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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

The language of flowers

Isabella Panichi April 2, 2025
Sometimes the occasion for giving flowers is just because — just because you love someone, just because you were thinking of them or just because you’re there. 
Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

The myth of escape

Gabriel Martins February 21, 2025
But growing is inevitable, regardless of where you are. We have this mentality that we must evolve or die, but evolving doesn’t mean changing your life dramatically. We evolve in little ways every day— even if it’s in the courage it takes to live at home.
East to West: Sept. 24, 2021

East to West: Sept. 24, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 24, 2021

We’re fully in person and it shows! Today on East to West, we cover student concerns about crowding on campus, developments in BU StuGov’s senate, Boston’s designation of “Always Ask, Proud...

East to West: Sept. 3, 2021

East to West: Sept. 3, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 3, 2021

Welcome back! Today on East to West, we cover BU’s Class of 2025’s matriculation ceremony, trans and nonbinary students’ struggles with the university’s health services and policies, a virtual...

Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Returning to in-person classes may invite new anxieties, but will undoubtedly help stabilize our lives

Editors April 29, 2021

If you’re on campus at Boston University and witnessing the city’s slow transition into spring — barring unpredictable Boston weather — the news of in-person classes and Commencement has arrived...

Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: 2 Fast 2 Furious

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 15, 2021
Ultimately, a city that prioritizes cars over people on mechanical wheels or on foot doesn’t allow pedestrians to enjoy the full extent of their city. Perhaps that’s a good thing in a time of a pandemic, but it just makes the morning commute all the more depressing.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: It’s time we redefine leadership, societal expectations for students

Alexia Nizhny March 11, 2021
The entire concept of leadership is arbitrary, varied by culture and thus a cause of needless stress. Which is to say, if there were ever a time for universities to loosen their expectations for students and potential applicants, perhaps a global pandemic would be a great start.
EDITORIAL: Outsourcing MBTA jobs is necessary for progression

EDITORIAL: Outsourcing MBTA jobs is necessary for progression

Editors October 6, 2016

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is flawed. We are reminded again and again of the fact, from the winters of 2014 and 2015 to this week’s latest train derailment at Copley. From the enormous...

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