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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: MassMutual donation embodies BU’s complicated relationship to funding

Editors September 7, 2021
What does it mean when our education benefits from bad corporations that have done bad things?
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: The Federal Reserve may have failed, but crypto is the way forward

Jaeyoung Choi March 2, 2021
Control over your personal finances is a concern that I, as a liberal, believe to be a multi-partisan issue. No matter how you vote or what you believe in, your money should be yours, without anyone else’s control over it.

Hack4Impact aims to use technology skills for social impact

Mugdha Gurram February 14, 2018

Boston University students Elizabeth Slade and Smeet Patel are introducing a BU chapter of the nonprofit, technology-based organization Hack4Impact this spring. The goal, Slade said, is to use computer...

EDITORIAL: Apple's federal court defiance is admirable, strategic

EDITORIAL: Apple’s federal court defiance is admirable, strategic

Editors February 18, 2016

Apple is defying a federal court order demanding that the company unlock the iPhone that belonged to Syed Rizwan Farook, one shooter responsible for the deaths of 14 people in a San Bernardino attack last...

Boston University hosted a hackathon, "Boston Hacks" from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 in the George Sherman Union's Metcalf Hall. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student hackers work to create “something awesome” at BU-hosted competition

Nicole Mis November 2, 2015

Boston University hosted 500 students from across the United States and Canada on Saturday and Sunday for the 24-hour tech-invention competition BostonHacks, where students from 25 different universities...

Recent report reveals massive increase in data theft in Massachusetts, within education sector

Recent report reveals massive increase in data theft in Massachusetts, within education sector

Olivia Deng September 15, 2014

There are merits to living in a more connected, digital world. With the increase in usage of electronic medical records in hospitals as well as online payment methods and servers that enable an individual...

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