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Ananya Sharda | Graphic Artist

Facebook frenzy: an anecdote on the power of social media connections

Faizaan Ayub November 6, 2023
I’m an inquisitive person: I like to look into other people’s lives and gain a fresh perspective on how I perceive them based on their experiences. I found myself always judging what my family members posted on social media without having any context to their actions.
Yvonne Tang | Graphic Artist

“Tickets to Paradise” and its rotting structural corpse | Bad Art

Bini Ollivier-Yamin November 18, 2022
I’d rather be confused by a meandering film that seems to stumble onto its feeling, than understand a story suffocated by its structure.
East to West: Nov. 22, 2021

East to West: Nov. 22, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 22, 2021

Enjoy the break! Today on East to West, we cover BU’s Thanksgiving Break COVID-19 guidelines, a Wheelock seminar on different generational teaching styles, MFA workers striking and more.    Click...

University of Illinois at Chicago associate professor of economics Javaeria Qureshi presented on teacher quality in relation to Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials in an event put on by Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Tuesday. VISHVA VENKATESAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wheelock seminar explores generational teaching differences

Carly Breland November 18, 2021
Professor Javaeria Quershi presented her research on Tuesday at the education school.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Should we be dreaming of labor?

Editors September 7, 2021
It is difficult to parse the value labor should have in one’s life, but there is always going to be inherent value in simply being.
hands of different ages

Generation names explained

Veronica Thompson March 15, 2021
A “generation” is defined as a group of people born in the same time period, and generation names exemplify our human tendency to categorize ourselves. Here’s a brief, non-comprehensive list of the Western cultural generations.
Boston University professors Shawn Lynch and Daniela Melo hosted “My Vote, My Voice: The Mechanics of U.S. and Other Elections” on Wednesday to discuss the Nov. 3 election and the impact of voting. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU political scientists say upcoming election will rely on youth turnout

Rachel Do October 26, 2020
Since 2016, just a fraction of the country has participated in general elections. With the 2020 presidential election right around the corner, BU professors discuss the importance of voting and how the system fails.
EDITORIAL: Cursing in a professional setting indicates change, not regression

EDITORIAL: Cursing in a professional setting indicates change, not regression

Editors October 10, 2016

The term ‘millennial’ is broad and vague. It brings to mind overly social, tech-hungry and self-absorbed individuals. As defined by the Pew Research Center, millennials would be “those born after...

EDITORIAL: Millennials deserve respect, too

EDITORIAL: Millennials deserve respect, too

Editors October 16, 2015

As college students of what has been deemed the millennial generation — a group that is so broadly defined and yet so definitively stereotyped — we are forced to stand up for ourselves and our career...

After Don McLean’s “American Pie” manuscript sold for $1.2 million, baby boomers investing in rock memorabilia has become increasingly popular. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Baby boomers spend big bucks on rock memorabilia

Kaitlin Junod April 16, 2015

In an increasingly digital age, physical rock memorabilia is still a big-ticket item. Some people are even willing to spend millions of dollars for scraps of old scribbled lyrics. Spending huge amounts...

EDIT: The right fight at the wrong time

Daily Free Press Admin October 21, 2013

Brian Zulberti, Esquire wants to fight the good fight for sexually open people. Like many recent law school graduates, Zulberti began his job search in an unforgiving job market. Instead of assimilating...

EDIT: Deconstructing Generation Y

Daily Free Press Admin September 23, 2013

We are a generation trying to adapt to a tumultuous world. Whether we care to admit it, the society and worldly challenges that await us after graduation are unpredictable. Are we, as Generation Y, adapting...

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