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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Grace Lodewick | Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (Or Analise): No more silver springs — how to let go and move on from your ex

Analise Bruno March 30, 2025
Enter the half-joke, half-serious concept of “silver springing” someone. It’s the idea that you and all the love you bring with you are unforgettable — like a ghost that will eternally haunt them.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Blindly following influencers is the downfall of our generation | Are Our Brains Really Rotting?

Hillary Hao January 30, 2025
We are constantly fed information through the internet and on social media. Without knowing if the information is true, we spread rumors like wildfires based on assumptions.
Shanzah Rafiqi | Graphic Artist

The footprints we’ll always leave behind | Moral Compass

Kaushik Reddy April 9, 2024
Even for everyday internet users, we find difficulty in finding the balance between building an authentic — with emphasis on “authentic” — online profile and also protecting our offline privacy. For lawmakers writing legislation, the goal here shouldn’t be to codify the interests of prosecutors or Big Tech into legislation, but to secure individual agency for end-users. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Our ‘girl world’ is holding women back

Lea Rivel February 22, 2024
The oversaturation of the internet prefix “girl” has caused it to be applied to certain hobbies, topics and interests in a way that infantilizes and diminishes the experiences of girlhood and womanhood.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

‘Sephora kids’: The effect of consumer culture on childhood | The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition

Lillian Chapman January 31, 2024
The rise of "Sephora kids" raises questions about Generation Alpha's exposure to influencer culture and concerns about "gentle parenting."
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Death by Pitchfork | On the Record

Addison Schmidt January 24, 2024
Condé Nast’s merge with champion music publication Pitchfork threatens to kill the spirited focus on the underground music scene that made Pitchfork worth reading.
Annika Morris | Graphic Artist

The internet’s unfortunate idolization of Gypsy Rose Blanchard | Editorial

Editors January 22, 2024
Gypsy Rose Blanchard was met with online support after being released from prison for the murder of her abusive mother. While her crime can be absolved, can Gen Z's "unseriousness?"
Elijah Chacko | Graphic Artist

When did Halloween become a glorified fashion show?

Westray Keeler November 2, 2023
Societal pressures plague us all the time, especially in the age of the internet where everything is documented and publicized — can’t we have one day a year off?
Analise Bruno | Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: Reconnecting with mother nature—no USB required

Editors March 31, 2023
Globalization has undeniably given humanity some of its most coveted inventions like the light bulb, the telephone and microwavable mac-and-cheese! But what is often overlooked is its consequences. 
UNMASKED: what are the dos and don'ts of parenting?

UNMASKED: what are the dos and don’ts of parenting?

Veronica Thompson March 1, 2023
What are the dos and don'ts of parenting? 
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

Matt Gaetz Doesn’t Understand the Young Voter | EDITORIAL

Editors September 29, 2022
Matt Gaetz streamed on twitch to 6 people. What does this mean for the future of political engagement?
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Beautiful Boston — to romanticize or not?

Editors February 10, 2022
Every city has its good and bad aspects. If people choose to focus on the good, why should we stop them?
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