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So, you want to get into vintage fashion? | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz April 9, 2025
So, take a deep breath and trust yourself. Personal style is always a work in progress — especially when you are diving into a whole new branch of fashion culture. Try the things you like and see what sticks.
A Boston University Student Government meeting.

BU StuGov hears about new StudentLink, approves funding requests

Anna Vidergar February 28, 2023
BU StuGov heard updates about the new Student Link and approved funding requests in a meeting Monday night.
Jung Kim / DFP Staff

Critical Eye: Slapped with skepticism

Sarah Goodman April 6, 2022
With neither side winning or losing, the war for information is as lost as its cause. What survives the bloodshed is an attitude of skepticism.
medical students in a laboratory

BU medical community looks toward post-pandemic healthcare, research

Rachel Do April 28, 2021
As the number of vaccinated Americans climb, BU researchers reflect on how the country fought COVID-19.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: External support and internal changes can #SaveStudentNewsrooms

Editors April 26, 2021
Rescuing student journalism means saving us from culturally disappearing into the folds of society.
doctor shows test results to a patient

BU hosts symposium on immigrant health care, advocates health equity for all

Yiran Yu April 16, 2021
For World Chagas Day, BU experts spoke at a symposium on the importance of immigrant health care.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: The Federal Reserve may have failed, but crypto is the way forward

Jaeyoung Choi March 2, 2021
Control over your personal finances is a concern that I, as a liberal, believe to be a multi-partisan issue. No matter how you vote or what you believe in, your money should be yours, without anyone else’s control over it.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The onus of recycling should not fall on the consumer, but rather governments, corporations

Editors February 25, 2021
The individual can and should be accountable for their own waste whenever possible — taking shorter showers, reducing consumption, learning more about recycling, etc. But the brunt of the work has to be done by the government and by large corporations because they’re the ones who have the power to actualize real, immediate and impactful change.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Staying ‘objective’ can set harmfully strict standards for journalists, but we must remain steadfast in integrity

Editors February 4, 2021
It’s a journalist’s duty to be unbiased. We represent our publications and their credibility, and we need to take that commitment seriously
Hannah Bohn

Let Your Hair Down: Our dependence on technology jeopardizes authenticity

Hannah Bohn October 25, 2020
Referring to the internet to enhance our personal dictionary is a common and familiar behavior, but doing so can severely influence the capacity to which we express our individual voice.
A study published Monday through the Media Insight Project by the Associated Press, NORC and the American Press Institute found that millennials still consume news, but on digital platforms. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WILLA RUSCOWIZC-ORAZEM/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Millennials consume news digitally, socially, study finds

Ethan Cappello March 18, 2015

Millennials obtain news and information in remarkably different ways than past generations, according to a report released Friday by the Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press...

Boston University President Robert Brown announced a new Title IX policy, which addresses sexual assault on campus, in an email to the BU community Monday. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School-wide Title IX policy updated to better address sexual assault

Samantha J. Gross February 26, 2015

In an effort to better address reports of sexual misconduct on campus, Boston University officials adopted a new school-wide Title IX policy, BU President Robert Brown announced in a Monday email to...

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