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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: The Fossil Free 5 — student climate activists follow Divest Harvard in pursuing radical legal action for climate

Fiona Broadie March 1, 2022
These five universities should feel ashamed to stand at the top of the nation’s universities in wealth and reputation while refusing to sacrifice a small fraction of their endowments in order to stop actively harming the environment — and in turn, their students. 
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday signed into law a bill that he believes will strengthen sustainable energy efforts in the commonwealth. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Taxing endowments hurts students

Editors November 6, 2017

On Thursday, House Republicans released a tax plan that includes a 1.4 percent tax on the endowments of private colleges. That might not sound like much, but for universities whose endowments are in the...

Universities see an increase in endowments, study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2014

Although the United States economy is recovering from one of the worst recorded financial crises in history, a report published Tuesday reveals endowment funds at schools such as Boston University have...

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