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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston University Student Government provided updates on elections and forthcoming events Monday. ANNA VIDERGAR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

StuGov gives updates on elections, events in brief meeting

Anna Vidergar March 9, 2021
Boston University Student Government announced updates on the forthcoming elections and a town hall in its shortest meeting of the year Monday night.
A sign denouncing Boston University’s treatment of rape cases posted Sunday night in West Campus. BU Facilities removed some of the signs put up by protesters Monday because they were not located in designated free-expression spaces. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU removed sexual assault protest posters citing University policy

Madhri Yehiya February 9, 2021
Many of the hundreds of posters hung around campus during Sunday night’s “Our University Has a Problem - Protest on Sexual Assault @ BU” demonstration were removed by Boston University Facilities Management and Operations staff members early Monday morning.
Boston University student Prisha Sujin Kumar wrote a second open letter to BU Jan. 10 about her experience with sexual assault on campus and the University’s handling of sexual assault cases. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU student publishes second open letter to University about sexual assault on campus

Lily Kepner January 23, 2021
Six months after her first open letter to the University, BU student Prisha Sujin Kumar wrote a second letter to the University about her experience with sexual assault on campus, condemning the University’s treatment of her and other survivors and demanding change.
Boston University’s School of Public Health hosted a virtual panel on Wednesday with “Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus” co-authors Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sexual assault researchers suggest campus-based offenses are complex, multi-layered

Ashley Soebroto November 19, 2020

Sexual assault is an issue prevalent on college campuses across the nation, and the phenomenon is worsening in recent years. Despite a number of initiatives working to prevent sexual assault, the...

Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The BUPD — Part 6

Bini Ollivier-Yamin September 21, 2020
Her story is one of many incidents of the administration refusing to take survivors seriously and properly punish rapists and predators. This negligence extends to the BUPD. 
Yvonne Tang

Dear Men: Sexual assault allegations should be taken seriously

Yvonne Tang September 9, 2020
There is no world where a sexual assault survivor wins. The #MeToo movement is not about winning. It’s an effort to stop playing the game. 
BURSTEIN: Sexual assault must be addressed in high school

BURSTEIN: Sexual assault must be addressed in high school

Sarah Burstein March 20, 2016

Sexual assault is a buzzworthy topic for college students in 2016. As soon as I was accepted to Boston University, I was made to think that my university was doing everything it could to prevent cases...

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