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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The Quarter Zero Festival welcomed incoming students to the School of Theater, presenting a collection of student-directed plays like "26 Pebbles," pictured here. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK FORTUNATO

Students produce ‘26 Pebbles’ play, portray grief of Sandy Hook shooting

Kate Thrane September 6, 2018

“26 Pebbles” transports audience members back in time to the horror and grief one town endured after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in 2012. The production portrays how the town of...

Lessons from the Left: What to do about the routine

Lessons from the Left: What to do about the routine

Anna Stroinski November 9, 2017

It’s a routine now, and I don't know why that is. Maybe it’s because of the sheer frequency that the moves we make in response to mass shootings are just plain familiar. Or maybe it’s because having...

GAMADES: "Shock" doesn't apply to mass shootings anymore

GAMADES: “Shock” doesn’t apply to mass shootings anymore

Lucy Gamades October 6, 2015

There are a lot of words that people use in the wake of tragedies: devastated, angry, heartbroken, shocked. But I am not shocked. “Shocked” is not the right word for mass shootings in America. Saddened,...

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