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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Crushing It in class without crashing and burning

Analise Bruno February 9, 2025
Having a class crush is far more interesting but even more challenging in college than in high school. My roommates used to joke that the first day of class was always a big game of smash or pass. 
Liza Berdykulova | Graphic Artist

This is 20

Sophia Keohane December 4, 2024
I am officially a 20-year-old. Light the candles, pop the sparkling cider. A new chapter has begun. Many people say that this will be the best decade of my life. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Academic planning is a major challenge

Faizaan Ayub November 13, 2023
As a freshman, I’ve been told that I have a whole four years to decide my academic and career paths. I know that I will have to settle for only one or two of my interests in the end. I entered BU with 32 AP credits. I thought this would give me an edge over my peers, potentially allowing me to graduate early. This was far from the truth.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Returning to in-person classes may invite new anxieties, but will undoubtedly help stabilize our lives

Editors April 29, 2021

If you’re on campus at Boston University and witnessing the city’s slow transition into spring — barring unpredictable Boston weather — the news of in-person classes and Commencement has arrived...

Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: College acceptances portrayed in adolescent media perpetuate a dangerous, unrealistic standard

Editors March 8, 2021
A better depiction of college applications in the media would be showing a sincere reason for the character’s choice of school and a more personalized college search. If producers lead with characters’ genuine motivations rather than sticking with the tried and true big-name school, it will give way to a diversity of acceptances and more realistic representations on what college is truly like.
Boston University’s African American Studies Program building in Brookline. AFAM is expanding its program by offering more courses starting in the Spring. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

African American Studies expands course offerings starting Spring 2021

Ellie Yeo December 1, 2020
In response to rising student demand for humanities courses on Black studies and systemic racism, the BU's AFAM will expand its course offerings beginning in the Spring 2021 semester. 
DELLECHIAIE: You won’t learn everything you need to know at BU

DELLECHIAIE: You won’t learn everything you need to know at BU

Dan Dellechiaie June 6, 2017

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” — Mark Twain When my editor asked me to write a special column for the orientation edition, I wanted to say no. I am on summer vacation...

The top major for women at Stanford University is now computer science. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Computer science rises in ranks among female college students

Navraj Narula October 15, 2015

Computer science, according to Reuters, now stands as the top major for women at Stanford University, with 214 female upperclassmen officially declared to study the subject. Following closely behind...

LATIMER: What could go wrong?

Daily Free Press Admin September 5, 2013

Do you remember the last time you got that tingling in your toes? You know, that almost shaking cold sensation like a flickering fluorescent light that travels up your ankles then up your spine? It happens...

Employers prefer thinking, other skills to major, study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2013

Many employers believe a candidate’s critical thinking and communication skills are more important than the major field of study that he or she pursued as an undergraduate at colleges such as Boston...

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