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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

The language of flowers

Isabella Panichi April 2, 2025
Sometimes the occasion for giving flowers is just because — just because you love someone, just because you were thinking of them or just because you’re there. 
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Disillusioned by holidays

Veronica Thompson October 14, 2021
About two years ago, I decided to stop participating in holidays because they were stressing me out.
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Wheelock professors discuss the importance of having conversations about differences with children

Rachel Do April 13, 2021
Wheelock professors spoke about the benefits of teaching kids about diversity early at a Zoom panel.
Boston University students found socially distanced ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day Sunday, including participating in Datamatch. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students celebrate an odd, simplified Valentine’s Day

Ilana Keusch February 19, 2021
Terriers celebrated Valentines Day differently in 2021 with an emphasis on simplicity, with some turning to Datamatch to meet new people.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jewish community organizations in Boston are preparing for virtual Hanukkah celebrations, which will begin on Thursday. PHOTO COURTESY ROANOKE COLLEGE VIA FLICKR

Households across Boston to find light in pandemic-era Hanukkah festivities

Taylor Brokesh December 10, 2020
A pandemic can’t stamp out the Jewish festival of lights. Community organizations in Boston are prepared for virtual celebrations of Hanukkah, which begins Thursday evening.
Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2020
Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
WILSHERE: Celebrate all love on Valentine's Day

WILSHERE: Celebrate all love on Valentine’s Day

Meredith Wilshere February 18, 2016

The first person to say it to me was my Uber driver. The next was my mom, then my best friends. The last time I said it was nervously at 11:58 p.m. after an emotionally taxing day to the guy that had been...

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