunted the internet with its meme-worthy designs.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

iPads are parenting our kids | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom March 31, 2025
I know plenty of toddlers — a consequence of my work with BU’s Jumpstart program — who do not know the alphabet or how to spell their names, but are acutely adept at navigating an iPad. 
Grace Lodewick | Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (Or Analise): No more silver springs — how to let go and move on from your ex

By Analise Bruno March 30, 2025
Enter the half-joke, half-serious concept of “silver springing” someone. It’s the idea that you and all the love you bring with you are unforgettable — like a ghost that will eternally haunt them.
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