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Gianna Horcher | Senior Graphic Artist

Keys to joyful employment

Sophia Keohane April 1, 2025
Say goodbye to the panicked version of me, searching for something I don’t want, and say hello to a girl who has a thing or two to say on joyful employment.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: Why you should stop letting corporations blame you for climate change

Fiona Broadie September 13, 2021
Anyone can green-shame, but it is toxic when performed by the companies that contribute heavily to the problem.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Coronavirus, stocks and crypto

Jaeyoung Choi March 11, 2021
The potential oncoming economic crisis is worrying, to say the least, but the first wave of economic hardship has been fought back through investment and capital injections into the markets by individual investors.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Supporting marginalized communities shouldn’t be constrained to a single month or day

Editors March 9, 2021
If we can pursue justice and have these discussions — even performatively — for a month, why can’t we have them for a year or a lifetime?
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The onus of recycling should not fall on the consumer, but rather governments, corporations

Editors February 25, 2021
The individual can and should be accountable for their own waste whenever possible — taking shorter showers, reducing consumption, learning more about recycling, etc. But the brunt of the work has to be done by the government and by large corporations because they’re the ones who have the power to actualize real, immediate and impactful change.
Boston University alumna and author Emily Contois spoke about the effect of food media and marketing on gender perceptions in a BU Gastronomy webinar Friday. COURTESY OF  EMILY CONTOIS

BU alumna discusses the influence of food media, marketing on perception of gender

Madeline Humphrey February 23, 2021
A Boston University alumna of the Gastronomy Program discussed the ways masculinity and femininity are shaped by the food industry in an event Friday about her book "Diners, Dudes & Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture.”
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Amazon’s new jobs in Boston may have unintended consequences

Editors January 27, 2021
Whether the new hires will be sustainable for the economy and whether Amazon’s growth will have a negative impact on local businesses after the city opens back up has yet to be seen. But it is certain we must hold these giants to higher standards, or they will continue doing good with ulterior motives.
OP-ED: American democracy isn't on the brink of collapse — it doesn't exist

OP-ED: American democracy isn’t on the brink of collapse — it doesn’t exist

Editors January 16, 2021
While some may claim our society is a democracy, we in fact spend most of our time adhering to policies of unelected leaders.
EDITORIAL: Ben and Jerry's co-founders arrested, exert rights at U.S. Capitol

EDITORIAL: Ben and Jerry’s co-founders arrested, exert rights at U.S. Capitol

Editors April 20, 2016

The founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, were arrested Monday at the Democracy Spring protests at the U.S. Capitol, The Washington Post reported. Their company’s...

EDITORIAL: Disney's opposition to Georgia's anti-LGBT bill welcome, financially motivated

EDITORIAL: Disney’s opposition to Georgia’s anti-LGBT bill welcome, financially motivated

Editors March 24, 2016

A bill passed by the Georgia legislature now awaiting the governor’s signature would allow religious leaders and organizations to refuse performing and attending same-sex marriage ceremonies, The Washington...

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