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Tents in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 23. After more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University were arrested during a pro-Palestinian encampment protest last Thursday, university students are now setting up their own encampments after Columbia called for students to replicate the protest. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Emerson, MIT student groups set up camp amid student arrests across country

Anna Rubenstein April 24, 2024
The first day of Passover happened rather unceremoniously in the 2 Boylston St. alley. Grape juice and paper seder plates bordered a dinner table thrown together with copies of Emerson College’s student newspaper, sprawled long across the brick ground. 
Incoming president-elect and Ohio State University executive vice president and provost Dr. Melissa Gilliam in 1 Silber Way

Introducing Melissa Gilliam: A life dedicated to education reaches new peak

Eden Mor October 6, 2023
“I really grew up surrounded by art and artists," said Melissa Gilliam, BU's next president and first Black woman to take on the role.
Chloe Patel and Analise Bruno | Graphic Artists

OP-ED: BU needs to do more about its sexual assault problem

Guest Writer April 9, 2023
It’s time to call on the BU administration to adopt the The Survivors' Bill of Rights and remind BU that they have a responsibility to ensure the safety of its students.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphics Artist

EDITORIAL: Sustainability at BU — progressive or performative?

Editors February 9, 2023
Prioritizing sustainability could not only cement BU’s place as a pillar of environmental protection, but actually make a tangible difference throughout the world. 
East to West: Feb. 7, 2022

East to West: Feb. 7, 2022

Ellen Maloney February 7, 2022

First Monday of February! Today on East to West, we cover essential workers during the blizzard, implementation of unobserved testing, the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case and more. Click...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Students should be careful of scams, but the administration should too

Editors September 21, 2021
As more students fall victim to scams, the administration should consider how some of these scams may fly under their radar.
BU Disorientation Instagram Account

Students launch BU Disorientation Guide: “You won’t find this on BU Today”

Divya Sood August 23, 2021
The guide will highlight campus activism and feature advice from students geared toward transfer and first-year students.
Be Safe BU Instagram Account

Student leaders create Be Safe Coalition to support survivors, pressure administration

Ashley Soebroto August 20, 2021
The coalition hopes to lead student organizations to prevent sexual violence on campus and stand up for survivors.
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Boston-area colleges mandate vaccines for Fall semester

Madison Mercado April 29, 2021
Northeastern University, Boston College, UMass Amherst, Emerson College, and Boston University.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: External support and internal changes can #SaveStudentNewsrooms

Editors April 26, 2021
Rescuing student journalism means saving us from culturally disappearing into the folds of society.
Alexia Nizhny | Daily Free Press Staff

Gender Justice: Adolescent girls need our support more than our regulations

Meredith Varner April 23, 2021
Sexist dress code policies are teaching young girls the wrong lesson about their bodies.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Ideologies that dismiss science are dangerous

Luca Becker February 26, 2021
This ideology of politicizing science — such as Trump’s politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic — already has and will continue to have large-scale consequences in the real world.
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