Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Vending machines in the Warren Towers dormitory. Mice, which are a recurring issue on Boston University’s campus, were found in a vending machine in the basement of CAS. TRACY LIU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

If you give a mouse a cookie: Dead mouse found in CAS vending machine

Avery Fox March 4, 2025
A dead mouse in a College of Arts and Sciences vending machine sparked discussion among students
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

One of us is going to have to change: Matching my outfits with BU building styles | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 28, 2025
I love to feel as if I’ve traveled back in time as I walk through different buildings on campus. In fact, I decided to challenge myself to dress to match the styles and eras of BU’s diverse dwellings and truly feel like a time traveler. 
Mugar Memorial Library. Mice were spotted in Mugar Library as a result of cold weather, construction and food. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Of Mice and Mugar: Mouse spotted on third floor of Mugar Library

Megan Amato January 22, 2025
Boston University students share pest sightings after a video of a mouse in Mugar Memorial Library was posted on to the BU subreddit.
Shakespeare plays in Mugar Library’s fiction section. Boston University Libraries administration are looking to change how students view libraries and make them a place where they can connect and find a community. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston University libraries shift stereotypes, create ‘third place’ for students

Eliza Lamont March 20, 2024
Boston University Libraries are looking to change how students view the library and prove that they are not a purely academic space, Kristina Bush, BU’s library experience manager said. Supporting students’ wellbeing and curiosity entails facilitating access to research tools, scholarly experts and citation guides, Bush said. The libraries strive to create a “holistic student experience” that connects students’ academic life with recreational life, she said.
The IT Help Center in Mugar Memorial Library.

BU IS&T struggles to meet students’ loaner laptop demand

Leire Garrogerricaechebarria November 1, 2023
Boston University’s Information Services & Technology is struggling to meet the recent “peak” in loaner laptop requests, creating concerns among students during the midterm season.
Members of the Boston University graduate, residence life and adjunct faculty unions march down Commonwealth Avenue on Friday. The unions came together in a show of solidarity to express their respective demands. CORINNE DAVIDSON/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston University student workers hold three-union rally

Sophia Spiegel October 22, 2023
Three BU unions — BU ResLife Union, BU Graduate Workers Union and BU Part-Time Faculty — rallied at the George Sherman Union on Oct. 20 about their recent ratified bargaining demands and marched to 1 Silber Way to deliver their demands to University administrators.
A plaque explaining how KHC 401 is ‘haunted’ by Eugene O'Neill. People say there are other ‘hauntings’ around Boston University’s campus. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Sinister forces haunt BU: vengeful toilets, loose poultry, drunk ghosts of Boston’s past

Priyal Patel October 22, 2023
When Laura Young was working a closing shift at Mugar Memorial Library, weird occurrences turned an average night into a spooky one.
Students swipe into Student Village II.

BU installs new dorm turnstile scanners

Crystal Yormick October 19, 2023
Boston University recently installed new turnstile scanners at Student Village II and Claflin Hall to increase security measure in all residence halls on campus, following students concerns about safety on in dorms.
Warren Towers. Renovations of the dorm are a part of Boston University’s new institutional master plan. JENNIFER GAN/DFP FILE

Warren Towers renovation and construction of Pardee School of Global Studies to be first projects started from new Institutional Master Plan

Bailey Scott September 10, 2023

Boston University’s first projects from the 2023-2033 Institutional Master Plan will be the renovation of Warren Towers and the construction of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, according...

Warren Towers

BU submits $1 billion Institutional Master Plan for renovation and development plans for the following decade

Kwot Anwey November 9, 2022
Boston University Board of Trustees submitted the 2023-2033 Institutional Master Plan which outlined renovation projects.
BU essential workers during blizzard

BU essential workers reported for shifts during Saturday blizzard emergency

Daily Free Press Staff February 4, 2022
Staff noted difficulties reporting to their shifts during the record-breaking blizzard on Jan. 29.
Some Boston University library employees will work partially in person during the Spring semester because their requests for full workplace accommodations were denied. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

BU library staff denied full workplace accommodations for Spring

Daily Free Press Staff December 17, 2020
Multiple BU library staff members have been denied full workplace accommodations and are required to work in person for a certain number of hours per week.
Load More Stories
Activate Search
Mugar Memorial Library