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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

More than just a game: How video games teach us emotional depth

Khushi Chauhan March 25, 2025
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live. 
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Burning Out: The unconscious learning and unlearning of a fear of authority

Yvonne Tang April 26, 2021
The present teaches me to fear authority, but the past teaches me to do what I think is right.
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Gender Justice: Your lack of intersectional feminism has real consequences

Meredith Varner March 26, 2021
Feminism must be intersectional and fight for every woman — not just the ones who look like you.
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I Call Foul Play: Ideologies that dismiss science are dangerous

Luca Becker February 26, 2021
This ideology of politicizing science — such as Trump’s politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic — already has and will continue to have large-scale consequences in the real world.
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Diamonds and Rust: Freedom, or free-doom?

Joel Herbert February 25, 2021
Freedom can make us anxious. It can impact us all differently, and it may even exacerbate inequality. But it gives us the ability to create meaning for ourselves, and it allows us to be the unique individuals we all are.
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2021 Breakdown: Actions must have consequences, especially for those at the top

Gabriella Aponte January 15, 2021
Actions must have consequences, especially for those at the top who bear the responsibility for inciting the insurrection at Capitol Hill on Jan. 6.
Max Ferrandino

Politics Philosophized: Can you be moral in today’s society?

Max Ferrandino October 4, 2020
Trying to be a moral or kind person is often not defined by only yourself. The authority figures in your life, and society as a whole, define your morals.
Singer Camila Cabello, shown in 2017, released her second studio-album “Romance” Friday. COURTESY OF FLICKR

Review: Camila Cabello comes clean about her relationships in “Romance”

Aditi Balasubramanian December 9, 2019
Camila Cabello’s second studio album, “Romance,” is filled to the brim with emotion. With its 14 tracks, the project succeeds in making all the lonely hearts feel even lonelier as Cabello sings about her own experiences with love and loss.
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