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Petition against the Boston National Women’s Soccer League’s team name, BOS Nation, on change.org. Katya Engalichev created the petition when the league launched their team name on Oct. 15, receiving over 1,800 signatures. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER.

‘Too Many Balls’ busted by BOS Nation backlash, team apologizes for controversial branding

Lauren Albano November 13, 2024
A new women’s soccer franchise in Boston received criticism for its “boring” team name and controversial marketing campaign.
Boston University students and clubs seek transparency from BU Police Department

Campus organizations call for increased efficiency, transparency at BUPD, otherwise abolition

Tanisha Bhat December 2, 2021
Campus clubs raised issues with BUPD's policing, calling for greater transparency or its abolition.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: BU Barstool and the corporatization of memes — and rape culture

Editors October 21, 2021
The recent campaign to shut down the BU Barstool Sports affiliate meme instagram page reveals deeper lines of misogyny and racism ingrained within Barstool Sports media, its founder, and the corporatization of memes.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Harry Styles, Bad Art Friend, and fiction

Editors October 14, 2021
If pens are as mighty as surgical instruments, it is worth weighing their reference points.
Quarantine Learning Support Act petition

Student Government petition calls for quarantine learning support

Greye Dunn October 3, 2021
Consistent recording of lectures for students who must miss class among the requests listed.
Barstool BU Instagram Account

It’s On Us BU launches campaign to shut down Barstool BU

Daily Free Press Staff August 6, 2021
Several BU students, clubs and organizations share Instagram post and Change.org petition
Boston University Department of History Building

Students demand accountability after discovering history teaching fellow’s white nationalist writings

Jesús Marrero Suárez June 3, 2021
An online open letter and petition ask for a re-evaluation of grades impacted by Welton.
University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass declared itself “High Risk” for COVID-19 Sunday after an increase in cases on campus. COURTESY OF TOM SULCER VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

UMass Amherst campus on lockdown following alleged on-campus parties

Sam Trottenberg February 10, 2021
In a letter to the campus community Sunday, Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy wrote the designation would last a minimum of two weeks, and all students must remain in their residences unless they’re getting food, a twice-weekly COVID-19 test or going to a medical appointment.
Boston University Student Government confirmed two co-chairs for 16,000 Strong, a sexual assault awerness organization, as well as passed a resolution to urge BU to make Election Day attendance optional in a virtual meeting Monday. ANNA VIDERGAR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

StuGov passes resolution to advocate for Election Day holiday

Anna Vidergar October 20, 2020
BU StuGov confirmed two co-chairs for sexual assault awareness organization 16,000 Strong and passed a resolution to recommend BU administration make Election Day attendance optional, in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
Boston University alumnus Arcangelo Cella. On June 21, Cella created a Change.org petition asking BU to rename Rhett the Terrier, the University’s mascot, because of the name’s ties to the controversial book and film “Gone With the Wind.” COURTESY OF ARCANGELO CELLA

What’s wrong with ‘Rhett,’ from the alum who petitioned for a mascot name change

Sarah Readdean July 2, 2020
2014 alum Arcangelo Cella created a Change.org petition on June 21 asking the University to rename Rhett. In an interview with The Daily Free Press, Cella shared his views on the controversial associations the moniker's namesake brings to BU.
Boston University international students created a petition urging the University to reconsider shipping personal belongings worldwide after a plan released by BU Housing on May 8 required that they store their items over the summer or have them shipped to a domestic address. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International students petition BU to ship belongings left on campus

Vanessa Bartlett May 13, 2020
BU students remain scattered across the globe without much of their belongings. After the school released a residence packing policy that does not offer postal shipping to international addresses, some are now petitioning to request a reevaluation.
The outside of Boston University’s College of General Studies. CGS students created a petition on May 4 to lower the Boston-London program’s tuition after it was moved online for the summer due to COVID-19. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students petition for partial refund of CGS Boston-London program

Jane Avery May 7, 2020
This year’s spring-admit freshmen spent only 49 days on campus, and they will now also forgo a summer in London — a long-time CGS tradition — while paying full sticker price.
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