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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

The language of flowers

By Isabella Panichi April 2, 2025
Sometimes the occasion for giving flowers is just because — just because you love someone, just because you were thinking of them or just because you’re there. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Sugar is sweet, not spooky | Tough Love

By Analise Bruno October 17, 2023
The scariest thing about Halloween used to be that there was a small, but possible, risk that your candy could be infiltrated by a razor blade or tainted with poison. But, in 2023, perhaps people are more anxious about sugar and calories being in the candy. 
PHOTO BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TAMOLA: About Weight Watchers

By Katie Tamola October 27, 2014

You know those Pinterest quote boards or your sorority sisters or whatever who talk about loving wildly and doing everything to the extreme and living in the moment and all. You know, that stuff. That’s...

MARK: To date a Fat Guy

By Daily Free Press Admin March 19, 2013

When it comes to courtship, the traditional “date” has all but vanished, and I find the alternatives to be a little depressing. Let me clarify: If you’ve been in a relationship with someone for...

MARK: Fat boy in a skinny world

By Daily Free Press Admin January 31, 2013

There are two things you need to know about me. One: I’m fat — not husky, not big- boned, not stocky — fat.  Two: I’m ambivalent about it. And I’ve embraced the ambivalence; I see the good and...

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