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Boredom amidst endless entertainment | Terms and Conditions

Elyse Bloom March 24, 2025
We have entered a new age and we need to face its reality — we cannot and will not live without our phones. They are the ultimate source of our entertainment, whether through texts, social media or more traditional entertainment like streaming platforms. 
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EDITORIAL: External support and internal changes can #SaveStudentNewsrooms

Editors April 26, 2021
Rescuing student journalism means saving us from culturally disappearing into the folds of society.
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Keep Iowa first

Lincoln Son Currie March 4, 2021
My proposal is simple, there’s no action necessary — all you have to do is preserve the status quo, fight any changes to the current primary order and keep Iowa first.
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EDITORIAL: Impostor syndrome prevents us from valuing ourselves and our achievements

Editors February 12, 2021
We have fostered a toxic culture that prioritizes productivity over self care, leading to a common feeling for college students: imposter syndrome.
In a virtual panel Monday, speakers from the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard Thurman Center and School of Law discussed the impact of the U.S. Capitol riots on American government and democracy. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts panel after U.S. Capitol attacks, discusses crisis from multiple angles

Yiran Yu January 13, 2021
Seven BU panelists from the departments of political science, women’s, gender and sexuality studies and the law school gathered for a virtual panel Monday night to discuss the attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6.
“Rebecca,” a Netflix original based off of the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock by the same name, was released on Oct. 21. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Remake of ‘Rebecca’ fails to live up to Hitchcock original

Molly Farrar October 22, 2020

The 2020 film “Rebecca” is, in a word, shallow. Or stuffy. Or static. The Netflix Original, released Wednesday, is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 Best Picture, but the films can barely be put...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Public Safety and Boston Police met with communities affected by the multiple shootings in Boston and surrounding cities through neighborhood walks in late August. PHOTO COURTESTY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Community, city differ on efforts to address neighborhood violence

Monika Nayak September 2, 2015

Nichole Bell, 40, of Dorchester, has noticed that there are more and more families having experiences she can relate to. “My brother was killed,” Bell said. “I do the peace walk every year, and...

A study published by the Chronicle of Higher Education Friday found a negative correlation between college rankings and interaction levels between student and faculty. PHOTO BY NGUYENTUANHUNG/PIXABAY

College ranking and student-faculty interaction negatively related, paper finds

Sekar Krisnauli April 22, 2015

There is a negative relationship between college rankings and student-faculty interaction, researchers at Indiana University Bloomington’s Center for Postsecondary Research found in a paper published...

Members of the TrueBU Student Government slate Andrew Cho (CAS '16), Melesilika Finau (CAS '16), Marwa Sayed (CAS '17) and Kimberly Barzola (CAS '17) speak at a slate debate in the George Sherman Union Thursday. PHOTO BY ALEX MASSET/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

True BU to focus on outreach, engagement with student body

Miriam Lelah March 30, 2015

Members of Boston University’s True BU, one of the three slates running for the Executive Board of BU’s Student Government, seek to reach out to student groups and bring awareness to important issues...

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