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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Magnolia and memories: Reflecting on America’s only lynching memorial

Maha Uddin March 27, 2025
After experiencing the museum, Montgomery felt different. My class was silent. Nobody cared to crack any jokes. The air even started to smell different — like rotting garbage, reminiscent of the Southern Magnolia that Billie Holiday sung about decades prior. 
Ananya Sharda | Graphic Artist

Introduction | Things I’ve learned from strangers

Lili Culhane September 25, 2023
I don’t know much about how columns work, to be honest. So, I asked the little old lady I always see walking up and down my street (exercise, I suppose) for some advice. She told me to start with “stuff that’s relevant.”
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

A breakdown of Trevor Noah’s best political and economic jokes | The Intersection

Katie Harmon October 7, 2022
Columnist Katie Harmon breaks down her favorite Trevor Noah jokes, celebrating the comedians 7 year run with The Daily Show.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: BU Barstool and the corporatization of memes — and rape culture

Editors October 21, 2021
The recent campaign to shut down the BU Barstool Sports affiliate meme instagram page reveals deeper lines of misogyny and racism ingrained within Barstool Sports media, its founder, and the corporatization of memes.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Among Us memes convey the pain of an internet-dependent world

Nick Speranza March 9, 2021
The nonstop stimuli of the internet tire us out, bombard us and even hijack our brains with advertising. By posting memes poking fun at our ability to recognize Among Us beans in everything, we finally make light of this phenomenon, finding a moment of joy from the conditions of our year-long cabin fever.
EDITORIAL: Gmail the ultimate fool on April Fools' Day with minion Mic Drop

EDITORIAL: Gmail the ultimate fool on April Fools’ Day with minion Mic Drop

Editors April 3, 2016

Minions are once again ruining lives. But this time, they partnered with one of the most powerful companies in the world. Google apologized Friday after many users accidentally used the “Mic Drop”...

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