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Falling for New York Fashion Week: a brief history | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 5, 2025
And so I remain fervently infatuated with the Council for Fashion Designers of America’s official Fashion Week and deeply enchanted by its mystique. I guess you can say it’s a bit of a toxic romance — one-sided, with one party granting the other not even a minute of their time.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Kappa Sigma’s Student Activities Office-affiliation should be removed

Editors October 25, 2021
A protest demanding the removal of Kappa Sigma’s university affiliation held last Saturday brings new questions to light about the place of fraternities on our campus and in our broader society. 
man wearing headphones

The power of music, memory

Melina Nguyen April 27, 2021
A particular song can always bring you back, transporting you into the past like a mental wormhole.
prime video's invincible

A tale of two superhero shows: How ‘The Boys,’ ‘Invincible’ subvert superhero stereotypes

Emma Sánchez April 26, 2021
After binging these shows, I feel red-pilled about how the media milks the hell out of superheroes.
walking in the wind by one direction on spotify

Song Spotlight: ‘Walking in the Wind’ by One Direction

Katrina Liu April 16, 2021
Listening to One Direction brings me back to a simpler time while showing me how much I’ve grown.
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Roblox Review: ‘Arsenal’

Melina Nguyen April 13, 2021
The lack of storyline makes “Arsenal” a great game to unwind and focus on overpowering kids online.
roblox characters

Why I love Roblox as a college student

Melina Nguyen March 31, 2021
When it comes to Roblox, I’ll always feel like that 13-year-old discovering it for the first time.
Danny Pudi at San Diego comic con

‘Community’’s Abed Nadir is the perfect representation of Gen Z’s main character obsession

Grace Donahue March 30, 2021
Abed Nadir from “Community” is a Gen Z kid at heart — or Gen Z-ers are just copying Nadir.
Boston University installed three-bin recycling systems in Claflin, Rich and Sleeper Halls in West Campus to make recycling easier for residents. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adds additional recycling bins in West Campus

Kylee Nguyen February 10, 2021
Trash, food waste and mixed recycling bins are now available on every floor that has a trash room in Claflin Hall, Rich Hall and Sleeper Hall. Previously, West Campus residences had recycling on only one floor of each building.
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences senior Josh Prinzo poses with Paris Hilton at a protest supporting the #BreakCodeSilence movement aimed at supporting survivors of the troubled team industry. COURTESY OF JOSH PRINZO

CAS student shares personal experience with ‘troubled teen’ industry

Sophia Yakumithis November 24, 2020
One afternoon, Josh Prinzo was escorted onto a bus and taken to a wilderness camp with no prospect of returning home for seven months. The BU senior became one of hundreds of teenagers forced into a behavioral facility for rebellious teenagers.
Sufjan Stevens’ newest album “The Ascension” on Spotify. ILLUSTRATION BY MIA KHATIB/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens takes off to anxious heights in ‘The Ascension’

Jonas Hayes September 27, 2020
Sufjan Stevens has finally returned to form in his new album “The Ascension," and he moves far away from his previous harrowing and extremely personal 2015 album.
Labor and Work Force Development secretary Ronald Walker II said in a Thursday press release,“The Commonwealth’s strong job gains in 2015 reflect the strength and diversity of our economy.” GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINKSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts experienced massive job growth in 2015

Maddie Domenichella January 28, 2016

The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development released data Thursday stating that Massachusetts experienced the best job growth in 2015 since 2000. Unemployment in Massachusetts declined...

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