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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

One of us is going to have to change: Matching my outfits with BU building styles | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 28, 2025
I love to feel as if I’ve traveled back in time as I walk through different buildings on campus. In fact, I decided to challenge myself to dress to match the styles and eras of BU’s diverse dwellings and truly feel like a time traveler. 
Members of the Russian-Speaking Society at Boston University talk to a prospective member at their table at Splash 2.0. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Students Splash into the Semester with Welcome Week Events

Sarah Cruz January 28, 2025
The Boston University Student Activities Office hosted multiple events during the first week of classes to welcome students into the spring semester.
BU on Broadway performing “Magic to Do” from “Pippin” on Saturday. BUOB showcased their production of the musical “Pippin” at the Tsai Performance Center from Nov. 7 to 9. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU On Broadway’s musical comedy ‘Pippin’ explores life’s true meaning

Deanna Soukhaseum November 11, 2024
What began as a lighthearted comedy about a boy’s journey to fulfillment quickly evolved into a thought-provoking narrative that explored the illusion of perfection and the interplay of fate and free will. BU On Broadway, Boston University’s premier musical theater group, performed “Pippin” at the Tsai Performance Center from Nov. 7 to 9.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Your guide to navigating campus on crutches

Samantha Marshall November 4, 2024
After three weeks on crutches due to a sports injury that ended in hip surgery, I suddenly found myself facing everyday challenges that made the walkable city of Boston, unwalkable. I wanted to share some advice for anyone else who finds themselves on crutches in the middle of the semester. 
Tents in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 23. After more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University were arrested during a pro-Palestinian encampment protest last Thursday, university students are now setting up their own encampments after Columbia called for students to replicate the protest. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Emerson, MIT student groups set up camp amid student arrests across country

Anna Rubenstein April 24, 2024
The first day of Passover happened rather unceremoniously in the 2 Boylston St. alley. Grape juice and paper seder plates bordered a dinner table thrown together with copies of Emerson College’s student newspaper, sprawled long across the brick ground. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Navigating the five stages of grief that come with college

Analise Bruno September 6, 2023
Boston University campus means different things for different students, while some are returning for another semester, others are starting their first — but how do we really feel about the start of another school year?
New York Comedy Club ticket

BU students fall victim to fraudulent comedy club ticket sales on campus

Chloe Patel April 18, 2023
BUPD received several reports of scams last week involving fraudulent sales of comedy club tickets in classrooms on campus.
Chloe Patel and Analise Bruno | Graphic Artists

OP-ED: BU needs to do more about its sexual assault problem

Guest Writer April 9, 2023
It’s time to call on the BU administration to adopt the The Survivors' Bill of Rights and remind BU that they have a responsibility to ensure the safety of its students.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

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.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: Where’d all the empathy go? — BU and its entitlement crisis

Editors March 27, 2023
There is something in the air at Boston University— and no, it is not the refreshing springtime aroma—but rather the pungent scent of entitlement seething from all four-corners of campus.
Questrom

Complaints on students smoking outside of BU’s Questrom School of Business

Akua Devall March 20, 2023
Non-smoking signs located on the office windows of the building's first floor, however students have continued to use cigarettes and other smoking materials outside BU Questrom.
ByDesign

BU alum’s ByDesign launches as a new online planning and networking platform

Sangmin Song November 30, 2022
ByDesign, the first achievement-focused social network that helps students plan their lives and achieve goals, was launched on Tuesday.
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