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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Grace Lodewick | Graphic Artist

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.
Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

More than just a game: How video games teach us emotional depth

Khushi Chauhan March 25, 2025
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Oh, the places I’ll go as music flows: Florence + The Machine’s ‘Shake it Out’

Lily Smokler November 6, 2023
Music has been something that I have become so emotionally and physically invested in. I feel the pain that the artists are singing about — the love that they crave, the losses they grieve. However, the most special kind of music to me is the kind where I feel all of these things — where I go through and experience all of these emotions and events.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: 2021 COP26 Climate Summit ends with world leaders unwilling to take necessary action

Fiona Broadie November 16, 2021
The long-awaited United Nations COP26 Climate Summit came to an end last Saturday, and continued a long-standing trend of world leaders pairing incremental steps with big promises to create a false illusion of direct and effective action. 
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BU’s Baroque Orchestra performs virtually, embraces new climate

Ramsey Khalifeh April 16, 2021
School of Music students in the BU Baroque Orchestra performed in an intimate virtual concert Tuesday.
Boston City Hall. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will leave office if he is confirmed as Labor Secretary, opening the door for a change in Boston leadership after a history of white, male mayors. CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DFP FILE

BU professors reflect on Boston mayors as powerful leaders, look forward to change

Rachel Do January 28, 2021
Mayor Marty Walsh’s nomination as Secretary of Labor for the Biden administration marks a new mayoral race for Boston — one that could quickly become historic. The dawn of a new era in Boston government marks an opportunity to reflect on the city’s largely white history, and the power and influence a Boston mayor uniquely possesses.
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