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Mass migration: BU students struggle to go home for Thanksgiving

Charlie Dippolito November 17, 2023
Whether traveling by train, car, bus or plane, sky-high prices and congested terminals make being thankful this holiday season difficult. 
Ashley Jackson

Ashley Jackson, BU’s newest sports information director, provides representation and inspiration

Mark Fraenkel November 1, 2022
Ashley Jackson's passion for sports drove her to the BU Athletics Department, and as the only woman SID, she provides representation and inspiration to athletes and students alike.
Protestor carrying a Black Lives Matter Flag at a Mass Action Against Police Brutality Protest in Boston

Protestors demand conviction in trial of Derek Chauvin

Sam Trottenberg March 7, 2021
Dozens of protesters gathered before 1 p.m. at Peters Park two days before the trial of Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd last May.
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2020 Breakdown: It didn’t have to be this close

Gabriella Aponte November 5, 2020
If Biden’s campaign devoted even a quarter of the time it spent talking about restoring the soul of our nation to the policies and strategies they plan to implement, this race would have been a landslide for Biden.
WBUR CitySpace on Commonwealth Avenue. On June 23, WBUR held a virtual town hall briefing to discuss COVID-19, racial tensions and the 2020 presidential election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

WBUR town hall discusses how pandemic, racial tensions may factor into presidential election

Nancy Jiang July 3, 2020
While libraries, universities, museums and other educational institutions remain physically closed in Boston, venues for discussion have been moving forward online. WBUR’s CitySpace has continued to hold weekly virtual town hall briefings, including a June 23 talk entitled “COVID-19 And The Presidential Election.”
Boston University’s newly renovated Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground celebrated its grand opening Sunday with a week-long series of events. RYAN GREGORY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Howard Thurman Center celebrates an expanded ‘campus living room’

Aditya Jain January 23, 2020
The grand opening of the new Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground was part of a week-long series of events to celebrate the expansion of the HTC, now five times its original size, and to encourage students to form a diverse community within the space.
STROINSKI: In the aftermath of Maria, it’s time for Puerto Rican statehood

STROINSKI: In the aftermath of Maria, it’s time for Puerto Rican statehood

Anna Stroinski October 5, 2017

Late September, a Category 5 hurricane devastated Puerto Rico. Now, several weeks later, the island is still facing mass power shortages — communication mediums like phone towers and data centers remain...

BURKE: When will we draw the line?

BURKE: When will we draw the line?

Patrick Burke October 3, 2017

Stephen Paddock changed the way Americans felt about their safety when he opened fire on a country music festival late Sunday night in Las Vegas. He took away the sense of security we had started to get...

Tillo finished her BU career with a 78.14 average in 95 rounds. PHOTO COURTESY MIKE TURESKI

NCAA Woman of the Year nominee Tillo found community at BU

Nick Neville September 15, 2016

If you had told recent Boston University graduate Emily Tillo four years ago that she would be nominated for one of the most prestigious collegiate awards in the country, she would have thought you...

EDIT: Campus Carry Quite Contrary

EDIT: Campus Carry Quite Contrary

Editors February 24, 2015

Proponents of guns have a compelling new argument. Lawmakers in 10 states are attempting to pass bills that back “campus carry laws,” which would allow students and faculty members to carry firearms...

LETTER: Really worth it?

Daily Free Press Admin October 28, 2013

Varun Jain scored a perfect score on the SAT when he was only 14 years old. Jacob Rice has been putting shoes on underprivileged members of his community since age 10 through a non-profit he started. But...

RYAN: Firing legislative blanks

Daily Free Press Admin October 23, 2013

Now that the government has decided to open its doors, for now at least, maybe Congress will turn to actual governing (sarcastic tone not intended). With Monday’s school shooting in Nevada, it seems...

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