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Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

A beginner’s guide to Phoebe Bridgers | Liv Listens

Olivia Stapleton February 9, 2025
Recently, I had a friend tell me she was interested in listening to Phoebe Bridgers. If you haven’t been living under a rock, chances are that you’ve at least heard of her before. However, if you’ve never gotten around to listening, that’s okay, because I’m here to help.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Lessons from abroad — and beyond | Maia’s Inner Monologue

Maia Penzer January 26, 2025
What I wrote in my journal abroad didn’t seem worth sharing since many entries were half-formed thoughts. But there’s more there than I initially realized. I wrote for the hell of it — which, I think, is the best type of writing. Now, I'm diving into my unfiltered journal entries from abroad — they’re raw, real and vulnerable. 
Ananya Sharda | Graphic Artist

Future me | Things I’ve Learned From Strangers

Lili Culhane November 28, 2023
If Past Me saw Present Me I think she’d think I’m pretty cool. I think it would make her write in her little journal something similar to this piece, about the college version of herself that she is looking forward to becoming. But she’d definitely think the reading thing is crazy. She wasn’t much of a reader. But she did like to write. “She” being me. I liked to write. And I still do. I wonder if the old lady in the little coffee shop likes to write
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

In A Word: Redefinition is the key to successful resolutions

Kim Schneider February 4, 2022
I needed to make any resolutions malleable or else they’d crack under the pressure of expectation and stringency.
The OneQuesh home page. Boston University School of Hospitality alum Thomas Andrews launched the diary-style social networking app in October, which asks its users a daily question whose answer is archived and made viewable only to others who have answered the same question. ILLUSTRATION BY BAILEY SHEN/ DFP STAFF

BU SHA alum launches social networking app to help users connect, journal

Emily Pauls November 30, 2021
OneQuesh is a new social media app founded by alum Thomas Andrews.
A writer. Samantha writes about the meditative process of writing every day to disentangle complicated thoughts and feelings. COURTESY OF MATHILDE LANGEVIN VIA UNSPLASH

Writing is good for the soul

Samantha Elizondo October 20, 2021
I feel like writing things down for myself allows me to actually work through them.
student exits warren towers

August: A time of transition and new beginnings

Katrina Liu August 24, 2021
As we step back on Commonwealth Avenue again, it’s going to be a refresh for all of us.
woman meditates on top of a mountain

Manifest it

Maya Frankel April 13, 2021
Go get your journal, yoga or music and start turning your dreams and goals into reality.
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