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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

Don’t commit to your parasocial relationship | Stop Scrolling

Madison Forrest October 15, 2023
Freshly married TikTok couple have a new take on “something old” wedding tradition: getting canceled for racist tweets, which they apologized for by emphasizing that the hundreds of tweets were “old.”
Moneta Ota / DFP Staff

Bubble Burst: Sexual assault accusations go beyond getting canceled

Lydia Evans January 28, 2022
Sexual assault is inexcusable. While actions such as bullying, lying, or cultural insensitivity are not any more valid, people must understand the difference between another case of a canceled influencer and the detrimental and severe effects crimes like sexual assault have beyond the screen.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Canceled: A case for academic study beyond the textbook

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 5, 2021
The over-intellectualization of serious topics prevents us from reaching any kind of understanding on a topic beyond its definition.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Cancel culture is counterproductive to the justice movement

Luca Becker February 19, 2021
Cancel culture is appealing because it gives those participating in the “canceling” the false satisfaction of justice being served. But those who value true justice must caution against cancel culture and recognize it is the very thing it hopes to destroy: injustice.
Jun LI/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Social media lifestyle is tainted with toxicity

Editors November 13, 2020
But behind the facade of business-savvy, carefree young adults is an industry filled with a deeply-bred toxicity that favors shallowness and ingenuity.
East to West: Oct. 26, 2020

East to West: Oct. 26, 2020

Justin Tang October 26, 2020

Today on East to West, we cover the formation of lines outside of BU COVID-19 testing sites, the closure of the Kenmore Starbucks location, local restaurants bracing for colder weather during COVID-19,...

Boston University’s Global Programs building. BU Study Abroad has canceled all international and domestic trips for the Spring 2021 semester. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Study Abroad cancels all Spring 2021 trips

Melissa Ellin October 22, 2020
BU Study Abroad is canceling all of its international and domestic trips and the majority of its programming for Spring 2021 due to pandemic-related concerns, according to a Thursday email from Study Abroad Executive Director Gareth McFeely.
Boston University Student Health Services postponed Wednesday’s flu clinic until next week due to short vaccine supply. COURTESY OF U.S. NAVY

SHS flu clinics postponed due to short vaccine supply

Chris Larabee October 1, 2020
BU SHS postponed Wednesday’s flu clinic due to short vaccine supply as students try to meet the Massachusetts mandate that all students obtain a flu shot by Dec. 31.
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