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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Students dance at a Diwali celebration at the Center for Computing and Data Sciences on Friday. Organizations around Boston, such as the State House and cultural clubs at universities, hosted Diwali celebrations, a five-day celebration observed by people of various Indian religions. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Diwali celebrations light up the Boston community

Tavishi Chattopadhyay November 3, 2024
Community leaders and college campuses across Boston hosted Diwali events this past weekend to celebrate the holiday and promote cultural education.
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University. Akram speaks about how her upbringing impacts her work today and the importance of human rights law. COURTESY OF SUSAN AKRAM

School of Law director advocates for Palestinian refugee rights

Sara Sugita April 10, 2024
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the Boston University School of Law, said she saw generational trauma firsthand. Akram started teaching at BU in 1993, where she now supervises students representing international non-governmental organizations at the International Human Rights Clinic, IHRC.
person sitting underneath a blooming tree on the charles river esplanade

Your time to bloom will come

Veronica Thompson April 29, 2021
We are constantly flourishing through formative experiences, whether we are conscious of it or not.
Max Ferrandino

Politics Philosophized: Can you be moral in today’s society?

Max Ferrandino October 4, 2020
Trying to be a moral or kind person is often not defined by only yourself. The authority figures in your life, and society as a whole, define your morals.
Boston University’s Marsh Chapel hosted a reading Thursday of Octavia E. Butler’s science fiction novel “The Parable of the Sower,” which includes major themes such as climate change and racial inequality. ANH NGUYEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Marsh Chapel strives for inclusivity in BU community

Madeline Humphrey February 19, 2020
Boston University’s Marsh Chapel held their first of two readings of “Parable of the Sower” Thursday, part of a Boston-wide program in which the book will be presented by ArtsEmerson, the Boston Public Library and New Roots Church.
SARNA: Crossing cultures with henna

SARNA: Crossing cultures with henna

Rhea Sarna September 30, 2015

Music festivals are currently a popular platform used by girls to display their fashion forwardness, irrespective of how far-out or quirky it might be — if it’s in, it’s on. A fashion trend that...

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