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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Five classic books for actual beginners

Chloe Saint Mard September 15, 2024

From the time I started reading seriously, about three years ago, I've been exploring different genres. Interestingly enough, it seems that the lengthy classics are the books I enjoy the most — and I...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

A reader’s journey: Classics hater to classics lover

Gabriella Di Dea April 3, 2024
I wasn’t always a fan of classic literature. If you would have asked me a year ago to read a classic novel by choice, I would have laughed in your face. I wouldn’t have done it even if you paid me. I was a self-proclaimed classics hater. Looking back, I think this stemmed from the fact that classic literature always seemed synonymous with academic settings. While reading classics is integral in any English curriculum, I would be lying if I said this didn’t get on my nerves.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With A View: Suicide is not a philosophical matter

Antonia Lehnert March 29, 2021
There is nothing philosophical about the voluntary death of nearly 800,000 people every year.
Boston University On Broadway, an on-campus musical theater organization, hosted its “OB Online Showcase” on Saturday, which featured performances by 15 students. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU On Broadway highlights campus talent in online showcase

Daily Free Press Staff November 10, 2020
Classical show tunes and modern Broadway hits soared through theater lovers' homes this weekend as Boston University students belted from their dorm rooms.
Boston University’s Classics Department hosted its fifth annual Gorefest virtually on Friday. COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL STUDIES

Classics enthusiasts celebrate Halloween via dramatic virtual readings of Greek tragedy

Connor Allen November 2, 2020

As the snow came pouring down over Boston Friday night, the Boston University Classics department held its fifth annual Gore Fest — a night of dramatic readings of Ancient Greek and Roman horror tragedies...

SHEA: Republic 1.354c

Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2014

Something inside of me has shifted since I started at Boston University. Okay, many things about me have shifted (including my waist measurement, unfortunately), but I’m just realizing in my last month...

SHEA: Idque audire sat est?

Daily Free Press Admin September 24, 2013

For every classroom, there is a pretentious question-asker, a self-important show-off. As a classics major who has taken many literature-based classes where discussion is encouraged, I have had to sit...

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