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Ananya Sharda | Graphic Artist

A cover band and a fedora man | Things I Learned From Strangers

Lili Culhane November 6, 2023
Listen, I will be the first to admit that the bar isn’t always the place to be. Sometimes it’s too empty, sometimes it’s too full. Sometimes the drinks are too expensive, sometimes they’re too strong — wait, who am I kidding? The latter would be a dream! I wish I could be so lucky!
Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

Puff puff or pass: to drink or to smoke, a modern dilemma | Is it Just Me Or?

Grace Donahue April 20, 2023
Marijuana and stoners have nowhere near the broad cultural reach compared to alcohol, as people have always sought a drink — even in the Prohibition era. But why is a joint any worse than the bathtubs of moonshine from the 30s?
Brett Abrams | Senior Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: Borgston University might have an alcohol problem

Editors April 18, 2023
While some ran laps, students at Boston University and surrounding schools celebrated, not with applause and cheers, but with bottles and booze. April 17 marks another holiday known by most as “MarMon”— an abbreviation for “marathon Monday,” though it mainly describes an all-day drinking fest.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The BUPD — Part 7

Bini Ollivier-Yamin September 24, 2020
Abolishing the BUPD does not mean abolishing all University services and leaving it at that. Abolishing the BUPD requires that we create and fund more effective alternatives.
A Boston University School of Public Health study finds consistent inequalities in the air pollution across Massachusetts. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE PHOTO

BU professor receives $320,000 grant to test app that detects alcohol intoxication

Jordan Kimmel September 27, 2017

School of Public Health professor Michael Stein and some colleagues received a grant earlier this month of around $320,000 to test a phone app that estimates the user’s level of intoxication. The...

Thundercat, an American musician, releases his new album, “Drunk” Friday. PHOTO COURTESY BRAINFEEDER

REVIEW: Thundercat sings about bike rides, cat meows and Tokyo in “Drunk”

Thomas Batson February 26, 2017

The creative mind of Stephen Bruner, who goes by the stage name Thundercat, balances his genius of music stylings, irony and self-reflection in his fourth studio album, “Drunk.” A Los Angeles...

EDIT: On Rob Ford

Daily Free Press Admin November 6, 2013

When public figures are elected to office, they should expect most, if not all, of their private life to become broadcasted news. In a flurry of explanations and apologies, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted...

DEPIES: Just BU —­­ unless you’re drunk

Daily Free Press Admin September 16, 2013

Just BU­ —­­ unless you’re drunk It’s my first weekend in Boston, and I’m exploring the city with a group of friends from my hometown. We’ve spent the night at an Italian restaurant in...

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