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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Gianna Horcher | Senior Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Please stop asking for my Snapchat

Analise Bruno April 8, 2025
Free yourself from the nonchalant, noncommittal shackles pushed on us by social media, and you’ll be on the right path to finding real love. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

No one owes you anything — get used to it | The Hard Pills We Hate to Swallow

Breanna Pham March 31, 2025
The reality is that life will disappoint us sometimes. People will let us down. Doors will close. But that’s not the end of our story — it’s just a redirection. 
Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

Why I want to be a filmmaker, even when it feels impossible

Isabella Laikin March 27, 2025
My pursuit of filmmaking isn't about accolades or recognition — it’s about the opportunity to tell stories that resonate deeply, challenge perceptions and contribute to a broader cultural conversation.
Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

More than just a game: How video games teach us emotional depth

Khushi Chauhan March 25, 2025
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live. 

Broadway’s “Good Night and Good Luck”

Erica Schwartz March 18, 2025
As soon as the curtains pulled back and the set pieces rolled in, I was amazed by the level of detail that went into the set. The smoky cigarettes that nearly every performer totes around the stage add another layer of sensory detail that brings you physically into the world the show is recreating.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

History and authenticity can only be claimed by Boston’s little Italy

Amanda Brecher October 22, 2023
I can’t say that Eataly doesn’t have a good mission, and I won’t say that I haven’t explored its markets with wide eyes and an open stomach –– but my main concern is its place in Boston.
Boston Public Library Three Mothers webinar

BPL event highlights book on forgotten female ‘changemakers’ in civil rights history

Caroline Bowden February 25, 2021
Anna Malaika Tubbs' spoke about her debut book "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation" at a Boston Public Library conversation Tuesday. Her book highlights Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin, forgotten changemakers in U.S. history.
Hannah Bohn

Let Your Hair Down: Our dependence on technology jeopardizes authenticity

Hannah Bohn October 25, 2020
Referring to the internet to enhance our personal dictionary is a common and familiar behavior, but doing so can severely influence the capacity to which we express our individual voice.
WILSHERE: A connection beyond cellular

WILSHERE: A connection beyond cellular

Meredith Wilshere September 5, 2016

Space may be hailed as the final frontier, but every day millennials venture into unchartered territory. As we use our phones, our laptops, our watch-phones and sometimes our shoe phones, we are journeying...

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