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David Sipos poses in front of the Brookline Arts Center. Sipos, a freshman at Boston University, is running for a seat on Brookline Town Meeting Precinct 1 after feeling unrepresented at a Brookline Town Meeting. COURTESY OF DAVID SIPOS

From dorm to town hall: BU freshman David Sipos runs for Brookline Town Meeting

Sana Muneer February 7, 2025
Boston University freshman David Sipos sat in the audience as Brookline Town Meeting deliberated Article 9 on Nov. 19. The proposal would allow three-family homes in neighborhoods zoned for two.
A sign for the Boston University Profession Clothing Closet displayed at the BU Center for Career Development. The previously free service has switched from a donation-based model to  an external vendor, which charges $60 for a month-long rental of six clothing items. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Professional Clothing Closet replaces original free model with new $60 system

Emma Clement November 20, 2024
The Center for Career Development’s Professional Clothing Closet reopened for the semester, switching from an in-house, donation-based closet to an external vendor, allowing a one-month rental of six clothing items for $60. 
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

4th and Inches: Snyder sells Commanders… finally

Brett Abrams April 20, 2023
After years of mediocrity, disappointment and scandals, Washington Commander Owner has finally agreed to sell the franchise to billionaire businessman Josh Harris.
Boston University women's basketball against Army, patriot league

Women’s basketball holds off Army, moves on to semifinals

Mitch Fink March 9, 2022
The Boston University women's basketball team withstood a 37-point performance from Army's Alisa Fallon to move on to the conference semifinals.
The United States Capitol in view among a crowd of protesters in March 2018. A group of Boston activists is traveling to Washington, D.C. for the Nov. 17 Voting Rights Now! protest to demand action on national voting rights legislation currently in Congressional gridlock. CONOR KELLEY/ DFP FILE

Boston activists travel to capital campaigning for voting rights

Jit Ping Lee November 17, 2021
Boston activists will travel to D.C. to protest for the passage of national voting rights laws.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Let’s be blunt. It’s high time we accept marijuana dispensaries, destigmatize cannabis

Editors April 21, 2021
The poorly concealed elitism in our own backyards show we sorely need to change our attitudes.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Our democracy is flawed

Luca Becker February 12, 2021
Our ideological democratic government should not have a platform for baseless conspiracy theories, loony lies and outdated racist ideology. Certainly, influential representatives and even the U.S. President should not be enabling those voices or uplifting those platforms.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

2021 Breakdown: Manchin is the biggest roadblock for Democrats

Gabriella Aponte February 12, 2021
Instead of fighting with Democrats who want to help his constituents, Manchin should thank the party and the broader left for allowing him to call himself a Democrat and a great bipartisan figure.
Rioters at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Boston University faculty members and administrators criticized the insurrection Thursday, describing it as an attack on democracy and calling for a peaceful transfer of power. COURTESY OF MUKUL RANJAN VIA FLICKR

Boston University administration responds to U.S. Capitol riots

Nick Kolev January 7, 2021
After unprecedented acts of domestic terrorism on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump Wednesday, Boston University leadership and faculty have responded with unilateral condemnation of the riots.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: Bipartisanship is a bitter pill

Gabriella Aponte November 19, 2020
Compromise can result in good outcomes, and those are ultimately what we should support and strive for — not bipartisanship for bipartisanship’s sake.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: The people have spoken, and they want progressivism

Gabriella Aponte November 13, 2020
The people have spoken and they want progressivism. It’s time the Democratic Party starts listening.
Boston University students gathered in Marsh Plaza  for a vigil remembering the victims of the Oct. 27 shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community responds to Pittsburgh shooting

Alex LaSalvia October 30, 2018
Boston University administrators and religious groups are attempting to comfort affected community members in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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