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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Traditions: The history of personal connection

Isabella Panichi December 8, 2023
Traditions anchor emotions in the arbitrary nature of time. They keep us connected and serve as a comfortable continuity across years, changes and age. My grandmother was something of an anchor herself within my family. She was always a centric presence during my childhood and, truthfully, a centric presence to almost everyone she encountered.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

‘Saw X’ and cutting to the feeling | You Scared Me!

Josh Rosenthal October 4, 2023
“Saw” is back. An astonishing return to form for the series, “Saw X” being as good as it is should be an anomaly, but this installment is as bold as it is brutal, offering up a grisly collection of traps that aim to shock the sensibilities of even the most hardened horror fan.
Brett Abrams | Graphic Artist

It’s time to go all in on the Philadelphia 76ers | Minority Report

Lincoln Son Currie March 15, 2023
Some shrug off Philadelphia as a perennial tease that can’t get it done in the postseason, and I find myself vacillating between two questions: do they have a chance to capture the team’s first title in 40 years? Or will they crash out in the second round as they did last year and the year before? 
Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

We really are not strangers

Hania Malhas February 21, 2023
“We’re Not Really Strangers,” is a three-level card game of questions and wildcards created to “deepen your existing relationship and create new ones.”
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

Among Us died, and so did I

Melina Nguyen September 22, 2022
Nothing has held a candle to the innocent, jubilant era of the mobile game.
sexism in gaming

Being told as a ‘girl gamer’ to go back to the kitchen in 2022

Melina Nguyen January 31, 2022
Gameplay is no longer objectively fun and interactive with the ongoing sexist comments many girls receive.
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.
PRLab’s annual PRoBono event will be held virtually beginning Friday night, giving students the opportunity to create public relations materials for nonprofit organizations. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

PRLab’s annual work-a-thon for nonprofits goes virtual

Connor Allen December 2, 2020
This holiday season, despite in-person limitations, PR students are giving back by volunteering overnight for nonprofits.

ADHD study shows children can train to focus

Daily Free Press Admin February 19, 2014

Children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, a neurodevelopment disruption that affects 5 to 7 percent of school-aged children, may be able to train their brains to focus through a computer...

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