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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston University mascot, Rhett the Terrier, at a Women’s Hockey Game in February. In an email Wednesday, BU President Robert Brown announced he has appointed a committee to consider changing the name of the University’s mascot because it was inspired by a character in a racist film. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community responds to potential renaming of mascot Rhett the Terrier

Sarah Readdean July 1, 2020
After receiving criticism for naming its mascot after the depiction of a character in a racist film, Boston University has appointed a committee to consider renaming Rhett the Terrier, President Robert Brown announced in an email Wednesday.
Hot Take: The internet sucks

Hot Take: The internet sucks

Matthew Drulias October 18, 2017

Before I go any further, I want to make one thing clear: I am not one of those hipsters who wants to go back to the simpler times where we all used typewriters, nor am I a raving lunatic who thinks technology...

WILSHERE: Postcards from across the pond

WILSHERE: Postcards from across the pond

Meredith Wilshere March 27, 2017

This past weekend, one of my hometown friends came to London. Friends since the first grade, she is one of those friends who you could go months without talking to only to meet up and pick up right where...

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