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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Graduate student catcher Audrey Sellers (13) catches the softball in a game against Yale University on March 19. In 2024, the Terriers won 53 games while going undefeated in conference play before going on to capture a seventh Patriot League title in program history and a stint in the NCAA Tournament, aiming to repeat these successes this season. ZOE KU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Softball looks ahead to third consecutive conference title, this time with a roster of newcomers

Jose Rodriguez February 3, 2025
The Boston University women’s softball team is eager to replicate its recent success. In 2024, the Terriers won 53 games while going undefeated in conference play before going on to capture a seventh Patriot League title in program history and a stint in the NCAA Tournament.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Hurricanes Helene and Milton leave Boston students ‘helpless,’ spark climate change concerns

Leia Green October 16, 2024
College students in Boston have watched powerful hurricanes tear through their hometowns in the southeast over the past three weeks. Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton made landfall on Sept. 26 and Oct. 10, respectively.
Iris Ren | Graphic Artist

Massachusetts deploys volunteers, sends supplies after Hurricane Helene

Lindsay Gould October 11, 2024
Massachusetts-based organizations sent hurricane-relief volunteers for physical and emotional support, supplies such as meals and water and professional aid.
People sitting in the Boston University Pub. The City of Boston is considering introducing “social districts,” which are areas where people can legally consume alcoholic beverages outside, to improve nightlife in the city. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston considers introducing ‘social districts’ to enhance nightlife  

Brie Foster October 1, 2024
Boston is exploring the possibility of implementing “social districts” with open container policies to boost the city’s nightlife scene. However, several local businesses have expressed mixed opinions on this initiative.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Bracket Breakdown: Figuring out the Final Four

Owen Nizolek April 4, 2024
The men’s NCAA tournament has advanced into its climactic closing weekend with the Final Four and national championship just days away. Stakes have reached an all-time high, as four formidable teams gear up for Saturday’s semifinals in Phoenix.
CareYaya website. CareYaya is a healthcare startup that employs pre-health college students to provide care for elderly people in Boston. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

From campus to care: How this startup helps college students become caregivers

Irene Skandalakis February 15, 2024
CareYaya, a North Carolina healthcare startup founded in 2021, recently came to Boston to match families with caregivers in the community who are college students.
Alex Bonnington plays in a match against the College of the Holy Cross on Wednesday

Alex Bonnington will never call it ‘soccer’

Gabby Church October 2, 2023
Over 4,000 miles separate the three cities that Alex Bonnington has called home in the last two years. He left his hometown of Rotherham and came across the pond to play soccer for Duke University in Durham, North Carolina last year, and after a season hampered by injury, he transferred to Boston University. This fall, he’s earned consistent minutes with the Terriers as the men’s soccer program looks to build on one of its strongest starts in recent history.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Arbery case jolts hate crime law out of its slumber

Editors February 24, 2022
Now that the Arbery case has shown us a hate crime conviction is possible, the country must reckon with a hesitant legal system and discrepancies in how states approach the law.
Connie Dai / DFP Staff

Heartland: Asheville, the Blue Ridge recipe for an artist’s paradise

Maxwell Pociask February 16, 2022

In the summer of 2021, my 1995 Subaru and I were winding our way through the American south, with New Orleans as the final destination. I had long anticipated visiting New Orleans because of its storied...

BU softball team – preview season

PREVIEW: Softball looks to recreate success in 2022

Brendan Nordstrom February 10, 2022
The Boston University softball team is preparing to make a run at another Patriot League this season.
glaive spotify artist page

Artist to Watch: glaive

Sam Thomas September 21, 2021
glaive's EP “all dogs go to heaven” is shockingly mature and sure of itself.
vaccination center at boston university fitness and recreation center

BU community reflects on vaccination experiences thus far

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 31, 2021
Students, faculty and staff share how they got their vaccines as the state's rollout continues.
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