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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Iris Ren | Graphic Artist

Boston in music represents a place of personal reflection

Mandy Donahoe November 5, 2024
The city of Boston sparks creative inspiration. From Transcendentalist poetry to “Good Will Hunting,” the city of Boston has moved artists and creators for decades.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: The top five spookiest wide receivers in the NFL

Jason Asvestopoulos October 31, 2024
Halloween has finally made its arrival, and the field has become a stage for football’s truest monsters to turn every game into a horror show for the opposition. I’ll project the top five spookiest wide receivers that any defense can face, from now until the season ends. Let’s see which of these fearsome playmakers can terrify defenses the most. 
A clothing rack at the Goodwill store on West Campus features Halloween costumes and accessories. As Halloween celebrations extend across two weekends, students are split between prioritizing sustainability by thrifting and reusing outfits and opting for convenient choices like quick online purchases. AVA RUBIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER.

Students weigh sustainability, convenience in Halloween costume choices

Martina Nacach Cowan Ros October 30, 2024
As Halloween celebrations extend across two weekends, students are split between prioritizing sustainability and opting for convenient costume choices — some turned to thrifting and reusing, while others are sticking to quick online buys.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Horror cinema’s chilling legacy from silent films to scream queens

Isabella Laikin October 28, 2024
With Halloween approaching, grab your comfort blanket, prepare to cover your eyes and get ready to scream, because horror films have a long and chilling history that will leave you completely spellbound.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

From thrift to thrill: Sustainable costume shops in Boston for your wallet and the earth

Abigail Stocker October 23, 2024
Halloween is approaching, which means last-minute costume purchases are on the rise.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Test your fears with these horror movies that deserve both screams and applause

Lea Tran October 21, 2024
Halloween waits eerily around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to test your fears. With endless options to choose from, horror movies are a perfect way to get into the spooky mood. But horror movies shouldn’t just be about making you scream — they should also be compelling and entertaining.  To help you decide your next scary watch, I’ve compiled a list of my personal favorite horror movies that deserve more attention. These movies not only had me hiding behind my friends, but also had me sitting on the edge of my seat.
Emma Clement | Graphic Artist

How I learned to fear the horror streaming bubble | You Scared Me!

Josh Rosenthal October 16, 2024
The streaming era of horror is starting to wear me down. With Halloween looming closer, both the Sarah Paulson-led “Hold Your Breath” and body-swap blast “It’s What’s Inside” debuted exclusively on Hulu and Netflix, respectively, this October — despite holding their world premieres at Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance. This furthers a recent trend of horror movies bypassing theaters altogether and getting sent straight to streaming — making a select few festival audiences some of the only people to experience these films on the big screen.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The best vintage-inspired Halloween costumes for the modern college student | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz October 2, 2024
October is here, which means it’s about time to start planning your Halloween costumes. Even if you prefer to be a little more covered up on Halloween, you don’t want to be uncomfortable while going out on the town or watching a spooky movie with your friends.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

REVIEW: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is a fun lega-sequel full of clever references, but short on originality

Ruby Voge September 9, 2024

Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetle-...    We all know what happens next. Tim Burton’s iconic 1988 comedy-horror film has been lodged into the film world’s consciousness for decades. Its ingenious...

Shanzah Rafiqi | Graphic Artist

A case for celebrating the leap day

Laura Tickey February 29, 2024
We see seasons as certainties, but what if that wasn't the case? Maybe we can make leap day our own holiday, where we could detach from our reality and consider what things would be like if they were flipped upside down. 
Ananya Sharda | Graphic Artist

Happy Almost-Thanksgiving, hot weenie! | Things I’ve Learned From Strangers

Lili Culhane November 12, 2023
I do love Christmas, but I am happy to hold off on singing, “Santa Baby” for a bit longer in order to have some Thanksgiving fun. Because Thanksgiving is so much fun! You get to make people go around the table and thank you for a bunch of things! What other day can you do that?
Elijah Chacko | Graphic Artist

When did Halloween become a glorified fashion show?

Westray Keeler November 2, 2023
Societal pressures plague us all the time, especially in the age of the internet where everything is documented and publicized — can’t we have one day a year off?
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