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Twitter thread investigating a Boston University student for neo-Nazi beliefs

Online activists accuse former BU student of involvement with neo-Nazi, white supremacist group

Nick Kolev March 8, 2021
Online activists accused former Class of 2024 College of Arts and Sciences student Steven Van Zelst of allegedly engaging in hate groups centered on Nazism, racism, anti-semitism and misogyny in a Twitter thread and article posted Thursday.
Andre Salkin

Skate On The Paradigm: Trump’s confused love affair with fascist paramilitaries

Andre Salkin October 6, 2020
Trump himself is not politically conscious enough to subscribe to fascism. Rather, his political motivations are mostly rooted in a selfish sense of opportunism, leading him to value personal loyalty over ideological preference. 
The poster outside of Warren Towers advertising Ben Shapiro’s visit to Boston University was vandalized sometime on Thursday. AUSMA PALMER/ THE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Shapiro poster defaced outside Warren Towers

Alex LaSalvia November 1, 2019
A poster advertising conservative pundit Ben Shapiro’s Nov. 13 campus visit outside Warren Towers was defaced Thursday with the word “Fascist” and a mustache resembling Adolf Hitler’s drawn in black marker.
Esther Adler, a Holocaust survivor, speaks at the Howard Thurman Center on Thursday evening. Adler spoke as a part of "Memory In the Living Room," which was hosted by BU Hillel. PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEONE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Holocaust survivors share experiences in intimate campus ‘living rooms’

Sophia Brown April 13, 2018
Members of the Boston University community gathered in the Howard Thurman Center on Thursday evening to listen to Holocaust survivor Esther Adler talk about her experiences being Jewish living in Germany during Adolf Hitler’s first few years in power.
Max vs. Media: Let the silence breakers be heard

Max vs. Media: Let the silence breakers be heard

Max Berman December 12, 2017

I was neither shocked nor at all disappointed when TIME announced its person of the year — the silence breakers. Ever since the allegations of Harvey Weinstein went viral, a pathogen has been spread...

DRULIAS: The danger of accepting North Korea as a nuclear power

DRULIAS: The danger of accepting North Korea as a nuclear power

Matthew Drulias September 28, 2017

For the past few months, North Korea’s nuclear missile program has dominated headlines — and for good reason. Just last week, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said war with the United States...

BURKE: Problem in Chechnya

BURKE: Problem in Chechnya

Patrick Burke April 25, 2017

It has recently been reported that Chechnya has been imprisoning men because they are gay. They are being sent to what seems to be concentration camps, where they are tortured and murdered. Seeing this...

BURKE: What more does Spicer have to say?

BURKE: What more does Spicer have to say?

Patrick Burke April 13, 2017

Hearing Sean Spicer talk has always made me cringe. For someone who is the press secretary and director of communications for the White House, the man has a tough time actually trying to speak. He started...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd on the day before the election in Manchester, New Hampshire. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Trump is Person of the Year, but should he?

Editors December 8, 2016

Sometimes there are two choices in a given situation. The first is clearly the “right” decision, characterized just by evidence, clear criteria and an overarching acceptance. The second is perhaps...

Nina Khrushcheva, moderator Liah Greenfeld and Chandler Rosenberger speak at “The Ukraine Crisis: Implications for U.S. and European Foreign Policy” at Boston UniversityThursday afternoon. PHOTO BY ANN SINGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panelists consider solutions for Ukraine, Russian conflict

Ethan Cappello February 20, 2015

Three international affairs experts gathered Thursday night to speak about the ongoing situation between Ukraine and Russia. Members of the panel, which was hosted by Boston University’s Frederick...

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