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5-Minute Major: The 4 Nations Face-Off is an all-star game with a lack of all-stars

Annika Morris January 29, 2025
The NHL’s nation-based tournament is not the Olympics, and it isn’t really an all-star game either. Instead of the typical all-star format used by nearly every other professional sports league, the NHL opted to create the 4 Nations Face-Off, featuring teams of players from Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden.
leland clarke plays the piano at a concert

Faculty musicians share challenges, upsides of a year without an audience

Tanisha Bhat April 8, 2021
Faculty musicians discussed how income, teaching and performing have changed in the last year.
Three Boston University students formed the Official Boston University International Students Group on May 13 to support BU’s international population by giving them a place to share information and voice their concerns. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International Students Group offers information, safe space to express concerns

Mita Kataria September 17, 2020
The Official Boston University International Students Group was formed last May as a space for international students to share their questions, concerns and opinions.
GRAPHIC BY CLARA KIM

EDITORIAL: Gender roles diminished women-led responses to COVID-19

Editors April 29, 2020
There are so few women in such high-level positions of power —  an intended consequence of how young women are socialized.
Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said the Howard Thurman Center’s new design was inspired by conversations with students about race, culture and identity. RYAN GREGORY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Dean Elmore shows The Daily Free Press the new Howard Thurman Center’s hidden gems

Sarah Readdean February 6, 2020
Kenneth Elmore, dean of students at Boston University, shared his secrets with The Daily Free Press in an exclusive tour of the new HTC.
Consul General of Sweden in New York Leif Pagrotsky and other Nordic ambassadors meet with the New England Council Thursday afternoon. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Nordic ambassadors discuss benefits of trade, sustainability

Sabrina Schnur November 10, 2017

The New England Council hosted a luncheon Thursday on the economic relationships between New England and Nordic countries to discuss what factors have made Nordic economies so successful. Sixty-five...

The Blue Line: Beware Canada in World Cup of Hockey

The Blue Line: Beware Canada in World Cup of Hockey

Mike Benedykciuk September 15, 2016

  The biggest news in the world of American sports right now is the start of the NFL season. Six Week 1 matchups were decided by two points or less, which shows that the level of competition...

EDITORIAL: Finland's migrant courses need to be broadened

EDITORIAL: Finland’s migrant courses need to be broadened

Editors January 25, 2016

Keeping migrants out of jail is so important that Finland is now offering them optional classes on Finnish law, BBC reported. The police- and ministry-backed courses are a way for new migrants to become informed...

Sophomore Brandon Fortunato and freshman Charlie McAvoy are currently a part of the USA National Team's preliminary roster. PHOTO BY JONATHAN SIGAL

Fortunato, McAvoy embrace World Juniors training camp opportunity

Sarah Kirkpatrick December 16, 2015

If anything, the first day of the U.S. National Team’s World Juniors training camp was comfortable for freshman defenseman Charlie McAvoy and sophomore defenseman Brandon Fortunato. Not only did the...

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