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Cozy tunes to keep you warm this winter | Liv Listens

Olivia Stapleton January 30, 2025
I curated a playlist of songs that make me feel warm, anticipating that I’d need some soothing music to help me get through the next few months of cold temperatures. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: In week 7, two wideout trades highlight the news

Jason Asvestopoulos October 18, 2024
We have zoomed through a month and a half of football. Teams like the Vikings and Commanders have pleasantly surprised their fanbases, while teams like the Jets and Jaguars have had a head-scratching start to their respective years.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to Helmet: Where things went right, and who got robbed at the NFL Honors

Jason Asvestopoulos February 15, 2024
The NFL season has now fully wrapped up, and the Kansas City Chiefs have established their dynasty by winning their third championship in five years. The San Francisco 49ers are once again left with a bitter feeling after losing the Super Bowl, but at least one of their players was recognized for his outstanding season. 
student link

MyBU ready for its initial launch, set to gradually replace ‘outdated’ Student Link

Caterina Tomassini March 3, 2023
MyBU, a new platform to help BU students navigate their student accounts, will launch on March 6, and gradually replace the homepage of current Student Link.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Minority Report: Fork more pork — Why conservatives are angry about earmarks

Lincoln Son Currie March 17, 2022
Whether or not you like earmarks may depend largely on whether or not you want the desired end — passing bills. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: U.S. healthcare system is sustaining the inequitable quality of care crisis

Bailey Salimes December 8, 2021
Millions of people in the United States are in medical debt crises, with many asking if they can afford to live.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Booms, Busts and Bets: NFL Week 8

Sean Hroncich October 27, 2021
Sean Hroncich discusses the most significant fantasy outlooks entering Week 8 of the NFL season.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Sincerely, Ally: Sharing finances with your partner doesn’t have to be a point of contention

Alexia Nizhny February 16, 2021
We need to shift how we viewed wages. There’s a cultural association between money and worth: The higher you’re paid, the more valuable of a person you are. But that association is arbitrary.
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.
Students write letters in the George Sherman Union Plaza on Monday evening for an event organized by the Every Voice coalition. The letters, directed to state legislators, express support for two bills that would address sexual assault on college campuses. ALI AUDET/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students write to Massachusetts legislature in support of sexual assault prevention at event

Alex LaSalvia September 10, 2019
The Every Voice Coalition, a Massachusetts-based sexual assault prevention advocacy organization, held a letter-writing event on Monday where Boston University students could send letters to state legislators voicing support for two bills that would address sexual assaults on college campuses.
OP-ED: Millennials don't have to sacrifice passion for money in employment

OP-ED: Millennials don’t have to sacrifice passion for money in employment

Editors March 16, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. While in college, I had two types of jobs: passion jobs and bills jobs. My passion jobs...

NSTAR, seen here working in Back Bay, filed for a 29 percent increase in its Basic Service supply rate Friday that could cause financial hardship for students. PHOTO BY MONIKA WAHI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

NSTAR proposes 29 percent price hike

Inaara Tajuddin November 12, 2014

A significant hike in electricity and gas prices proposed by one of Massachusetts’ main utilities could soon leave many Boston residents — including students who live off-campus — spending more...

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