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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Three’s a crowd — here’s how you should handle your love triangle

Analise Bruno February 23, 2025
The truth is, you can be dating the nicest and sweetest guy in the world, but that doesn’t mean he’s the one for you. If love was the only thing needed to maintain a relationship, no one would ever break up.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Songs to fall in love with this Valentine’s Day | Liv Listens

Olivia Stapleton February 13, 2025
Valentine’s Day can be a fun holiday no matter your relationship status, and what better way to celebrate than by listening to some great love songs? I’ve picked out a few for whatever relationship stage or Valentine’s Day mood you might be in because I believe there’s a perfect love song for everyone. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Crushing It in class without crashing and burning

Analise Bruno February 9, 2025
Having a class crush is far more interesting but even more challenging in college than in high school. My roommates used to joke that the first day of class was always a big game of smash or pass. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Networking your way into someone’s heart

Analise Bruno February 2, 2025
No one really thinks of turning to LinkedIn, and I can’t really blame them — it’s academic-facing, and has always come across as being “strictly business.” Yet, the more I toiled with the idea of LinkedIn being a one-stop shop for all things romance, I couldn’t help but wonder: could this be the revolutionary answer to modern dating troubles?
Ananya Sharda | Graphic Artist

This guy | Things I’ve Learned From Strangers

Lili Culhane October 30, 2023
There’s this guy who is a stranger, but maybe less of a stranger than strangers usually are. He is an acquaintance. A friend of a friend, if you will. And maybe that is closer than stranger territory, but the fact that I don’t know him very well counts for something.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

You Had Me at ‘It’s Gay’

Kal Hawley October 1, 2023
Hi, my name is Kal Hawley. I’m 18 years old, and I am so, so queer. And whether you are too, or you’re not sure yet, or you’re just bored and scrolling through The Daily Free Press, I hope this column can help you find something a little more interesting than a forced romance between two characters who really were better as friends or the “shy girl inexplicably wins the heart of popular guy” trope.
Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

Ask Abby: How do I not get the ick?

Alicia Hamm May 3, 2023
Luckily, if you are caught in a love-ick predicament, there are ways to help yourself work around it.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Bubble Burst: Representing girlhood

Lydia Evans March 24, 2022
It’s not odd to experience a first crush or to grow frustrated at the strange stage between child and adulthood, but because the media lacks such depictions, girlhood is seen as abnormal. 
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: College dating services provide common ground, connection

Editors March 30, 2021
Marriage Pact and Datamatch connect the community and offer a good substitute for meet-cutes.
Puppeteer Brad Shur (left) performs an act called “The Kingdom” as part of his show “Cardboard Explosion.” VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Puppeteer Pipkins pursues puppet passion in performance

Eleanor Ho November 15, 2018
When renowned artist and puppeteer Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins took the stage at BU Central, all eyes weren’t on him. They were on his latest creation, Crush, a puppet made out of cardboard and cloth with two shining green eyes. With the help of his puppet, Pipkins hosted Boston University’s first puppet slam Saturday evening.

DEPIES: The worst kind of crush

Daily Free Press Admin November 11, 2013

The scene was right out of some contrived romantic comedy.  I was standing in the dining hall, facing an array of faces I didn’t know, when I saw him. He was sitting with a group of friends, laughing...

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