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Ask Abby (Or Analise): No more silver springs — how to let go and move on from your ex

Analise Bruno March 30, 2025
Enter the half-joke, half-serious concept of “silver springing” someone. It’s the idea that you and all the love you bring with you are unforgettable — like a ghost that will eternally haunt them.
Friends chatting over a video call. Keeping in touch with our friends across state or country lines can be difficult when in the thick of University life – Sam provides some tips to help maintain those close connections. COURTESY OF BEN COLLINS VIA UNSPLASH

Out of sight, but never out of mind

Sam Thomas October 6, 2021
Living far away from your hometown best friends can feel like a balancing act.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: Broken language is a beautiful reminder of the way our worlds blend

Alexia Nizhny November 20, 2020
My misuse of certain vocabulary words painted its own picture — a vibrant world of Russian and English influence.
Action Hour is the Boston University Queer Activist Collective’s weekly commitment to anti-racism activism. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s Queer Activist Collective calls on community to fight for social justice

Julia Furnari October 28, 2020
The LGBTQ+ advocacy group holds a weekly "Action Hour," where members call representatives to demand justice for victims of police brutality and race-based violence.
EDITORIAL: Prison labor should be a form of rehabilitation, not punishment

EDITORIAL: Prison labor should be a form of rehabilitation, not punishment

Editors September 28, 2020
The prison system is not designed to address crime. It is simply a revolving door: the people who come in are never truly offered a way out, even after release.

BUPD, BPD clear Boston University buildings of bomb threats

Daily Free Press Admin April 3, 2014

A Boston University administrative office building received a telephoned bomb threat Thursday at 10:19 a.m., officials at the BU Police Department and Boston Police Department said. “An employee from...

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