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Harvey Weinstein’s corrupt Oscar tactics live on through streaming

Rachel Bernstein March 26, 2025
Harvey Weinstein’s legacy of Oscar manipulation tactics didn’t die with his downfall. Instead, it’s been amplified by the rise of streaming platforms. 
Gianna Horcher | Graphic Artist

‘A Complete Unknown’ keeps Bob Dylan a mystery

Ruby Voge February 7, 2025
The film’s title, “A Complete Unknown,” serves as a guide for how it approaches its subject material. Mangold’s script works to uphold the mythology of Dylan as an unknowable artist — who, from the beginning, was reluctant to be defined by others and by himself. 
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Can we separate the art from the artist?

Eden Mor November 30, 2021
The last thing we need to be doing is idolizing people we shouldn’t be.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Canceled: A case for academic study beyond the textbook

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 5, 2021
The over-intellectualization of serious topics prevents us from reaching any kind of understanding on a topic beyond its definition.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Gen Z, 9/11 and grief

Editors September 13, 2021
Dear Gen Z: 9/11 parties demonstrate a fundamental lack of compassion
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A call for opinions that listen: A Fall 2021 preview of the Freep opinion

Bini Ollivier-Yamin August 31, 2021
Public opinion-having is not a matter of simply talking about your beliefs, but rather, it is also about listening attentively enough to form an opinion at all.
Police officers deploying a chemical agent

Councilors retry chemical, projectile crowd control reform

Daniel Kool February 26, 2021
The proposed restriction would that police use chemical weapons and impact projectiles only if a supervising officer witnesses violence or destruction of property and determines the situation cannot be controlled or de-escalated.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Side profiles and beauty trends

Bini Ollivier-Yamin February 1, 2021
Our definition of beauty is subjective, and it can grow and change to include a diverse range of features, traits and ethnicities. The first step is to get rid of the seemingly harmless trends that perpetuate Eurocentric beauty — they’re clogging up my “For You page.”
EDITORIAL: Partisan polarization means politicians in power can do anything without consequence

EDITORIAL: Partisan polarization means politicians in power can do anything without consequence

Editors September 30, 2020
Political sentiment has evolved into a party-over-country mentality, and has resulted in a dog fight to keep certain parties in power.
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro speaks at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center on Wednesday night at an event organized by BU Young Americans for Freedom. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ben Shapiro at BU says America was not built on slavery

Daily Free Press Staff November 14, 2019
Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro spoke at Boston University Wednesday evening after weeks of controversy on campus surrounding his impending visit. Individual protestors raised their voices inside the venue at various points throughout the event.

EDIT: Blog sparks controversy

Daily Free Press Admin November 20, 2013

Aware that controversy attracts clicks, returnofkings.com, a previously low profile, anti-feminism blog, recently posted a provocative article entitled, “5 Reasons to Date a Girl with an Eating Disorder.”...

BU contrasts Boston College’s condom program halt

Daily Free Press Admin April 3, 2013

Among ongoing controversy at Boston College over administrators shutting down a condom distribution program, Boston University officials said such programs are important educational tools at BU. “I...

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