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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Gianna Horcher | Senior Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Please stop asking for my Snapchat

Analise Bruno April 8, 2025
Free yourself from the nonchalant, noncommittal shackles pushed on us by social media, and you’ll be on the right path to finding real love. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Is modern dating killing the anniversary?

Analise Bruno April 4, 2025
Whether it's your 36th wedding anniversary, your 16th birthday or even your 55th anniversary of establishing that one newspaper — milestones come in all forms — these dates are worth acknowledging. 
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Congress better listen to March For Our Lives | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano January 24, 2024
March For Our Lives at UNC-Chapel Hill wrote an op-ed addressing gun violence that was published by student newspapers nationwide. Congress better read it and respond accordingly.
University of Illinois at Chicago associate professor of economics Javaeria Qureshi presented on teacher quality in relation to Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials in an event put on by Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Tuesday. VISHVA VENKATESAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wheelock seminar explores generational teaching differences

Carly Breland November 18, 2021
Professor Javaeria Quershi presented her research on Tuesday at the education school.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Just thoughts, head full

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 29, 2021
A much less destructive life philosophy could be centered on allowing yourself to have a full head.
hands of different ages

Generation names explained

Veronica Thompson March 15, 2021
A “generation” is defined as a group of people born in the same time period, and generation names exemplify our human tendency to categorize ourselves. Here’s a brief, non-comprehensive list of the Western cultural generations.
Artwork by hip hop graffiti artist George “SEN-1” Morillo is being featured at the Galerie D’Orsay as part of “An Urban Conversation Paris + New York” through March. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Back Bay gallery opens its doors for New York artist SEN-1

Ramsey Khalifeh February 17, 2021
New York artist and graffiti legend George "SEN-1" Morillo's work is displayed in the newest Galerie D'Orsay exhibit alongside the greats as an example of revolutionary art.
Yvonne Tang

Dear Men (dear everyone): How do we navigate through the guilt we feel in 2020?

Yvonne Tang November 30, 2020
I have a feeling there’s a lot of excessive guilt going around during this time, so I encourage you to take care of yourself and take care of your friends. We all have made countless mistakes, but we'll always have an “afterward” to act on.
BURKE: Life after 9/11

BURKE: Life after 9/11

Patrick Burke September 14, 2017

People always say they remember exactly where they were when 9/11 happened. That fateful day has been burned into the memories of people across the globe. But for people of my generation, we may only remember...

EDITORIAL: Cursing in a professional setting indicates change, not regression

EDITORIAL: Cursing in a professional setting indicates change, not regression

Editors October 10, 2016

The term ‘millennial’ is broad and vague. It brings to mind overly social, tech-hungry and self-absorbed individuals. As defined by the Pew Research Center, millennials would be “those born after...

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