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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.
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.
photo of apartment buildings

As rent prices increase in Allston, students rush to make housing arrangements

Amanda Brynn Birbara February 14, 2023
At the peak of lease-signing season, students struggle to find affordable housing in the neighborhood that has been a popular choice for BU students for decades.
Maura Healey

Maura Healey is the state’s first female, openly lesbian governor-elect

Sophia Hebert November 9, 2022
A new female, lesbian governor will take the stand in January
John Paul Riquelme, a Boston University English professor, passed away March 2. Riquelme taught at BU for over thirty years. He is remembered by his colleagues and students for his contributions to modernist studie and his infectious intellectual curiosity, friendliness and generosity. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

OBITUARY: ‘An inspiration to us all’ — BU community remembers late English professor, John Paul Riquelme

Cassandra Dumay March 17, 2022
The professor, a renowned literary scholar and editor, died March 2. He is survived by his wife and three kids.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Minority Report: Ilya Shapiro has the right to be wrong

Lincoln Son Currie February 8, 2022
Professors at a university should have the right to give their opinions in public without fear of retribution. While I disagree with what Shapiro said and thought it was a lazy, offensive remark, I do not think universities should discipline their professors for making such remarks.
Harvard College lawn

Boston-area universities not entirely successful at diversity efforts

Sam Trottenberg February 18, 2021
The first African American graduate from Harvard College was Richard Theodore Greener in 1870. Today, the current Harvard College freshman class is 14.7 percent African American.
Thirty-five percent of U.S. college admissions officers report looking at applicants’ social media accounts. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Study shows college admissions evaluate applicant’s social media

Mugdha Gurram October 20, 2017

The college admissions cycle is in full swing, and many high school seniors are cleaning up their Twitter feeds and changing their Facebook names on the uncertain premise that admissions officers are...

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EDITORIAL: Single-sex student organizations should not be forced to become co-ed

Editors February 26, 2017

Sororities, fraternities and final clubs have predominantly always been single-sex. Though some co-ed fraternities do exist, such as business and community service-based groups on Boston University’s...

A bill seeking to make private college police records public is in a committee in the Massachusetts State Legislature. Boston University students currently have to go to the Boston University Police Department and have the records read to them because they do not exist online. PHOTO BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Bill seeks to make private college police department records public

Carolyn Hoffman October 15, 2015

A bill in the Massachusetts State Legislature seeks to make private college police departments operate similarly to city departments by making records publicly available, which could have implications...

EDIT: Secret Surveillance

EDIT: Secret Surveillance

Editors November 7, 2014

Everyone groans on the first day of lecture when the teacher announces he or she will be taking attendance each class, but perhaps signing an attendance sheet is preferable to being photographed entering...

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