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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Bubble Burst: Empathy’s extent

Lydia Evans February 17, 2022
Empathy is essential, but accountability is as well. 
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.
MINTZ: In which I abandon the worst parts of my life

MINTZ: In which I abandon the worst parts of my life

Casey Mintz December 8, 2015

Before a couple of days ago, if you were to ask me: “Casey, what’s your favorite book?” I would have answered without hesitation a book called “Wasted” by the journalist and author Marya Hornbacher. The...

MINTZ: Maybe I am hard to love

MINTZ: Maybe I am hard to love

Casey Mintz November 24, 2015

Sometimes I feel as if I am hard to love. The old adage goes that relationships are about compromise. But as someone who is bipolar, I often find compromise hard to find. There are times of stability,...

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