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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Is modern dating killing the anniversary?

Analise Bruno April 4, 2025
Whether it's your 36th wedding anniversary, your 16th birthday or even your 55th anniversary of establishing that one newspaper — milestones come in all forms — these dates are worth acknowledging. 
Mandile Mpofu | Senior Graphic Artist

An ode to my younger self

Gabriella Di Dea November 8, 2023
I’ve lived a lot of my life doing things in order to make my younger self proud, and I think that 6-year-old, wide-eyed me would be more than proud to see where I am today. So, I’d like to write a small ode to her and tell her of all the things I wish someone had told me.
Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

Are endings really hard?

Grace Donahue May 3, 2023
The need for comfort makes sense because when something is over or lost, we try to fill that space with something soothing. It is a defense for us — turning inward to something we know, instead of living in the loss and the unknown. 
UNMASKED: Where is your favorite place you've traveled to?

UNMASKED: Where is your favorite place you’ve traveled to?

Veronica Thompson April 18, 2023

Unmasked is the podcast that uncovers the thoughts, feelings and voices of the BU Community. Today’s prompt was — where is your favorite place you've traveled to? Click here to stream...

UNMASKED: If you could talk to animals or plants, what would you say?

UNMASKED: If you could talk to animals or plants, what would you say?

Veronica Thompson April 14, 2023
If you could talk to animals or plants, what would you say?
UNMASKED: If you could talk to animals or plants, what would you say?

UNMASKED: If you could talk to animals or plants, what would you say?

Veronica Thompson April 12, 2023
Today’s prompt was — if you could talk to animals or plants, what would you say?
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The spread of COVID-19 in zoos highlights continued unethical practices

Editors March 22, 2021
The COVID-19 outbreak in the San Diego Zoo is the most recent symptom of unethical animal captivity.
Yvonne Tang

Burning Out: The consequences of being ‘relatable’

Yvonne Tang March 15, 2021
As we collectively exit this pandemic, I hope we can recognize that relatability has become a shallow concept.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: We are all the same despite life differences

Max Ferrandino March 3, 2021
Regardless of who you identify as, you should realize you are the same as everyone else. Minute differences in external appearance or political ideology do not give you the right to judge, belittle or harm someone.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: Why is a man in a skirt so upsetting?

Meredith Varner December 1, 2020
If you think a man wearing a skirt is enough to destroy an entire society, then it must be a very fragile society to begin with.
All About Us: The gift that keeps on giving

All About Us: The gift that keeps on giving

Adora Mehala February 27, 2020
Are we really that smart? Other species don’t rely on mass self-decimation for the advancement of groups, and they surely don’t have the immense level of stratification regarding standard of living that we have. How do we, as an intelligent species, create, support and justify our own suffering?
Quandaries and Quagmires: The case for vegetarianism

Quandaries and Quagmires: The case for vegetarianism

Felix Phillips October 23, 2017

In a sweeping new law, California banned puppy mills. The legislation, which will go into effect on Jan. 1, now requires pet stores to exclusively sell rescue animals. While this is a laudable step in...

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