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Boston-area colleges mandate vaccines for Fall semester

Madison Mercado April 29, 2021
Northeastern University, Boston College, UMass Amherst, Emerson College, and Boston University.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: All Inclusive Boston will help create equitable tourism, but the city’s reputation cannot be restored without addressing its racism

Editors April 7, 2021
Boston remains unwelcoming to the vast majority of its residents, regardless of how we market it.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: 2 Fast 2 Furious

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 15, 2021
Ultimately, a city that prioritizes cars over people on mechanical wheels or on foot doesn’t allow pedestrians to enjoy the full extent of their city. Perhaps that’s a good thing in a time of a pandemic, but it just makes the morning commute all the more depressing.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: University’s vaccine distribution depends on improvements at the state level

Editors February 26, 2021
It’s understandable that the government was unprepared for the crisis and vaccine supplies are low nationwide. It’s up to Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and the federal government to increase supply to meet the demands. However, the state should re-evaluate its distribution plan so it is more equitable for all. 
The BU Gigs instagram account run by Northeastern University student Kaluwe Muntanga is set to move to an app dubbed “Social Call” in February. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Gigs to move to app next year, bringing large student community with it

Cameron Morsberger December 10, 2020
@bu_gigs, an Instagram account circulating offers and requests from Boston University students, will leave Instagram Feb. 4.
EDITORIAL: Banning pepper spray on college campus is one of many failures to prioritize the issue of sexual assault

EDITORIAL: Banning pepper spray on college campus is one of many failures to prioritize the issue of sexual assault

Editors December 4, 2020
To make an effort against sexual assault and harassment, BU must implement better services, improve its sexual assault hearing process, hold sexual assaultors accountable and, at the very least, lift the ban on pepper sprays.
On Monday, Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok sent a letter to the presidents of Boston University and Northeastern University urging them to go completely remote for the Fall. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

City Councilor urges BU and NEU to go remote, universities proceed with hybrid plans

Katarzyna Jezak August 6, 2020
Bok wrote that the influx of returning students could pose health threats to the Boston community while the COVID-19 pandemic persists, highlighting the fact that BU and NEU’s student bodies consist mostly of students from outside Massachusetts.
Dressed in a monkey costume, viral YouTube star Tessa Violet performs at The Red Room at Cafe 939 on Oct. 19, 2016. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Where to get your live music fix in Boston

Molly Farrar June 12, 2020
Live music across the U.S. will be transformed following the COVID-19 pandemic, but despite recent setbacks, Boston’s many venues ensure the live music scene will stay strong.
A police car passes in front of the Boston Police Department. The BPD has issued a scam alert because students in the area have been getting spam calls from people demanding money who claim to work for to federal agencies.  PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston-area college students increasingly targeted by scam callers

Michal Shvimer April 12, 2018
Scammers have been targeting students at Boston-area colleges demanding payments that include delinquent taxes, overdue parking tickets and student loans.
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