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‘Writing like my brain thinks’: Pulitzer Prize winner John Archibald visits BU as COM’s inaugural writer in residence

Emily Wyrwa April 24, 2023
“When you're in school, they tell you to find your voice,” John Archibald, Boston University's inaugural Writer in Residence at COM said. “I had no idea what that meant."
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

The Four Belt Era: the state of the heavyweight division

Eli Cloutier December 7, 2022
With matchups such as Fury vs. Usyk, Wilder vs. Ruiz Jr., Joshua vs. Whyte II and more, columnist Eli Cloutier covers the thrilling slate of heavyweight fights we could see in 2023.
Narek Sahakian / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: Tragedy overflow in calamitous times

Antonia Lehnert September 7, 2021
It is not our place to painstakingly empathize with grief that we could never even come close to understand.
CAMMY MORSBERGER/DFP STAFF

Letter from the Editor: A final word

Colbi Edmonds April 28, 2021
I will always be indebted to this paper and the people here who have given me a space to grow.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Sincerely, Ally: Journalism — I love you, I love you not

Alexia Nizhny April 27, 2021
Journalism helped me overcome my fear of failure. I’m a better writer, artist and editor for it.
Ladies I Am Right: ‘Tis the cuffing season

Ladies I Am Right: ‘Tis the cuffing season

Meredith Wilshere December 17, 2017

I have always been single for the holidays. Minus a seasonal fling a few years back, I have never had a beau for the holiday season. Instead of kissing someone when the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

EDITORIAL: We need a new approach to apprenticeships

EDITORIAL: We need a new approach to apprenticeships

Editors December 15, 2017

The word apprentice has a very specific connotation: blacksmiths, carpenters, plumbers and the like. We think of apprenticeships as being the first steps on the path toward a few very specific careers. And...

The New Rambler: My word of the year, the future and the night sky

The New Rambler: My word of the year, the future and the night sky

Dan Dellechiaie December 12, 2017

At the end of every year, a bunch of smart people with linguistics and English degrees (or just a keyboard and an electronic soapbox) announce their “word of the year.” Geoff Nunberg is a name you...

Max vs. Media: Let the silence breakers be heard

Max vs. Media: Let the silence breakers be heard

Max Berman December 12, 2017

I was neither shocked nor at all disappointed when TIME announced its person of the year — the silence breakers. Ever since the allegations of Harvey Weinstein went viral, a pathogen has been spread...

People with Projects: ‘Rick and Morty’ vs. ‘South Park’: Comparing two presidents

People with Projects: ‘Rick and Morty’ vs. ‘South Park’: Comparing two presidents

Kelsey Mihachik December 12, 2017

This year, our president instigated a new headline for himself on a weekly — no, daily — basis. From Russian collusion to paper towel-throwing and name-calling, it seemed we couldn’t escape reading...

Worldview: The whimsical formation of the new Russian empire

David Damiano December 11, 2017

When Russia occupied Crimea in the winter of 2014, skeptics argued this step was just the first (or second if you ask the Georgians) in Putin’s campaign to restore Russia to supremacy in Eastern Europe....

After the Curtain Call: A performance of Trump’s own: fake news

After the Curtain Call: A performance of Trump’s own: fake news

Ellie French December 11, 2017

As Donald Trump repeatedly reminds us, fake news is everywhere. According to the president, all news sources that do not side with him are reductively fake. Needless to say, this is an extremely dangerous...

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