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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Finding clarity within yourself amidst the chaos

Nino Machavariani March 24, 2025
However, I’ve grown to lean on my ability to sit down and do the work, and that’s the key — to make life feel a little easier, you have to build trust with yourself through habits, hobbies and moments that make you feel safe and loved.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Smiles, laughs and whole lot of yarn: Winding down and finding peace with Off The Hook BU

Nino Machavariani March 21, 2025
The moment you step in, you’re welcomed into a cozy, inviting atmosphere where people sit together, chatting and crocheting. There’s an immediate warmth — an unspoken understanding that here, you can just be.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Battle Between Personalities: MBTI and Zodiac Signs

Rachel Zhong September 19, 2023
The way zodiac signs and MBTI embody personality tags in our society now indeed constitutes the Barnum Effect -– when people think that personality descriptions are uniquely relevant to them, despite its universality --- but how convincing is that?
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Scientific sexism | Final girl

Kiana Aftahi April 11, 2023
The idea that women are worse at spatial tasks, more emotional or any sexist prejudice is the status quo in our world. Researchers internalize these stereotypes and conduct studies to justify them, which calls into question the validity of their methodology altogether. 
Connie Dai / DFP Staff

Critical Eye: Sleep study

Sarah Goodman April 21, 2022
Through sleep deprivation’s dissociative and singly concentrated conspirings, the student is more suggestible to the subliminals of their scholarship. Sleep deprivation then engineers the most potent conditions for learning.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Social Media Society: The new-age hobby hub gone digital

Gabriela Romero February 27, 2022
We can focus on the negative aspects of social media but positives are undeniably present.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Redefining Love: Love is more than a feeling

marenamosher February 6, 2022

True love is real. It is worth waiting for. It is worth searching for. And just because you haven’t found it yet doesn’t mean it’s not waiting for you.  Gen Zers may have a more cynical perception...

Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Overusing smartphones does more harm than good

Luca Becker April 16, 2021
Conscious and mindful phone use can provide a useful alternative to the phone addiction.
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BU event reflects on neurological impact of racism on Black Americans

Molly Farrar April 13, 2021
Research presented at a BU seminar said racial trauma can cause PTSD symptoms in Black Americans.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let Your Hair Down: What’s really going on when we procrastinate?

Hannah Bohn March 16, 2021
Treating procrastination as a symptom of idleness is problematic and harmful. We have to stop stigmatizing procrastination and dig deeper into the underlying, neurological roots of what’s actually causing us to respond — or not — to our responsibilities.
Kara Chen/DFP STAFF

Mind Your Business: We can strengthen relationships in ways beyond verbal communication

Abbigale Shi November 8, 2020
We should commit ourselves to simply figuring out how someone talks beyond linguistic boundaries so the signs they send don’t get lost in transmission.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: Literacy has been linked with wealth, but is becoming more accessible

Alexia Nizhny September 17, 2020
Thus, it is appropriate to ask ourselves the following: how can we read more, and why do we put so much cultural emphasis on being well-read?
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