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The importance of the words we use

Lynn Chu October 18, 2021
The informality with which we throw around words can be seen as a rejection of empathy.
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.
Diamonds and Rust: Blood on the tracks

Diamonds and Rust: Blood on the tracks

Joel Herbert October 15, 2020
Music is simply a catalyst — very powerful, but still simply a catalyst — that has the potential to unlock within us positive and possibly negative effects if we allow it to

Field notes from the funding cliff: Massachusetts’ autistic youth graduate with abysmal options

Daily Free Press Admin January 22, 2014

NOTE: The persons involved in this story chose to remain partially anonymous. David’s future could have been an easy case. The 21-year-old from Amherst was never confused about his future. He never...

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