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Emma Hart | Graphic Artist

If you loved ‘The White Lotus,’ here are five other shows to binge

Ananya Swaroop March 28, 2025
For those who are wondering what to watch next, there are several other gripping shows like “The White Lotus” that share the same theme of sharp wit, layered storytelling and striking visuals. 
Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

More than just a game: How video games teach us emotional depth

Khushi Chauhan March 25, 2025
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Situationship survival guide: Lessons in love, loss and letting go | The Hard Pills We Hate to Swallow

Breanna Pham March 25, 2025
The way of surviving life and situationships is that you have to know that you can’t control someone’s thoughts or actions — you can only control your own. Here are just a few tidbits of advice and lessons I’ve learned that have helped me navigate my experiences with situationships. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Moving Forward: Acknowledging your humanity and feeling unpleasant emotions

Divya Sood April 12, 2021
Our feelings are neither solely good nor bad, but they are essential to our existence as human beings.
employees around a table in a conference room

BU alumni discuss diversity, inclusion in modern workplace

Connor Allen April 6, 2021
Alumni from various BU majors spoke on their experience with inclusion in the workplace at a panel.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Vibes, psychic energies and forks

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 22, 2021
Vibes are an easy way to pass off your opinion as a gut feeling, rather than owning up to them.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With a View: Being forgetful is healthy

Antonia Lehnert March 8, 2021
When Nietzsche wrote, “Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders,” his aim was not to portray all forgetfulness as bliss, but rather to encourage a healthier relationship with our past and our memory.
student immigrant movement college access program

Student Immigrant Movement strives to support students seeking higher education

Divya Sood February 24, 2021
A Massachusetts-based grassroots organization led by immigrant youth — the Student Immigrant Movement — virtually relaunched their College Access Program Friday to support immigrant students’ seeking higher education.
parkaze app

Terrier in Biz: BU alum’s Parkaze addresses Boston parking

Divya Sood February 24, 2021
BU alum Amal Radhakrishnan co-created the web platform and app "Parkaze" in 2019 to address the problem of finding parking.
Hoochie Zine Cover Art

Black artists at BU discuss their craft, advocate for diversity in arts

Emma Vacirca February 18, 2021
Black student artists at Boston University detail their artistic pursuits at Boston University, ranging from fashion to painting to graphic design.
The @bubadeats Instagram page. The account allows Boston University students to send in photos of dining hall meals that did not meet their expectations. ILLUSTRATION BY THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students create Instagram page dedicated to reforming dining hall food

Lily Kepner December 23, 2020
A BU freshman created @bubadeats on Instagram to express frustrations with the quality, quantity and taste of BU’s dining hall food.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The BUPD — Part 1

Bini Ollivier-Yamin August 2, 2020
Public safety is not automatically achieved by unleashing violence actors into the community. It is clear BUPD has failed to truly meet public safety needs for all students if it only does so for some. It is well past time to come up with a solution.
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