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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Our nation devalues essential immigrant labor | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung April 19, 2024
America is currently at war with itself trying to claim that the labor undocumented workers provide shouldn’t be validated, despite its heavy reliance on that very labor becoming completely exposed just four years ago.
Shanzah Rafiqi | Graphic Artist

Is art really for everyone? | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung April 5, 2024

I worked at a commercial art gallery for an internship last summer.  There were a few things I learned. One, art is expensive. The cheapest items I can recall were postcard-sized sketches worth...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Misogyny comes easy for the Crown — along with everyone else | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung March 24, 2024

Beyond the gates of Buckingham Palace, separating the royal residence from the busy rotary outside, is a simple, black fence. What makes this fence special are the posts, embossed with a crown atop...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

The American people are part of Trump’s fraud, too | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung March 5, 2024
As silly as his products sound, I was also reminded that the criminally charged ex-president would not sell an “I <3 Trump Robe Set” – complete with a “luxurious” white bathrobe, candy and slippers all boldly bearing his name for $185 – unless there was at least one person buying it.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Hustle culture is taking its victims younger and younger | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung February 2, 2024
Basing our lives on the idea of doing more, being more, gaining more, is turning all of us into people who greet each other with “I’m good, but tired” every single day. Why does every emotion have to come with depletion?
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. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

College isn’t worth it | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung November 7, 2023
“I’m thinking about how much it costs to sustain my presence here.” Those were the words of one of my closest friends here at BU. She’s applying to state schools in her native California for transfer next year. Why? 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

You are Going to Die, and That’s Okay | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung October 23, 2023
Multi-millionaire Bryan Johnson is on quest to use his wealth to achieve immortality. While it may be easy to scoff at a rich man unable to accept his own mortality, the fear of death is something we all must reckon with in life.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The actors and writers strikes are bigger than Hollywood | The Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung October 11, 2023
The SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are about all of us not getting paid enough.
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