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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Stalking should be taken seriously, and survivors believed the first time

Editors September 15, 2021
Horrible things have happened, and will continue to happen. Why not do something about it?
carla sheffield speaks at a mass action against police brutality event

Protestors demand justice for Daunte Wright, others killed by police

Daniel Kool April 16, 2021
More than 100 gathered outside the State House Thursday, as Derek Chauvin's trial continued.
child holding a candle at the newton asian community vigil

Newtonians hold vigil to honor victims of Atlanta shooting

Chloe Liu March 22, 2021
Community members joined state and local representatives in mourning the eight killed March 16.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Dennis White’s domestic abuse allegations are yet another example of the policing system’s failures

Editors February 5, 2021
Police are not equipped to handle all of the issues they face and it is up to their city to hold them to a higher standard.
EDITORIAL: Banning pepper spray on college campus is one of many failures to prioritize the issue of sexual assault

EDITORIAL: Banning pepper spray on college campus is one of many failures to prioritize the issue of sexual assault

Editors December 4, 2020
To make an effort against sexual assault and harassment, BU must implement better services, improve its sexual assault hearing process, hold sexual assaultors accountable and, at the very least, lift the ban on pepper sprays.
Jennifer Stuber, a professor at the University of Washington, shared the story of her late husband at a panel about suicide hosted by Boston University’s School of Public Health. CAMERON MORSBERGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Public health experts address stigma surrounding suicide

Cameron Morsberger October 5, 2020
In 2011, professor Jennifer Stuber’s husband killed himself, and the difference between life and death came down to means access and common risk factors.

EDIT: Teachers as security personnel

Daily Free Press Admin April 3, 2013

The endless, ubiquitous gun debate still powers through the airwaves and the Internet. New legislation seems to be proposed daily and editorials circulate about the importance of Americans being able...

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