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Petition against the Boston National Women’s Soccer League’s team name, BOS Nation, on change.org. Katya Engalichev created the petition when the league launched their team name on Oct. 15, receiving over 1,800 signatures. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER.

‘Too Many Balls’ busted by BOS Nation backlash, team apologizes for controversial branding

Lauren Albano November 13, 2024
A new women’s soccer franchise in Boston received criticism for its “boring” team name and controversial marketing campaign.
Still from Ted (2024) episode “Desperately Seeking Susan”. This television prequel of the popular 2012 movie premiers on Jan. 11. COURTESY OF PEACOCK

‘Ted’ showcases upbringing of Boston’s favorite teddy bear in new prequel series

Daisy Levine January 2, 2024
Writer, director and actor Seth MacFarlane tells all about his upcoming prequel series "Ted," about one of Boston's funniest characters.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Dad music and South Campus | Maia’s Inner Monologue

Maia Penzer October 16, 2023
Welcome to the new week! I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. It’s a bit sad to transition back to the workweek, isn’t it? Let's take a moment to recap the weekend.
Ricardo “Ricky” Holguin portrays a pirate while surrounded by ducklings during the “Make Way for Ducklings” play

A quest for home: ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ concludes run at the Wheelock Family Theatre

Emily Wyrwa March 15, 2023
Based on the children’s book of the same name, the play follows a family of ducks traveling through Boston in search of the perfect home.
A cyclist riding down a Commonwealth Avenue bike path. LivableStreets Alliance, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, wants to increase the number of shared-use greenway paths in Boston to make biking in the city more safe. LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE

Cambridge nonprofit aims to connect Boston neighborhoods through bike paths

Daily Free Press Staff November 20, 2020
Biking paths in Boston can be narrow, close to busy roads and devoid of protective barriers. To solve this issue, LivableStreets Alliance is striving to create 200 miles of shared-use “greenway” bike paths in the city by 2030.
Vanessa Bartlett/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Students must exercise more discipline despite COVID-19 fatigue

Editors November 9, 2020
BU needs to begin truly enforcing regulations rather than simply “encouraging” students to follow them. The student body, meanwhile, can't be stubborn in evading these rules.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston’s gentrification hurts locals while college students benefit

Editors October 16, 2020
While Boston thrives off its student population, the city cannot forget about the extreme gentrification and income gap hurting its local citizens. Students are valuable contributors to the city, but our being here also harms those around us.
Patagonia, the sports outerwear giant, shut its doors Tuesday so its employees could vote. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Time to Vote campaign presses companies to give employees time off to vote

Mary Katherine Moore November 7, 2018
Bostonians hanging out on Newbury Street Tuesday walked past a closed Patagonia store. Amid the typical bustle of the popular street, the store laid vacant with a sign on the door that read, “When the polls open, we close.”
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