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Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

REVIEW: ‘Hello Beautiful’ | Required Reading

Hazel Nystrom April 7, 2025
 If you have sisters like I do, this book will absolutely make you cry. If you don’t have sisters, you’ll probably still cry, too.“Hello Beautiful” is emotional, and your heart will break alongside the Padavano sisters. 
Annika Morris | Graphic Artist

Merry Christmas from your favorite Jew

Amanda Brecher December 8, 2023
As the climate gets a little colder, and the rosey noses and puffer parkas emerge, there’s one thought that floods the minds of more people than just Buddy the Elf –– Christmas is coming! Oh, and Hanukkah, too.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: Are protests effective in the modern era?

Antonia Lehnert April 25, 2022
If Putin didn’t factor in the international response to his actions, he surely wouldn't care to read the hundreds of slogans people are using against him in other areas of the world. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Intentional Evolution: If you can’t tell them what’s wrong, they aren’t your friend

Samantha Elizondo March 26, 2021
Do not be afraid to vocalize your concerns in your relationships.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: Unified Ireland?

Max Ferrandino March 17, 2021
Northern Ireland leaving the EU would create many problems that would be difficult to resolve, as if a unified Ireland is already a sensitive enough issue
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: In defense of ghosting

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 8, 2021
Ghosting may be incredibly rude for someone to do, and it shouldn’t be the only way to end a relationship or interaction, especially a serious one. I try not to end most interactions by ghosting, but I think sometimes it's natural and justified to say goodbye by disappearing.
“Finding Agnes,” a Netflix original film released Monday, depicts a son's journey to learn more about his estranged mother after she suddenly passes. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Finding Agnes’ marks new take on the family drama

Rachel Do December 2, 2020
The film, which depicts a strained mother-son relationship, stands out against the typical family narrative in a sad but realistic manner.
Kara Chen/DFP STAFF

Diamonds and Rust: To debate or not to debate

Joel Herbert October 29, 2020
Our thoughts may not change immediately as the result of a debate, and we may leave many debates feeling worse than before. However, through constant exposure to differing ideas and personal techniques in thought, we can hope to live with reasonable and honest beliefs.
EDITORIAL: Popular students could be employed to fight bullying, but shouldn't be

EDITORIAL: Popular students could be employed to fight bullying, but shouldn’t be

Editors January 20, 2016

Science has finally found a way to brainwash children for the better. Three researchers found that students did a better job listening to anti-bullying messages when influential students spread the messages,...

Nina Khrushcheva, moderator Liah Greenfeld and Chandler Rosenberger speak at “The Ukraine Crisis: Implications for U.S. and European Foreign Policy” at Boston UniversityThursday afternoon. PHOTO BY ANN SINGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panelists consider solutions for Ukraine, Russian conflict

Ethan Cappello February 20, 2015

Three international affairs experts gathered Thursday night to speak about the ongoing situation between Ukraine and Russia. Members of the panel, which was hosted by Boston University’s Frederick...

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