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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Liza Berdykulova | Senior Graphic Artist

Bing chilling | Con-Current Events

Frank Yang February 18, 2025
Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, faced a mass migration from “TikTok refugees.” The Pinterest–Instagram love child that my Chinese immigrant mother uses everyday was suddenly the most downloaded app in the West.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Can the Trump-Vance administration make AI great again? | Moral Compass

Kaushik Reddy December 2, 2024
What if, as a consequence of Vance’s enforcement of open-sourcing model weights, the People’s Liberation Army had open access to the weights of frontier American models? The implications might be detrimental, and here’s why. 
A student looks at the election results at a watch party at Warren Towers on Tuesday. Many Boston University students and faculty expressed concern about the future of their civil and reproductive rights. AVA RUBIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU students, faculty react to presidential election results

Josh Rosenthal November 7, 2024
Following the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States on Wednesday, students and faculty at Boston University say they are “shocked,” and “confused.”
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Don’t give up on climate change politics just yet | Data Driven

Sarah Datta April 3, 2024
Playing the long game with climate change politics can be rough, but it might also be our only solution. As cliché as it sounds, some climate action is better than none.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

A Trump win is a ‘bloodbath’ waiting to happen | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano March 21, 2024
Isn’t it telling that Biden, the media and a great deal of non-Trump supporters immediately jumped to the worst possible conclusion when the word “bloodbath” came out of Trump’s mouth?
Students practice calligraphy at the Lunar New Year Culture Fair co-hosted by the Chinese Program and Global House at Myles Standish Hall on Friday. CORINNE DAVIDSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU communities ring in Year of Dragon with Lunar New Year celebrations

Sara Sugita February 18, 2024
BU celebrated the Year of the Dragon with the Chinese Student Association's Lunar New Year Gala, the Taiwanese Overseas Student Association's potluck, and the Chinese Program's Culture Fair.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Mockery, hypocrisy are Vivek Ramaswamy’s favorites | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano November 15, 2023
At the third Republican primary debate Vivek Ramaswamy demonstrated his hypocrisy and lack of credibility as a candidate by resorting to ad hominem attacks and mockery.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Who really won the James Harden trade? | The Backdoor Cut

Luke Scotchie November 9, 2023
Whether you were woken up in the middle of the night on Halloween Eve by the notification from Adrian Wojnarowski’s X account, or if you’ve somehow managed to escape the insufferable discourse surrounding it, you’ve probably heard the biggest news of the early season. The Philadelphia 76ers have (finally) traded former NBA all-star James Harden.
Samantha Sanders | Graphic Artist

Nikki Haley: candidate capable of compromise | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano November 1, 2023
Nikki Halley recent popularity in the polls is a good sign that Republicans are tired of Trump and DeSantis' antics and may be ready for a candidate capable of compromise.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Biden stands with Israel, increasing the risk of a Cold War II | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano October 30, 2023
Biden's strong pro-Israel stance on the most recent conflict, which stands in stark contrast with most of the rest of the world including the U.S.'s biggest rivals Russia and China, is reminiscent of the Cold War era proxy-wars and could even threaten the beginning of World War III.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

In honor of that life — halfway across the world

Michelle Tian April 20, 2023
When I saw my parents’ childhood home with my own eyes — it hit me how different our lives were. 
Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

A conversation on ‘One Child Nation’

Rachel Zhong April 13, 2023
"One Child Nation" is a documentary that follows the aftereffects of China's one-child policy that limited a family to have only one child.
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