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Nathan Philips, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Earth and Environment. The professor held an individual demonstration at Marsh Plaza Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post Tuesday threatening the expulsion or imprisonment of university community members who commit “illegal protests.” PHOTO BY PHOEBE MILLER

BU professor, alum stand against Trump statements on protesting, federal funding cuts

Phoebe Miller March 5, 2025
Boston University Professor Nathan Phillips stood at the base of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue at Marsh Plaza Wednesday morning holding a cardboard sign protesting the Trump administration.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Divine Politik: Grieving what’s not yet gone — a reflection on climate change

Caroline McCord May 3, 2022
Spending just one spring day outside can and should reinvigorate our fight against climate change. 
East to West: Mar. 25, 2022

East to West: Mar. 25, 2022

Ellen Maloney March 25, 2022

April showers came early! Today on East to West, we cover the “Free Palestine” banner draped off the CAS roof, StuGov discussing plans for sexual assault on campus, investigation into East Boston...

Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Divine Politik: The Little Way, a hopeful New Year’s remedy to injustice

Caroline McCord January 23, 2022
No, I cannot save the world single handedly, but I can practice what St. Therese named “The Little Way” — a method of achieving good through profound simplicity
Michelle Wu smiling to supporters Nov. 2 following her mayoral victory. Since the mayoral election, Boston University students have expressed high expectations of Wu, who will officially take office Tuesday. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DFP FILE

BU students share strong expectations for Michelle Wu, celebrate win for minority representation in Boston

Talia Lissauer November 15, 2021

Boston’s mayor-elect Michelle Wu, who made history as the first woman and person of color to be elected to the position, will officially take office Tuesday, and students at Boston University expressed...

babam musician plays a tuba at an aclu march

Boston remains soundtracked by protest

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 8, 2021
The Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians draw inspiration from New Orleans street bands.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Despite severity, the Boston Marathon bomber’s actions don’t justify the immorality of capital punishment

Editors March 23, 2021
The death penalty is immoral and an amplifier of existing racial inequities in our judicial system.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Cancel culture is counterproductive to the justice movement

Luca Becker February 19, 2021
Cancel culture is appealing because it gives those participating in the “canceling” the false satisfaction of justice being served. But those who value true justice must caution against cancel culture and recognize it is the very thing it hopes to destroy: injustice.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The University’s ‘diversity’ marketing is misleading, hurtful

Editors February 18, 2021
BU’s marketing — and the handful of diversity victories — it clings to is not representative of its reality. Though it may be implementing anti-racist policies, the change is not visible in classrooms, on campus or at an administrative level.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Letter from the Editor: Listen to Black voices

Colbi Edmonds February 18, 2021
Listen to every voice in this paper. Listen to every Black person. Listen to our anger and our hurt. Because if you listen, you’ll realize we’ve been repeating the same message for a long time.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Diamonds and Rust: Bob Dylan was right, the times are a-changin’

Joel Herbert February 17, 2021
Fifty-eight years ago, Bob Dylan released his protest anthem. Now, and forevermore, the times are a-changin’.
Gender Justice: The pandemic revealed deep-rooted gender inequality persists

Gender Justice: The pandemic revealed deep-rooted gender inequality persists

Meredith Varner January 29, 2021
The disproportionate number of women currently out of work could potentially worsen the negative bias against professional women and working mothers.
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