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The Daily Free Press

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EDITORIAL: Tolerating the intolerable — the price of free speech

Editors April 3, 2023
Freedom of speech is a right against legal repercussions, not against social consequences.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: No revolution to be found in BU’s updated Work from Home policies

Editors December 9, 2021
A recent BU Today piece praising BU’s remote work policy ignores the ways BU's work population remains unprotected.
Boston University President Robert Brown in his office on Silber Way. On Tuesday, Brown spoke with The Daily Free Press in a Zoom interview to discuss returning to fully in-person learning in the Fall, along with other issues concerning students. ANDRES PICON/ DFP FILE

President Brown discusses return to in-person learning this Fall and more with The Daily Free Press

Nick Kolev May 5, 2021
Brown discussed planning for next year, vaccine requirements and renovations among other topics.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: Visibility for transgender characters and actors

Emma Shapiro March 9, 2021
Trans characters and actors are essential in creating plotlines that appeal to similar audience members. The entertainment industry needs to create more roles that acknowledge the bravery and importance of a transition story, and these actors should receive more awards and recognition.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston University needs to raise wages for its employees

Editors January 26, 2021
After almost a year of living under pandemic restrictions, experiencing a record drop in employment and witnessing an increase in mental health problems as a result, a minimum wage raise to $15 an hour, or higher, is more crucial now than ever before.
Samuel Shupe, a former Boston University lecturer, posted an essay on Reddit last week detailing his frustration with BU’s failure to pay faculty members a living wage. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former BU lecturer posts essay criticizing University’s unlivable wages

Madhri Yehiya January 25, 2021
In the post titled “BU’s Poor Treatment of Faculty (and Students),” Shupe describes how he was forced to quit his job teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Writing Program due to inadequate pay. Shupe taught at the University for seven years and received his Ph.D. from BU in 2019.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: Why is a man in a skirt so upsetting?

Meredith Varner December 1, 2020
If you think a man wearing a skirt is enough to destroy an entire society, then it must be a very fragile society to begin with.
Boston University’s Network of Enlightened Women chapter serves as a space for conservative college-aged women to connect and feel empowered. COURTESY OF NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN

Young, diverse women share collective voice in current Republican Party

Daily Free Press Staff November 4, 2020

By Alex Ross (contributor) There is more to the Boston University chapter of Network of Enlightened Women than the name implies. While they’re an all-college-aged group focused on female empowerment,...

Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The Gadsden flag, and our campus

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 28, 2020
The Gadsden flag is racist. It is disgusting to see our administration — not just some random individual living on campus — display the flag so flagrantly. 
SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Final word: A letter from the editor

Haley Lerner December 5, 2019
If the FreeP has taught me one thing, it’s to keep going, keep calling, keep writing, keep rewriting, keep your eyes open despite how little sleep you got and do everything you can to make something that matters. Trust me, you will. I did.
Our True Face: Protesting is complicated for minorities

Our True Face: Protesting is complicated for minorities

Maria Jimenez Moya November 21, 2019
As Americans, we are entitled to our rights in the First Amendment. Freedom of speech is a powerful tool that gives us the right to opine without government restraint. Protests are a natural context for individuals to exercise this freedom. 
East to West: November 15, 2019

East to West: November 15, 2019

JenRacoosin November 15, 2019

In this episode of “East to West,” we cover Ben Shapiro’s speech at BU, new rankings of medical centers in the commonwealth, a sustainability project on campus, and more. This episode originally...

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