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More than 20 students participated in the first clothing swap hosted by BU Student Government’s Department of Environmental Affairs on Saturday. LAUREN RICHARDS/ DFP STAFF

Students exchange garments at SG’s first-ever clothing swap

Lauren Richards March 26, 2019
Students parsed through neatly organized piles of shirts, jeans, sweaters and dresses that lined tables in the basement of the George Sherman Union. They selected items to bring home, after sifting through the piles and avoiding to take the clothes they brought. On Saturday afternoon, a small crowd of a little more than 20 students participated in the first-ever clothing swap hosted by Boston University Student Government’s Department of Environmental Affairs.
Patagonia, the sports outerwear giant, shut its doors Tuesday so its employees could vote. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Time to Vote campaign presses companies to give employees time off to vote

Mary Katherine Moore November 7, 2018
Bostonians hanging out on Newbury Street Tuesday walked past a closed Patagonia store. Amid the typical bustle of the popular street, the store laid vacant with a sign on the door that read, “When the polls open, we close.”
PHOTO BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Corporations are now doing the government’s work in guaranteeing voting accessibility

Editors September 23, 2018

A coalition of major companies is stepping in where the government isn’t to bolster political participation and provide easier access to polling stations this November. Lyft, Patagonia and Walmart...

OP-ED: Millennials don't have to sacrifice passion for money in employment

OP-ED: Millennials don’t have to sacrifice passion for money in employment

Editors March 16, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. While in college, I had two types of jobs: passion jobs and bills jobs. My passion jobs...

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