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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Heartwarming book recommendations for Valentine’s Day

Obioma Eke February 9, 2024
There is no shortage of romance novels in bookstores, but finding the right one can prove difficult — especially when you have specific taste. Whether you’re a hopeless romantic or a heartbreaker, let me offer some romance novel recommendations to warm your heart during this chilly Valentine’s Day season.
Samantha Sanders | Graphic Artist

“Gilmore Girls” aesthetic and the fueled romanticization of fall

Isabella Panichi October 17, 2023
There is something about autumn that induces the feminine urge to buy an expensive coffee or tea, read books, study well and maybe fall in love.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Opinion

Does your life revolve around the media you consume? | Is It Just Me Or

Grace Donahue October 27, 2022
We've started to adopt the very mannerisms and attitude that we spend hours watching and interpreting online. 
Kacper Bazan / DFP Staff

The secret of the slow burn

Kritika Iyer April 13, 2022
A good bingeable TV series always has that one romance that keeps us watching.
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Yellow house

Bailey Clark September 20, 2021
The city was overwhelming, and I felt as though I was sharing it with the world.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: Stop interchanging Asians in casting

Emma Shapiro March 18, 2021
All people — regardless of ethnicity or race — are three-dimensional and unique, so they should be represented as such and not used as some trophy for diversity and inclusion.
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In defense of Jess Mariano

Grace Donahue March 15, 2021
Jess’ character gets a lot of backlash from fans who feel he was a bad influence on Rory, the straight-edge, Yale University-bound protagonist. I cannot agree with this discourse. I think they were the best relationship on the show.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: College acceptances portrayed in adolescent media perpetuate a dangerous, unrealistic standard

Editors March 8, 2021
A better depiction of college applications in the media would be showing a sincere reason for the character’s choice of school and a more personalized college search. If producers lead with characters’ genuine motivations rather than sticking with the tried and true big-name school, it will give way to a diversity of acceptances and more realistic representations on what college is truly like.
SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Final word: A letter from the editor

Haley Lerner December 5, 2019
If the FreeP has taught me one thing, it’s to keep going, keep calling, keep writing, keep rewriting, keep your eyes open despite how little sleep you got and do everything you can to make something that matters. Trust me, you will. I did.
BURSTEIN: "Gilmore Girls" empowers women of our generation

BURSTEIN: “Gilmore Girls” empowers women of our generation

Sarah Burstein November 29, 2016

This past week saw two equally notable occurrences in American culture. The first, which occurred on Thursday, was the annual Thanksgiving celebration that many participated in, consuming an unholy amount...

GANS: Fish Down Under gets a sunburn

GANS: Fish Down Under gets a sunburn

Felicia Gans February 11, 2016

[mediagrid cat="27746"] I’m sitting in my brand new apartment in Sydney, Australia, eating half a box of Tim Tams as I try to push past my writer’s block. My thoughts are, to say the least, a little...

20 Questions with…BU hockey’s Oskar Andrén and Erik Udahl

Sarah Kirkpatrick January 13, 2016

Responses have been edited for brevity and clarity. The No. 10 Boston University men’s hockey team added two new freshman forwards for the second semester during winter break: Oskar Andrén, a Stockholm...

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