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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston University graduate student Eliana Pipes, who studies playwriting in the Graduate School of Arts and Science, was a finalist for The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Fellowship awarded Friday. COURTESY OF ELIANA PIPES VIA GETTY IMAGES

BU student recognized as finalist for fellowship

Wayne Yu January 30, 2020
Eliana Pipes, a second-year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at BU and playwright, attended the award ceremony for The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Fellowship as a finalist on Friday.
Modern Musings: The Oscars are dead — it’s time for a new academy

Modern Musings: The Oscars are dead — it’s time for a new academy

Ausma Palmer October 4, 2018

Back in August, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of a new Oscars category: the absurdly named “Popular Film” category. The new category (for which the Academy...

People with Projects: A female screenwriter’s “thank you” to Kevin Smith

People with Projects: A female screenwriter’s “thank you” to Kevin Smith

Kelsey Mihachik October 20, 2017

It’s always heartening to see someone taking action instead of merely asserting their thoughts. Kevin Smith — a filmmaker and writer known for movies like “Clerks” and “Mallrats,” who spent...

LAUNGJESSADAKUN: Whitewashing is more alive than ever in film

LAUNGJESSADAKUN: Whitewashing is more alive than ever in film

Christy Osler November 20, 2016

I have tried, tirelessly, to avoid writing a piece on whitewashing for as long as possible purely because the topic has been covered extensively for quite some time. However, upon my viewing of “Doctor...

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