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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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"Don’t Matter How Raggly The Flag, It Still Got To Tie Us Together” by Thornton Dial

BU talk shows how ‘Visual Thinking Strategy’ can help guide future medicine practitioners

Nicole Bartuch April 12, 2021
VTS — an inquiry based learning strategy — can help medical professionals to embrace uncertainty.
East to West: Feb. 12, 2021

East to West: Feb. 12, 2021

Jackson Machesky February 12, 2021

Content Warning: This episode of East to West contains mention of sexual assault. In today’s episode, we cover the university-wide sexual assault protest, a series of break-ins in South Campus,...

The COVID-19 pandemic limited some employment opportunities for graduating students, but other jobs may be available to those who are willing to work in different industries. COURTESY OF FLAZINGO.COM

BU students, alum see new direction, promise in job market despite pandemic

Belle He December 3, 2020
Although seniors every year battle the pressure of the job search, the class of 2021 faces a unique challenge: entering an economy jeopardized by the pandemic.
Abbigale column

Mind your business: Empathy is an unreliable tool for combatting larger social issues

Abbigale Shi December 1, 2020
As we tackle larger social and human rights issues, it’s especially important to instead practice compassion, self-awareness and moral responsibility.
Lena Papadakis, a pre-medical senior in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, founded Preemie to Pre-Med, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting child life departments in New England hospitals. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sargent student’s childhood hospitalization leads her to launch nonprofit

Cameron Morsberger November 3, 2020
Lena Papadakis was born 32 weeks premature. But out of this distress, she is now giving back to the very programs that saved her life.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Dear Men: Proper health care should not be determined by gender

Yvonne Tang October 19, 2020
The way women are treated in health care significantly decreases our overall quality of life. In the new COVID-19 era especially, this can no longer be tolerated.
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