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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Welcome To The Greenhouse: Activism Burnout

Fiona Broadie February 23, 2022
You cannot continue to fight for something if you are losing a battle with your own mind.
CONOR KELLEY/ DFP STAFF

Letter from the Editor: A final word

Lily Kepner December 9, 2021
Editor-in-chief Lily Kepner says her goodbyes in a thoughtful farewell letter to the BU community, and to her home at the Daily Free Press.
Divest BU protest

Divest BU demands transparency, quick action in a protest following BU’s divestment announcement

Phoebe Chen October 19, 2021
The club noted how the email did not give credit to its years-long effort to reach the decision.
East to West: Oct. 4, 2021

East to West: Oct. 4, 2021

Veronica Thompson October 4, 2021

Good luck with midterms! Today on East to West, we cover BU’s divestment from fossil fuels, political club’s preferences in the Boston mayoral election, the establishment of Boston’s Black...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: Boston University has announced divestment from fossil fuels

Fiona Broadie October 1, 2021
BU's long-awaited decision to divest from fossil fuels should not be the end of student advocacy.
divestBU rally

BU divests from fossil fuels, activists react

Claire Law September 30, 2021
BU divests from fossil fuels, which is "a very small fraction of our endowment," President Brown wrote in an email to all students.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: MassMutual donation embodies BU’s complicated relationship to funding

Editors September 7, 2021
What does it mean when our education benefits from bad corporations that have done bad things?
BU Disorientation Instagram Account

Students launch BU Disorientation Guide: “You won’t find this on BU Today”

Divya Sood August 23, 2021
The guide will highlight campus activism and feature advice from students geared toward transfer and first-year students.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

OP-ED: Environmental racism is a legacy of white supremacy

Editors April 6, 2021
BU, hen will you uphold your sustainability and anti-racist mission and divest from fossil fuels?
students demonstrate for divestment at boston universities

BU’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing reconsiders steps toward fossil fuel divestment

Katarzyna Jezak March 2, 2021
Boston University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing is currently conducting a five-year consideration of fossil fuel divestment to make a recommendation to the board of trustees, which endorsed a review of policies in 2016.
Boston University Student Government discusses Divest BU endorsement proposal

StuGov discusses BU’s divestment from fossil fuels, election updates in weekly meeting

Anna Vidergar March 2, 2021
Boston University Student Government committed to endorsing Divest BU in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
Catherine Coleman Flowers at the stone social impact forum

Stone Social Impact Forum emphasizes importance of environmental justice

Rachel Do February 22, 2021
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate held the second Stone Social Impact Forum last Thursday, with an emphasis on environmental justice.
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