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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Musician Haley Martin tunes her guitar before a brief set. Activists gathered outside South Station Monday afternoon for a rally honoring International Women’s Day. DANIEL KOOL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Activists rally for progressive policy on International Women’s Day

Daniel Kool March 9, 2021
A series of speakers — ranging from musicians to nurses to union organizers — called for equal pay between men and women, noted the disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mothers and emphasized the need for intersectionality.
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Canceled: When did blank walls of concrete become more important than survivors of sexual assault?

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 2, 2021
What does it mean when a campus police officer — one whose presence on campus is supposedly to protect students — cares more about the sanctity of blank Subway walls painted in chalk than their campus’ rape problem?
GALLERY: BU students protest sexual assault on campus

GALLERY: BU students protest sexual assault on campus

Hannah Yoshinaga February 8, 2021

Boston University students protested Sunday night against the University's handling of sexual assault cases on campus. Organizers from Campus Survivors provided posters, chalk, tape and spray paint to...

A message left by protesters in East Campus at Sunday night's sexual assault protest LILY KEPNER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Campus Survivors holds sexual assault protest, demands University listen

Lily Kepner February 8, 2021
Nearly a month after BU junior Prisha Kumar’s second open letter condemning the University’s treatment of sexual assault was released to the public — after an initial letter written in June — Kumar and the other co-founders of the @campus.surviors Instagram account organized an on-campus protest, demanding a response from the administration.
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