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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Harvard University Massachusetts Hall. Harvard and Yale University have dismissed several faculty members because of controversy related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. JENNY CHEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Harvard faculty terminations evoke unease, conversation

Phoebe Miller April 8, 2025
Harvard University dismissed two faculty members of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies in March after the CMES faced accusations of ideological bias and antisemitism regarding teaching on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Senior defense Trey Brown (29) goes for the ball during a game against Harvard University on Tuesday. Harvard University landed 12 goals in the first half to beat Boston University men’s lacrosse team 16-7 at the game. JOHN DOWNES/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Slow start hampers men’s lacrosse effort against No. 13 Harvard in Charles River Rivalry

Jose Rodriguez March 26, 2025
In the latest edition of the Charles River Rivalry, No. 13 Harvard University landed 12 goals in the first half to beat the No.17 Boston University men’s lacrosse team 16-7 Tuesday.
The Eliot Gate into Harvard Yard on Harvard University’s campus. The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism will investigate Harvard. COURTESY OF CHRIS RYCROFT VIA FLICKR

Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism to investigate Harvard and other schools

Phoebe Miller March 7, 2025
The Department of Justice’s newly-created Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced Feb. 28 it would visit Harvard University and nine other universities to investigate antisemitism incidents on campus.
A person speaks at the Boston University Students for Israel and BU Hillel memorial Oct. 7. Harvard’s settlement of an antisemitism lawsuit has sparked debate over campus free speech, prompting students to take action by launching Our CampUs United to combat antisemitism on college campuses. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Amidst rise in antisemitism across college campuses, student organizers pick up the slack

Isabelle Zhang February 28, 2025
Harvard’s settlement of an antisemitism lawsuit has sparked debate over campus free speech, prompting students to take action by launching Our CampUs United to combat antisemitism on college campuses.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Asian Americans helped destroy affirmative action. Now what? | Identity Unveiled

Rebecca Peng February 11, 2025
Access to equal rights has always been controlled by those with wealth and privilege, so it’s ironic that the SFA uses the term “fair” in their title. History has undeniably been unfair to certain groups, and although affirmative action is not a perfect solution, it was designed to help level the playing field. While many want to believe individual success is purely merit-based, claiming that white success bears no benefit from racial factors is absurd.
Participants at the third annual Boston Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood hold up signs that read, “Personhood Now,” at the rally in Kenmore Square on Saturday. The rally began at the Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue, and members continued marching through Boston University’s campus until they reached the Boston Common. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Men’s March against abortion meets counter protests along Commonwealth Avenue

Julia Hendler November 18, 2024
The third annual National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood took place Saturday morning and marched through Boston University’s campus.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

REVIEW: Elif Batuman’s ‘The Idiot’ is a meandering, intellectual slice-of-life

Ruby Voge September 23, 2024

The old adage instructs that we must never judge a book by its cover. Instead, we must judge it by the contents of its pages.  If we judge Elif Batuman’s 2017 bildungsroman, “The Idiot,” by its...

Sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Stickelman (4) hits a header against Loyola University Maryland on Sept. 16, 2023. Currently standing at three losses and two ties in their season, the Boston University women’s soccer team hopes to improve their game and strengthen their identity and leadership skills. HUI-EN LIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Women’s soccer comes into regular season with high expectations

Layla Penn September 9, 2024
After earning three 2024 preseason All-Patriot League Honors, the Boston University women's soccer team looks to improve their game and strengthen their identity and leadership skills as the regular season comes into full swing.
Hill Memorial Baptist Church. The Hill Memorial Baptist Church, the last remaining baptist church in Allston-Brighton, is in the early stages of redevelopment into affordable housing for the elderly. ZARA MEGGETT/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Allston-Brighton Hill Memorial Baptist Church to be redeveloped into affordable elderly housing

Lauren Albano May 10, 2024
A historic church in Allston-Brighton is in the early stages of redevelopment into affordable housing for the elderly.
Tents in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday. 108 people were arrested at a tent encampment in a public alley adjacent to Emerson College Thursday morning. COURTESY OF DAVID YEUNG

Impact of student arrests at Emerson College ripples through campuses in Greater Boston

Leia Green April 26, 2024
Arrests at Emerson College on Thursday have shaken the student body and neighboring Boston colleges after police swarmed an encampment organized by students and community members in solidarity with Palestine.
Tents in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 23. After more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University were arrested during a pro-Palestinian encampment protest last Thursday, university students are now setting up their own encampments after Columbia called for students to replicate the protest. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Emerson, MIT student groups set up camp amid student arrests across country

Anna Rubenstein April 24, 2024
The first day of Passover happened rather unceremoniously in the 2 Boylston St. alley. Grape juice and paper seder plates bordered a dinner table thrown together with copies of Emerson College’s student newspaper, sprawled long across the brick ground. 
Students watch the 93% partial eclipse at BU Beach. The next solar eclipse in the United States will be in 2044 and students were eager to experience the rare occurrence. CLARE ONG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Bostonians come together to take in the eclipse

Leia Green April 9, 2024
People across Boston pressed pause yesterday to watch the solar eclipse cast its shadow over the city. Astronomy-fanatics and complete amateurs alike bonded in a moment of collective awe. People crowded streets, parks and campuses to catch a glimpse of the eclipse. Outside the path of totality, Boston experienced a 93% partial eclipse.
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