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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show: Kendrick Lamar brought the bars, but was it a touchdown performance?

Samantha Genzer February 10, 2025
The production was sleek, the performances were sharp and the creativity was undeniable. But when you stack it against Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, and Shakira-level halftime shows, it lacked that extra layer of spectacle that makes a Super Bowl performance legendary. Still, Lamar brought his signature storytelling, intricate visuals and undeniable talent to the biggest stage in the world, creating a show that was uniquely his.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: Balancing enthusiasm with hate in inter-regional esports beef

Nick Speranza December 9, 2021
Inflammatory trash-talk in international video game chatrooms can create friendly competition — as well as a source of hate speech.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Vaccine passports are reasonable and necessary, but come with risks of disparity

Editors April 6, 2021
Vaccine passports can be inequitable, but are ultimately inevitable for safe travels and normalcy.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: The temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol March 24, 2021
It’s always good to be cautious of health risks that could cause serious illnesses or even death.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With A View: History is repeating itself, but we can break the cycle

Antonia Lehnert March 22, 2021
If we succeed in mastering history the right way, we will avoid reliving the tragedies of the past.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: Unified Ireland?

Max Ferrandino March 17, 2021
Northern Ireland leaving the EU would create many problems that would be difficult to resolve, as if a unified Ireland is already a sensitive enough issue
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Let Scots breathe free

Lincoln Son Currie March 10, 2021
Scots must be given another independence referendum and free themselves at last. Their time has come.
Worldview: EU-Japan economic partnership demonstrates superiority of free trade

Worldview: EU-Japan economic partnership demonstrates superiority of free trade

David Damiano February 18, 2019

It is undeniable that protectionism has experienced a revival in recent years by way of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and criticism of NAFTA,...

João Vale de Almeida, the European Union ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at Boston University Thursday evening. PHOTO BY ELIZA SHAW/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EU ambassador to UN discusses multilateral diplomacy

Haley Lerner December 1, 2017
European Union ambassador to the United Nations João Vale de Almeida spoke about political issues regarding multiculturalism and diplomacy at Boston University’s Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering Thursday evening.
YANK-JACOBS: Turkey and European Union deal puts politics before refugees

YANK-JACOBS: Turkey and European Union deal puts politics before refugees

Kobe Yank-Jacobs March 22, 2016

In 2015, 850,000 Syrian refugees gained access to Greece, and thereby Europe, via the Aegean Sea, according to The Guardian. Under immense political pressure to quell the refugee flow, European Union leaders...

YANK-JACOBS: Britain would lose power from a European Union exit

YANK-JACOBS: Britain would lose power from a European Union exit

Kobe Yank-Jacobs March 2, 2016

Voters in the United Kingdom will be making an extraordinarily consequential choice on June 23, when they vote on whether or not to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which allows member states...

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