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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

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Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

REVIEW: ‘Hello Beautiful’ | Required Reading

Hazel Nystrom April 7, 2025
 If you have sisters like I do, this book will absolutely make you cry. If you don’t have sisters, you’ll probably still cry, too.“Hello Beautiful” is emotional, and your heart will break alongside the Padavano sisters. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Magnolia and memories: Reflecting on America’s only lynching memorial

Maha Uddin March 27, 2025
After experiencing the museum, Montgomery felt different. My class was silent. Nobody cared to crack any jokes. The air even started to smell different — like rotting garbage, reminiscent of the Southern Magnolia that Billie Holiday sung about decades prior. 
Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

More than just a game: How video games teach us emotional depth

Khushi Chauhan March 25, 2025
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live. 
Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

A beginner’s guide to Phoebe Bridgers | Liv Listens

Olivia Stapleton February 9, 2025
Recently, I had a friend tell me she was interested in listening to Phoebe Bridgers. If you haven’t been living under a rock, chances are that you’ve at least heard of her before. However, if you’ve never gotten around to listening, that’s okay, because I’m here to help.
Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

‘It’s not so easy writing about nothing’: Patti Smith’s “M Train”

Ruby Voge January 30, 2025
A simple cup of black coffee may be the ultimate symbol of mundanity. Plain and pedestrian — black coffee serves as that quick hit of caffeine before a long day of work or a long night of studying. But in the reflection of the darkness of a simple cup of black coffee, Patti Smith sees a way of life — the life of an artist.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The love you gave was never a waste | My Heart will Go On

Lily Smokler November 15, 2023
With experiencing a breakup comes lots of mourning and grieving. You grieve the loss of so many things –– not just the relationship but everything that came with it: the friendship, the partnership, the dependence, everything.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Navigating the five stages of grief that come with college

Analise Bruno September 6, 2023
Boston University campus means different things for different students, while some are returning for another semester, others are starting their first — but how do we really feel about the start of another school year?
Director Erin Lee Carr at WBUR CitySpace

WBUR CitySpace hosts screening, Q&A of HBO’s ‘Undercurrent’ with director Erin Lee Carr

Liam Fitzpatrick March 21, 2022
WBUR's Lisa Mullins moderated the conversation about Carr's new two-part documentary.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: We can grow from trauma, not in spite of it

Antonia Lehnert October 14, 2021
Trauma does not have to define us if we choose to use it to our advantage.
Narek Sahakian / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: Tragedy overflow in calamitous times

Antonia Lehnert September 7, 2021
It is not our place to painstakingly empathize with grief that we could never even come close to understand.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Letter from the Editor: Pride beyond June

Lily Kepner July 2, 2021
Today, we leave June behind. But that does not mean Pride has to stay behind with it.
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.
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