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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: Suitors and likely landing spots for free-agent quarterbacks

Jason Asvestopoulos March 5, 2024
The NFL QB carousel is intriguing and unpredictable. Each year, after the Super Bowl ends the season, speculation begins on free agents in the most important position of football. This year is no different, with signal-callers such as Kirk Cousins and Baker Mayfield set to hit the market as free agency begins on March 13th.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Frontroom’s Tale: A true miracle that will enlighten your day

Keke Gao November 13, 2023
Considering all the terrible things that have happened in the real world in 2023, you might be ready to say no. But hold on, I’m about to share a real miracle story that happened recently — it all begins at Belmont Park in New York State, starting with a boy and his horse on their incredible journey of race and life.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

4th and Inches: Previewing the 2023 NFL Draft

Brett Abrams April 24, 2023
The 2023 NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday with the first of seven rounds. By the end of the night, 31 of the best college football players will have accomplished their lifelong dream of making it to the pros.
“The Queen’s Gambit,” a seven-part miniseries about chess prodigy Elizabeth Harmon debuted Oct. 23 on Netflix. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ portrays gritty reality of chess champion

Caroline Bowden October 28, 2020

Well-produced television can make almost any profession look enticing, but it takes a stellar cast and a few eye-catching outfits to sell the game of chess as glamorous and alluring material. With all...

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2020 Breakdown: Could a second wave of pandemic aid finally be on the way?

Gabriella Aponte October 13, 2020
Through all of the human suffering and economic destruction caused by the coronavirus pandemic, both sides of the aisle have managed to sit idly by as they watch the country burn.
Hundreds gather Saturday afternoon to call out police violence

Hundreds gather Saturday afternoon to call out police violence

Allison Pirog September 27, 2020
“We're not going back to that period of time where people just look the other way, and these deaths were swept under the rug,” organizer Brock Satter said. “We need to demand these cases be reopened, these officers and all these officials be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
EDITORIAL: Voting is a right, not a privilege

EDITORIAL: Voting is a right, not a privilege

Editors November 6, 2018

Americans have been implored for the past month on every platform imaginable to go to the polls and vote, and that rhetoric came to a pitch Tuesday. “thank u, vote” Twitter tweeted, riffing on Ariana...

Boston University service workers discuss their ongoing contract negotiations during Monday night’s Student Government meeting. ALEXANDRA MATTHEWS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG hears from BU service workers, listens to proposal on student group storage

Lexi Matthews October 29, 2018
Boston University’s Student Government met Monday night to hear from BU’s service workers on their current contract negotiations, confirm a new judicial commissioner and hear a proposal on providing storage for BU student organizations.  
Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max Berman October 10, 2017

When founding the United States as a constitutional democracy, the founding fathers’ inspirations were theoretical — there was no modern republic they were trying to emulate, only theories of the unalienable...

EDITORIAL: Flying not-so-friendly skies

Editors April 10, 2017

United Airlines has been under fire recently for some unethical practices when it comes to their customers. Along with the great leggings scandal of last month, where two female passengers were not allowed...

Between the Lines: Forget about LaVar — Lonzo Ball is the real deal

Between the Lines: Forget about LaVar — Lonzo Ball is the real deal

Michael Alcaraz April 2, 2017

Don’t let LaVar Ball’s contentiousness cloud your perception of his son, Lonzo. LaVar feeds perfectly into the outrage culture we as a country have surrounded around all aspects of our life. His...

Fish and Chipps: NCAA, you have problems

Fish and Chipps: NCAA, you have problems

Isaac Chipps March 15, 2016

When the clock strikes noon on Thursday, another year of March Madness will officially commence. There will be upsets, buzzer beaters, diaper dandies, David, Goliath, rounds of hooky, bracketology...

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