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Ask Abby (Or Analise): No more silver springs — how to let go and move on from your ex

Analise Bruno March 30, 2025
Enter the half-joke, half-serious concept of “silver springing” someone. It’s the idea that you and all the love you bring with you are unforgettable — like a ghost that will eternally haunt them.
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EDITORIAL: Staying ‘objective’ can set harmfully strict standards for journalists, but we must remain steadfast in integrity

Editors February 4, 2021
It’s a journalist’s duty to be unbiased. We represent our publications and their credibility, and we need to take that commitment seriously
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Looking for a hot take: a Spring preview of FreeP opinion

Abbigale Shi January 21, 2021
Through the columns of our diverse writers, The Daily Free Press’ opinion section will be publishing pieces covering everything from politics and current events (2021 Breakdown, Minority Report) to philosophy (Politics Philosophized) to social movements (Gender Justice, Dear Men).
FRILOT: BU frat parties — surviving, not thriving

FRILOT: BU frat parties — surviving, not thriving

Madison Frilot September 12, 2017

Following the first real weekend back at Boston University, countless students are undoubtedly still nursing their hangover-induced headaches leftover from a weekend of partying. There is a certain supernatural...

BERMAN: Facebook is a corporation, let’s not forget that

BERMAN: Facebook is a corporation, let’s not forget that

Max Berman September 12, 2017

Just in time for Hillary Clinton’s book “What Happened” (also known as “Clinton’s Five Stages of Grief”) Facebook and Russia have re-entered the news cycle. Social media and Russia, the two...

LAUNGJESSADAKUN: Trailers as an alternative to movies

LAUNGJESSADAKUN: Trailers as an alternative to movies

Michael Laungjessadakun October 16, 2016

A friend of mine absolutely loves it when cinemas show movie trailers before the beginning of a movie. He has often dragged me along for the 30-minute barrage, during which most of our popcorn is eaten...

Mahdi: As the years have gone by

Daily Free Press Admin March 3, 2014

Courtesy of social media and the plethora of infographics, as the years have gone by, the wall that separated the “little people” from the star-studded events has been lifted. As the build-up to the...

RUTH: Ice Age: Disney Edition

Daily Free Press Admin February 5, 2014

When I was a junior in high school, seeing “MO” written in big red letters by my English teacher on my essays was a common sight. This was her short way of indicating a section where we had missed...

SHEA: Forced entry

Daily Free Press Admin January 22, 2014

I feel like a complete hypocrite because I normally can’t stand people who do this sort of thing, but it has been so unbearably cold lately that I skip lines on a regular basis. To get into a building,...

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