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Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

REVIEW: ‘Hello Beautiful’ | Required Reading

Hazel Nystrom April 7, 2025
 If you have sisters like I do, this book will absolutely make you cry. If you don’t have sisters, you’ll probably still cry, too.“Hello Beautiful” is emotional, and your heart will break alongside the Padavano sisters. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Passport Bros are a problematic phenomenon | Identity Unveiled

Rebecca Peng January 28, 2025
Passport Bros often lack awareness of the damage they cause, which can echo neocolonialism — the indirect control of developing countries by colonial nations. 
Ananya Sharda | Graphic Artist

Franklin and Peggy | Things I Learned From Strangers

Lili Culhane October 11, 2023
A few houses down, on the top floor of a double decker, an elderly man with a bird on his shoulder stood in his window. An amber light shone down on the pair of them, so there’s no way for me to tell what color the bird really was, but I think he was something like blue and orange and yellow. I also wasn’t wearing my glasses — so who’s to say if it was really a bird at all.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Why is ‘Bluey’ on the mind of college students?

Michelle Grullon March 3, 2023
If you open any social media app, you will likely see people ranging from college students to thirty-year-olds resonating with the Bluey gang. 
Andrew Burke-Stevenson

Misunderstood Media: ‘Gone Girl’ is about American capitalism

Emma Holtmann February 21, 2023
Amy Dunne is a relatable character for many female viewers. She eats hot dogs and chugs beer. She’s probably at least a Veteran in Call of Duty. And on top of all that, she’s hot. She’s a cool girl. Well, except for the part where she admits she’s not.
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Storytelling through “star-crossed”

Sam Thomas September 15, 2021
The honeymoon of “Golden Hour” is over. “star-crossed” leaves “two lovers ripped at the seams.”
East to West: Mar. 29, 2021

East to West: Mar. 29, 2021

Justin Tang March 29, 2021

Content Warning. This episode contains mention of sexual assault. Jenga Building floods! Today on East to West, we cover a water main breaking on a BU construction site and its campus-wide effects,...

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Pandemic poses new challenges for married couples

Rin Velasco March 26, 2021
A year of newly close quarters due to the pandemic may have contributed to an increase in divorces.
Miley Cyrus released her studio album “Plastic Hearts” on Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Miley Cyrus’ ‘Plastic Hearts’ takes musical samples and leaps

David Simon November 29, 2020

“Plastic Hearts,” released Friday, represents a return to form for Miley Cyrus. For the past decade, she had cycled genres between albums — from the hip-hop stylings on 2013’s “Bangerz”...

Season five of Netflix’s adult animated comedy “Bojack Horseman” premiered Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX

REVIEW: New “Bojack Horseman” season addresses tough topics like addiction, abuse

Megan Antone September 16, 2018
BoJack Horseman is one of the most flawed individuals on television. Now, he’s back for a fifth season of Netflix’s Emmy award-nominated comedy “BoJack Horseman,” and it does not disappoint.
WILSHERE: Family matters

WILSHERE: Family matters

Meredith Wilshere October 9, 2017

I ran the Boston Half Marathon for the second time this weekend with my dad. My brother, who just moved to Boston, came to watch. My mom came up this weekend to help move my brother in, and my oldest brother...

HBO’s newest series “Divorce” starring Sarah Jessica Parker premiered Sunday. PHOTO COURTESY CRAIG BLANKENHORN/ HBO

REVIEW: Sarah Jessica Parker’s “Divorce” darker than expected

Kaya Williams October 13, 2016

Sarah Jessica Parker is no rookie to the acclaimed television programming produced at HBO. With six seasons of “Sex and the City,” as well as two film sequels (released in 2008 and 2010), starring...

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