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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

Myles Standish Hall

Open letter to rename Myles Standish Hall signed by 170 student organizations

Talia Lissauer December 2, 2022
Over 170 student organizations signed an open letter to President Robert Brown and the Board of Trustees demanding Myles Standish Hall, be renamed to Wituwamat Memorial Hall.
Street in Jamaica Plain neighborhood

Boston remains highly gentrified despite housing efforts

Madison Mercado February 18, 2021
Boston was ranked third most intensely gentrified city in the United States between 2013-2017. Neighborhoods like East Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park and South Boston were most affected.
The Christopher Columbus statue in the North End, beheaded in June, will not return to Christopher Columbus Park. Instead, a new statue that celebrates Italian heritage will take its place. COURTESY OF KATHRYN ROTONDO VIA FLICKR

Beheaded Christopher Columbus statue will not return to North End

Daniel Kool October 8, 2020
The repaired statue will instead relocate to a new affordable housing development funded by the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus.
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